Manufacturing
Know where your critical assets are. Across the entire network.
From the production floor to your suppliers, maintain visibility throughout the operation.
Racks, tools, equipment, inventory and returnable assets move constantly across production areas, facilities and supplier networks.
When visibility disappears, employees search, production waits, assets are replaced, costs increase and customers become frustrated.
SPARQ gives manufacturers the visibility to know what they have, where it is, where it's been and where it's going.
Inside the facility
Locate critical assets with precision down to approximately 3 metres / 10 feet.
Between facilities
Maintain visibility as assets move between locations, across the country or around the globe.
Across supplier networks
Extend visibility to partners while controlling exactly what each participant can see.
One asset. Continuous visibility. Across the operation.
The cost of not knowing
Poor asset visibility impacts every part of the operation.
The consequences can appear throughout the business, but four areas typically create the greatest operational and financial impact.
Lost productivity
Employees spend valuable time searching for racks, tools, equipment, inventory and materials instead of performing productive work.
Excess assets
When manufacturers can't confidently locate what they already own, they purchase additional assets and maintain larger pools than necessary.
Production & delivery delays
Missing racks, tools or materials can interrupt production, delay shipments and create premium freight and other expedited costs.
Customer relationships & revenue
Poor visibility can lead to missed commitments, unreliable information and customer frustration, ultimately putting customer relationships and future business at risk.
Visibility turns lost time and hidden assets into actionable information.
Know what you have. Know where it is. Put it to work.
Where SPARQ creates value
One solution. Multiple manufacturing applications.
The same SPARQ infrastructure can provide visibility across multiple asset types and applications, increasing the value of every deployment.
Racks & returnable assets
Know where racks, bins, containers and reusable packaging are: inside your facilities, at suppliers, in transit or at customers. Reduce lost assets, unnecessary replacements and oversized asset pools.
Tools & production equipment
Quickly locate tools, moulds, fixtures and other critical production assets. Reduce search time, improve utilization and help keep production moving.
Inventory & materials
Know where critical inventory, components and work-in-process are located as they move through the operation. Reduce searching, misplaced materials and production delays.
Finished goods
Maintain visibility from production through staging, warehousing and shipment. Know what is ready, where it is and where it is going.
Supplier & customer networks
Extend visibility beyond your own facilities to suppliers, logistics partners and customers, across the country or around the globe. Maintain asset and custody visibility throughout the journey while controlling exactly what information each participant can see.
One infrastructure. More applications. Greater value.
Start with the assets that matter most. Expand visibility wherever it creates value.
Visibility that moves with the asset
From production floor to partner network.
Manufacturing assets rarely stay in one place. SPARQ maintains visibility as they move through your operation and beyond.
Inside your facility
Precise visibility where it matters.
Locate assets across production, staging, storage and warehouse areas, with precision down to approximately 3 metres / 10 feet where required.
Between your facilities
Maintain visibility throughout the journey.
Track assets as they move between plants, warehouses and distribution locations, across the country or around the globe.
Across your partner network
Extend visibility beyond your operation.
Know when assets arrive at suppliers, logistics partners or customers and when they leave, creating continuous visibility across the network. Partners can provide visibility into your assets while they're in their custody, and you can provide visibility when partner assets are in yours, with each organization controlling what information it shares.
Back again
Close the loop on returnable assets.
Maintain visibility as racks, bins, containers and reusable packaging move back through the network for their next use.
One asset. One identity. Continuous visibility.
Know where it is. Where it's been. Where it's going.
Real-world evidence
Proven in a real manufacturing environment
One asset. Two facilities. Different requirements.
A manufacturer needed reliable visibility into 250 injection moulds moving between production and off-site storage, with different precision, environmental and operational requirements at each location.
- 250 moulds
- ~3 m / 10 ft precision
- RFID + SPARQ
- Specialized hardware
On the production floor
Precision where it matters.
SPARQ provides approximately 3 metres / 10 feet of precision, helping employees quickly locate the mould required for production.
In off-site storage
Visibility matched to the application.
Broader location visibility identifies where moulds are stored without adding unnecessary infrastructure.
At the machine
Location becomes automation.
SPARQ incorporated an embedded RFID swipe to identify the mould at the machine and support automated machine setup.
Built for the environment
Specialized requirements. The right device.
SPARQ sourced and validated a specialized tracker that exceeded the customer's environmental requirements, then deployed its proprietary firmware on the device.
One infrastructure. Multiple opportunities.
The same SPARQ network can support additional applications including racks, tools, equipment and inventory, increasing the value of the infrastructure investment.
See SPARQ in manufacturing
See how SPARQ was deployed to track critical manufacturing assets across multiple facilities with different operational requirements.
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