Foursquare provides location intelligence software that helps businesses understand and leverage real-world consumer behavior. Their platform offers location data, analytics, and attribution tools to inform marketing strategies, optimize operations, and enhance customer experiences.
Funding
$10K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Manufacturers often struggle with inefficient intralogistics, leading to difficulties in tracking assets, managing material flow, and optimizing equipment utilization within their facilities and yards. This lack of real-time visibility results in increased operational costs, bottlenecks, and delays in production and delivery.
Solution
FloWide provides a software platform that leverages real-time location data to optimize intralogistics for manufacturers. Their solution uses a hybrid Real-Time Location System (RTLS) that integrates multiple tracking technologies, including Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), GPS, and LoRa, to provide precise indoor and outdoor location data. The platform offers applications for shop floor tracking, forklift fleet management, and yard management, enabling businesses to monitor asset movement, optimize routes, control traffic, and automate processes. By providing end-to-end solutions from sensor data to customizable dashboards, FloWide empowers manufacturers to measure, analyze, and improve their operations.
Target Audience
FloWide targets operations and logistics managers, maintenance departments, and finance and sourcing teams within manufacturing companies seeking to improve material flow, equipment monitoring, and overall operational efficiency.
Features
- Hybrid RTLS technology combining UWB, BLE, GPS, and LoRa for versatile indoor and outdoor tracking
- Real-time asset tracking with sub-meter precision
- Customizable web applications built using FloWide Workbench for specific operational needs
- Shop floor tracking features: asset finder, zone alerts, maintenance planning, digital lean metrics, buffer monitoring, electronic Kanban, milkrun optimization, AGV traffic control, WIP tracking, conveyor tracking, auto ordering, and misplacement detection
- Forklift fleet tracking features: equipment efficiency reports, route optimization, traffic control, indirect tracking, inventory checks with RFID integration, speed limit zones, layout optimization, and cycle time statistics
- Yard management features: (un)loading time statistics, wayfinding, bottleneck detection, automatic check-in, stockpile volume monitoring, misplaced unloading detection, scanning gate data matching, and machine tracking
- Drone integration for creating 2D maps and calculating material volumes in the yard