SOLUTIONS

SmartSpace®

SmartSpace® Solutions are the ready-made way to get the most out of SmartSpace with minimal setup and configuration. Tracking the real-time location, interaction and status of both people and objects can be a complex process, but SmartSpace’s turnkey solutions are ready to go, fully supported, and have a 10-year track record of success across various industries worldwide.

What can you do with SmartSpace?

SmartSpace® supports a library of common use cases across a variety of industries, proven in many large-scale deployments. The no-code platform can also be used to create highly customised location-aware applications for more unique, complex, and interconnected processes.

Our Core Solutions:

1 SmartSpace Assembly: Gain real-time control and visibility of on-line assembly processes with a Ubisense solution that integrates with existing MES and line-side control systems.

2 SmartSpace Asset: Track precise asset location & movement in real-time. Instantly find assets such as tools, equipment, parts, materials and products anywhere on a digital map of your facility.

3 SmartSpace Yard: Easily locate and manage WIP (Work-In-Progress) across your indoor and outdoor storage areas.

4 SmartSpace Transit: Track the precise real-time location and movement of vehicles across indoor and outdoor transit yards. Eliminate wasted search time and automate everyday processes.

5 SmartSpace End-of-Line: Ubisense Automotive End-of-Line tracks the real-time location, movement and status of every vehicle across final production processes in both indoor and outdoor areas.

6 SmartSpace Logistics: Optimize process flows through improved process visibility for parts, materials, and kits being commissioned, transported to the line and used in production.

7 SmartSpace WIP Tracker: Ubisense SmartSpace WIP Tracker helps organizations achieve the optimal flow of raw materials and products in their non-linear or cell manufacturing processes.

SmartSpace Assembly

SmartSpace Assembly has been designed to modernize the manufacturing environment in a variety of ways. It eliminates the need for cumbersome cables, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and control. It increases flexibility within the manufacturing line by enabling dynamic adjustments to workstation lengths and supporting intelligent work-ahead capabilities, allowing for smoother transitions and more efficient workflows. The integration of Tool Control with Digital Tethers ensures that tools are accurately tracked and managed, providing bolt-level precision for critical fastening operations. Additionally, SmartSpace Assembly can automatically match tools to specific products, reducing errors and ensuring that each product is assembled with the correct specifications. These features collectively contribute to a more streamlined, adaptable, and precise manufacturing process, making SmartSpace Assembly an invaluable asset for modern production environments.

SmartSpace Asset

SmartSpace® Asset from Ubisense creates a digital-twin of your environment, combining software defined work zones and the real-time tracking of mobile assets. ​Quickly locate & manage all tools across the facility & automate alerts for critical events.
Pre-configured functionality can include:
  • Maps and searches for real-time location of assets ​
  • Automatic alerts for the incorrect or unauthorized use of equipment ​
  • Detection of equipment roaming outside of allocated zones ​
  • Graphical reports of historical equipment utilization ​
  • Alerts and controls to adhere to calibration and maintenance schedules of critical assets/tools​

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SmartSpace Yard

Eliminate wasted time searching for finished or unfinished products that are widely dispersed around site and receive real-time automated alerts of ageing or forgotten WIP. SmartSpace Yard creates a digital twin of your indoor and outdoor yards, defining storage, work and dispatch zones and tracking the real-time movement of products through them.

Pre-configured functionality can include:
  • Maps and searches for real-time location of assets
  • Customizable alerts for ageing or misplaced products
  • ‘Snap to space’ to neatly depict location and orientation of products
  • Graphical reports for process times and space utilization

SmartSpace Transit

Ubisense Transit Yard Management tracks the precise real-time location and movement of vehicles across both indoor and outdoor areas using high-performance Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and optionally GPS/RTK-GPS technology. Operations are digitized, enabling everyday processes to be automated and providing complete up-to-date visibility to users and existing systems.
Pre-configured functionality can include:
  • Maps and searches for real-time location of vehicles across both indoor and outdoor areas
  • Automatic logging of cleaning, fuelling, maintenance, and charging
  • Guided parking for drivers to optimize storage and dispatch
  • Graphical reports of current and historical KPIs
  • Integration with existing dispatch and scheduling software systems for seamless operator experience and real-time status updates

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SmartSpace End-of-Line

Ubisense Automotive End-of-Line provides complete, always-on visibility of operations using real-time vehicle location and status data integrated with existing planning systems. Powerful searches, alerts and reports provides production and management teams the information they need to quickly identify process inefficiencies and aging work-in-progress.
Pre-configured functionality can include:
  • High-performance location sensors for indoor & outdoor areas
  • Re-usable tags attached to products (IP69K rated and over 10-year battery life)
  • A digital map of facilities for real-time searches and customizable alerts for aging or misplaced vehicles
  • Graphical reports showing process flow, dwell times, product status, space utilization and end-of-shift performance
  • Seamless integration into existing planning systems

SmartSpace Logistics

SmartSpace Logistics by Ubisense optimizes intra-logistics by enhancing process visibility for parts, materials, and kits. It automates alerts for shortages, tracks material usage to prevent waste, and supports flexible goods movement strategies. The system provides real-time situational awareness for logistics routes, digitizes delivery operations, and controls both inbound and outbound logistics processes. Integrating with various tracking systems, it ensures efficient material handling and reduces manual intervention, significantly improving overall operational efficiency.

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SmartSpace WIP Tracker

Ubisense SmartSpace WIP Tracker automates non-linear production processes using easy to configure business rules. The real-time status, movement, sequence and interaction of assets is visualised and measured to improve productivity, quality and safety. Use dashboards to track utilization over time and optimize inventory levels to eliminate manufacturing shortages.
Pre-configured functionality can include:
  • High-performance location sensors & Tags for indoor & outdoor areas
  • A digital map of facilities for real-time searches of WIP across site
  • Graphical reports showing process flow, operational status & performance
  • Seamless integration into existing business planning systems
  • Automatic detection and customizable alerts of ageing WIP, process-overruns, and work zone errors including over-occupancy, marshalling and prohibited zone entry

Problems:

  • Wasted time searching for WIP
  • Delayed WIP stuck between process steps
  • Quality issues arising from missed or incorrect process steps
  • Bottlenecks caused by frequently-overrunning processes
  • Increased productivity and quality through better coordination of complex processes
  • Reduction in labour costs
  • Improved order-to-delivery time
  • Reduction in WIP inventory
  • Reduction in cycle time
  • Low productivity caused by inefficient routing of work orders through available work zones
  • Low productivity driving WIP inventory build-up and
    labour costs required to hit delivery schedules

Solutions:

  • Real-time location of all WIP
  • Automatic alerts highlighting delayed WIP
  • Real-time detection of process sequence errors
  • Automatic identification of unstable processes
  • Identify priority WIP and match with available resources

Value:

  • Increased productivity and quality through better coordination of complex processes
  • Reduction in labour costs
  • Improved order-to-delivery time
  • Reduction in WIP inventory
  • Reduction in cycle time

Why Ubisense

Ubisense is proud to work with leading organizations around the globe, helping improve the management of tools and equipment, using a wide variety of proven, real-time location system technology to deliver the following outcomes:

  • Elimination of search-time waste
  • Prevention of critical equipment flight-risk or Foreign Object Damage (FOD)
  • Increased productivity and reduced process cycle time
  • Reduced capital and operational costs through better resource utilization
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