From movement to operational control
Make physical processes queryable, automatable, and optimizable
FORMATION provides real-time operational visibility inside facilities using hybrid location, maps, and workflow intelligence.
Teams can track assets and people, trace what happened, and trigger workflows from live location events. The result is less search time, faster decisions, and higher throughput.
Track, Trace & Trigger
Real-time awareness with automated reactions
FORMATION connects live tracking, historical traceability, and event-driven automation in one operational loop. Track where things are, trace what happened, and trigger what happens next.
Capabilities:
- Live location tracking (UWB, BLE, QR, RFID hybrid)
- Geofences and zones
- State detection (arrived, left, idle, misplaced)
- Event triggers and alerts
- Audit trail
Typical outcomes:
- Missing asset detection
- Automatic check-in and check-out
- Safety alerts
- Process automation
- Track assets and material with passive, active, and hybrid modalities.
- Trace every movement with a full audit-ready history.
- Trigger tasks, alerts, and system updates from location events.
Barcode + UWB
See assets beyond dedicated storage
Use RTLS-enabled scanners to add location context at scan time.
Track millions of assets at the cost of tracking only your hand scanners. Use UWB where precision matters and keep barcode/QR coverage everywhere else. This improves visibility when assets are scanned outside fixed storage and supports Spatial Inventory Management.
- Track scanner locations instead of tagging every asset.
- Add UWB precision where needed.
- Keep low-cost barcode/QR coverage across all areas.
- Improve visibility for scans outside dedicated storage.
Asset Tracking & Retrieval
Find anything fast and remove search time
Capabilities:
- Indoor navigation to assets
- Last-seen and confidence history
- Ownership and reservation status
- Usage analytics
Typical outcomes:
- Reduced downtime
- Faster maintenance
- Less duplicate purchasing
Spatial Inventory Management
Location-aware inventory that replaces spreadsheet blind spots
Capabilities:
- Scan location plus scan item workflows
- Storage capacity and overflow detection
- Aging inventory detection
- Mobile floor-level workflows
Typical outcomes:
- Accurate stock location
- Reduced walking time
- Faster receiving and picking
Process Insights & Optimisation
Understand how work really flows
Capabilities:
- Process step detection from movement
- Cycle time measurement
- Bottleneck identification
- Throughput analytics
Typical outcomes:
- Lean improvements
- Data-driven layout changes
- Real operational KPIs instead of estimates
Storage Availability & Status
A live map of free versus occupied storage
Capabilities:
- Dynamic storage occupancy
- Smart placement suggestions
- Overfill alerts
- Zone utilization heatmaps
Typical outcomes:
- Better space utilization
- Fewer manual checks
- Faster inbound decisions
Deployment Planning & Operations
Plan with movement data, not assumptions
Capabilities:
- Equipment allocation insights
- Resource utilization visibility
- Staffing pattern analysis
- Simulation-ready operational inputs
Typical outcomes:
- Better scheduling
- Fewer surprises
- Capacity planning based on reality
Technology Approach
Hybrid location with one map-based interface
FORMATION uses a hybrid location strategy:
- Infrastructure tracking where precision matters
- QR and mobile workflows where cost and scale matter
- A map-based digital twin as the common operational interface
This supports gradual rollout and integration with ERP, WMS, and MES while still working standalone.
Open RTLS
Open building blocks for interoperable RTLS solutions
We created Open RTLS because RTLS projects often rebuild the same integration basics again and again. Open RTLS focuses on shared components so integrators and vendors can move faster.
It fits directly into the FORMATION stack. We use open standards and practical components for maps, event streams, and hub interfaces, then add FORMATION’s product layer for search, workflows, insights, and operational UX.
- Open standards and reusable components reduce integration friction.
- Shared RTLS foundations let teams focus on use-case value.
- FORMATION builds on top with map-first workflows and business outcomes.
Solution Engineering & Consulting
Scope the right stack and deliver quickly
Every operation is different. We work with you to design special solutions that match your workflows, constraints, and goals.
The FORMATION team brings hands-on experience in GIS and geospatial systems, search solutions, UX, and design. We help you scope the right solution, define a practical rollout, and deliver quickly.
- Discovery and scope for complex real-world requirements.
- GIS, geospatial, search, UX, and design expertise in one team.
- Fast delivery with phased rollout and measurable outcomes.
Where it matters most
Defence
Current geopolitical realities have shifted priorities from long-term planning to immediate readiness. Defence organizations face unprecedented demand, where delivery speed and maintenance throughput directly impact capability.
Modernizing logistics and maintenance operations is now a practical way to scale readiness. Teams that gain real-time insight into movement, assets, and bottlenecks can scale output faster, adapt under pressure, and stay ahead.
Manufacturing
Manufacturers are under pressure to deliver more with the same footprint. Demand volatility, supply chain disruptions, and rising costs make efficiency gains harder to find. They are more valuable than ever.
Teams that understand how work actually flows can remove bottlenecks, reduce search time, and unlock hidden capacity. Teams that modernize early build a durable advantage as operational visibility becomes standard.
Logistics
Global logistics has become less predictable and more time-critical. Congestion, delays, and disruptions show why resilient operations depend on live movement data.
Organizations investing in real-time visibility can stabilize flow, improve utilization, and react faster when conditions change. As logistics networks modernize, seeing movement live is now expected.
In short
Ask the building
FORMATION turns facilities into queryable environments.
You do not need to ask people what happened. You can ask the building.