The startup has developed a signal-free location and navigation platform that utilizes engineering data to create a digital map for industrial sites, enabling quick identification of fixed assets. This technology significantly reduces the time industrial workers spend on critical tasks, enhancing overall productivity in sectors such as pharmaceuticals and oil and gas.
Funding
$880K 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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Problem
Large industrial facilities face challenges in efficiently managing assets, responding to emergencies, and optimizing production workflows, leading to wasted man-hours and potential production losses. Locating assets, navigating complex layouts, and accessing critical data are often time-consuming and inefficient processes.
Solution
PlantQuest offers a facility and asset mapping platform that digitizes industrial sites, providing a "Google Maps" experience for internal operations. The platform integrates existing facility data with location intelligence to create actionable insights, enabling workers to visualize data in context, optimize tasks, and quickly locate assets. By integrating with existing systems like CMMS and BMS, PlantQuest provides a unified view of critical information, reducing downtime, improving emergency response times, and enhancing overall operational efficiency. The platform supports interactive mapping, indoor navigation, and 360° visualization, empowering users to make data-driven decisions and streamline workflows across asset management, EHS, and production.
Target Audience
PlantQuest targets operators of large industrial facilities, particularly in the pharmaceutical, oil & gas, and manufacturing sectors, seeking to improve asset management, emergency response, production efficiency, and knowledge retention.
Features
- Interactive mapping that converts layout drawings into user-friendly maps with consolidated facility data.
- Real-time asset and alarm location tracking with search and custom filters.
- Signal-free indoor navigation with optimized routes and a custom rules engine for safe movement.
- High-resolution 360° imagery and LiDAR scans for enhanced facility oversight.
- Integration with CMMS, BMS, MES, BIM, and Fire & Gas systems for unified data visualization.
- Mobile applications for web and cross-platform access.
- Tools to visualize workflows across Asset Management, EHS and Production.
- Alerts for asset inactivity or movement into/out of specified zones.