THE DEAL saw more than 40,000 physical assets brought under real-time visibility for the first time. The move also saw Airbus eliminate Foreign Object Debris incidents across its production floor.

A patented recovery algorithm from Sensolus maintains near-continuous visibility across complex intermodal journeys – truck, rail, ocean freight – where data connectivity had previously dropped to zero at every handoff point.

Airbus IoT technical specialist Maxime Saraiva, says: “On top of being accurate, quick to deploy, and energy-efficient, [our solution] works extremely well. The flow of logistics data has increased significantly, providing greater visibility for daily operations.”

A second deployment addressed a different problem. In aircraft manufacturing, a single unaccounted tool left inside a component is a life-safety risk.

Using Bluetooth Low Energy technology, Sensolus created digital twins of tools as they moved through the production flow. Any misplaced item could be located within minutes.