Manufacturing

Tools, WIP, and people — visible across the plant.

Enforce safety, reduce tool loss, prove compliance.

Plants juggle thousands of tools, jigs, and work-in-progress units between cells. Carelens locates each one in real time, enforces zone safety, and audits compliance without slowing the line.

08:14 AM
P4

Plant 4 · Pune

Cell A1-A6 live

Tools out

62

3 overdue

Alerts

1

LOTO breach

LOTO breach · Cell A3

08:14 AM

Badge W-118 entered locked-out cell. Work order WO-2204 only authorizes W-204 and W-209.

Floor activity

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Torque wrenchTQ-014

Cell A1

now
LOTO Cell A3WO-2204

Breach W-118

1m
WIP cart 882WIP-882

A2 → A3

3m
Op. W-118W-118

A3 entry

1m
Torque wrenchTQ-022

Returned to crib

9m
Live
Map
Tools
LOTO

Where it shows up on day one

The questions Carelens answers for manufacturing teams from the first deployment.

Problem

Calibrated torque wrenches walk off — recalibration costs add up.

Solution

Every tool wears a tag. Tools must check back into the tool crib. Missing tools page the supervisor before the shift ends.

Problem

Unauthorized workers enter LOTO zones during maintenance.

Solution

Per-zone LOTO policy. Only badges on the work order can enter. Breach triggers buzzer + line-side display.

Problem

WIP gets lost between cells, missing the cycle time target.

Solution

Each WIP cart broadcasts its position. The MES sees flow in real time and surfaces stuck units automatically.

Problem

Shift attendance is a paper sheet that's wrong half the time.

Solution

Badges auto-clock-in when crossing the shift-line gateway. Payroll integration removes manual reconciliation.

Problem

Audits demand evidence of zone compliance.

Solution

Continuous logs of every badge crossing every zone, exportable as PDF for the auditor.

Hardware

The hardware that ships with the platform

Pick the mix that fits your site — temporary or permanent, indoor or outdoor. Carelens supplies, commissions, and maintains everything below.

Tool tags

Rugged BLE tags for torque wrenches, jigs, fixtures.

  • Industrial IP65 housing
  • Heat-resistant variant
  • 5-year battery
  • Magnetic / clamp mount
Worker badges

ID-card BLE+UWB. Auto-clock-in at gateways.

  • BLE + UWB
  • Multi-week battery
  • Drop / impact detection
  • Lone-worker option
Line-side gateway

Anchors at cell, gate, tool crib.

  • PoE / 24V DC
  • Industrial enclosure
  • Local zone logic
  • OT-network safe
WIP cart tracker

Battery-powered tag on every WIP cart.

  • 3-year battery
  • Drop sensor
  • Tamper-evident
  • Bulk-programming jig
Software

What you get in the dashboard

Every signal from the hardware lands here. Roles, policies, alerts, reports — everything the manufacturing team needs in one place.

  • Live shop-floor map with tools, badges, WIP
  • MES / SCADA integration (OPC-UA, Modbus, REST)
  • LOTO and calibrated-tool enforcement
  • Shift attendance + payroll export
  • OEE-grade utilization analytics per tool / cell
  • Audit-ready compliance reports

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Ready for a manufacturing pilot?

We ship the hardware, deploy on-site, and have you live in days — not quarters. Tell us your current pain points and we'll size the pilot.

  • · Tailored hardware kit shipped to your site
  • · On-site deployment and training
  • · One human reply within a business day
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