Increase Productivity in Automotive with RTLS
Build efficient production processes that stay strong in a turbulent market! Rising costs, labor shortages, sustainability goals. They’re easier to handle when your operations are lean and flexible. Our Real-Time Location System (RTLS) for automotive gives you the visibility to make it happen. Get ready for whatever comes next!
End Production Delays. See Your Processes in Real Time.
Whether you’re building ICE, EV, or hybrid vehicles, tight schedules leave no room for searching or waiting.
Our Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) gives you complete visibility across your automotive plant. It collects live data from every process and workstation and shows you exactly what’s happening in an RTLS dashboard. It reveals where each order is, where bottlenecks appear and where time is lost. With that insight, you can act fast: reduce waiting and downtime, cut buffer stock and keep production running smoothly.
Better visibility of work in progress
- Automatically track parts and equipment
- Monitor every item’s real-time status and location
- Cut manual scans and search time
- Get a clear view of material flow and bottlenecks
Smarter production with real-time data
- Reduce delays and missed deadlines
- Monitor cycle times to pinpoint bottlenecks
- Boost continuous improvement with live data
More flexibility, fewer disruptions
- Adapt quickly to plan changes and mixed-model production
- Ensure correct sequencing and kitting on the line
- Respond faster to material or delivery changes
How Automotive Manufacturers Use RTLS to Drive Efficiency
WIP Tracking for Full Production Visibility
Staying on top of takt time depends on smooth sequencing and timely delivery of parts. Precise UWB-based RTLS ensures the right parts reach the right product and all material arrives where it’s needed, without delays.
- Cut out manual work order scans and human error
- Monitor material flow and react to issues instantly
- Track “offline” areas like inspection and repair
- Prevent delays and last-minute fixes to hit delivery targets
Near-Zero Search Time with Asset Tracking
Using Bluetooth or UWB, our RTLS helps eliminate search time and reduce production errors. Simply put, fewer delays, better compliance, and less scrap.
- See equipment and materials in real time, cutting expensive buffer stock
- Ensure the right tool is used on the right product
- Create digital records for fast, on-demand audits
Connected Automotive Worker for Better Safety and Performance
An automotive plant is a buzzing place with forklifts, robots, and contractors all moving at once. Safety starts with knowing where people are.
- Connect operators and visitors across the plant
- Boost security by knowing who enters restricted zones
- Speed up emergency response and evacuations
- Enhance training by identifying unsafe behavior
Optimized Internal Logistics
When you’re feeding the line hundreds of parts per hour, even small mistakes in sequence can cause big delays.
- Track every tugger and carrier in real time
- Reduce wasteful trips and cut down on buffer stock
- Maintain the correct build sequence and avoid missed deliveries
- Support lean operations and Just-in-Time delivery
Faster Yard Management
Our GPS-based RTLS is built for outdoor asset visibility. It helps you find the right car in minutes, even among hundreds of identical vehicles parked in a yard as big as a small town.
- Speed up loading, increase throughput, and reduce yard traffic
- Track trailers and containers, so everything is ready when needed
- Cut storage costs and WIP buffer, keeping production moving without delays
Business Benefits of RTLS in Automotive
Our Industrial Real-Time Location System (RTLS) helps automotive manufacturers reach key business goals. Location data is exactly what you need to cut costs, boost efficiency and manage complexity.
Higher productivity: Automotive companies using RTLS spend less time on manual reports. They see shorter search time and less downtime.
Continuous improvement: Location data shows where work slows down. You can spot bottlenecks and fix them before they cause delays.
Lower costs: Fewer manual tasks lead to fewer errors, and less waste. This results in shorter cycle times and less rework on the line.
Data for automation: RTLS acts like digital eyes on the shop floor. As a central part of IoT, it feeds systems that drive automation and smart decisions.
Workforce efficiency: Real-time alerts and guidance help new workers get up to speed faster and make fewer mistakes.
Why RTLS from HID & Sewio: Faster ROI, More Flexibility
Fast time to value: Get up and running in weeks with a fixed-price pilot. It proves value before you commit to a full rollout.
Market-leading ROI: Our RTLS has unlimited scalability. Perfect for both small pilots and large-scale projects.
Flexible and future-proof: Use one system for all your needs—from efficiency to safety. You can easily integrate it with your current software.
