Know where assets, inventory and people are — then change how the operation runs.
We help enterprises decide what technology to deploy for physical visibility — and which vendors to trust. Auto-ID, RFID, RTLS, vision, IoT or a hybrid: assessed on merit, because we sell none of them. Paid only by you. Fixed-fee proposal within 48 hours of a scoping call.
Sectors we serve
Twenty years in track-and-trace. We do not sell tags, readers, anchors or licences — in any of them.
Your operational problem isn’t always an RFID problem.
It might need Auto-ID, RFID, RTLS, UWB, BLE, Wi-Fi, GPS, computer vision, IoT sensors or AGV-native locating — or a hybrid of several.
Most advisors lead with one technology, because one technology is what they sell. We start with the job that has to get done, the building it happens in, and the systems you already run — then score the options on accuracy, total cost of ownership and integration effort — the same basis as our independent RTLS consulting and industrial RFID strategy work.
We don’t start with a radio.
vendor-neutral
- We don’t sell readers, tags or anchors.
- We don’t sell an RTLS platform of our own.
- We don’t take vendor commissions or referral fees.
Every pound we earn comes from you, which is the only reason our recommendation can be trusted. Plenty of firms say “vendor-agnostic”; the test is who still gets paid when the answer is don’t buy it. Advisor vs integrator — how to tell → · How we stay independent →
Six steps, each a fixed scope with a decision at the end of it.
Start at the step you actually need. Most clients start at Discover; some already know the job and start at Select; a few call us when a programme has stalled. Every step has a named output and a price agreed before it begins — and none of them commits you to the next.
Discover
Operational visibility assessment
Where time, stock and equipment actually go — observed on your floor, not inferred from a survey. Ends with a prioritised list of jobs worth solving.
Visibility assessment →Evaluate
Technology options & architecture
Auto-ID versus RTLS versus vision, scored against your accuracy, environment and TCO constraints. Options and trade-offs, with the reasoning shown.
Technology evaluation →Select
Vendor-neutral RFP & shortlist
A requirement written so vendors can be compared like for like — then quote review, reference checks and a defensible shortlist.
RFP & vendor selection →Validate
Pilot design & success criteria
What the pilot must prove, measured how, passing at what threshold — agreed before anything is installed, so the result is not arguable afterwards.
Pilot success criteria →Oversee
Implementation assurance & PMO
Independent oversight of someone else’s deployment: design held to, acceptance tested, data quality verified, sign-off earned rather than assumed.
Implementation assurance →Scale
Retainer & multi-site governance
Standards, reference design and a review cadence so site three costs a fraction of site one — and stays accurate after we leave.
Managed & retained advisory →Rescue
Stalled pilot or programme recovery
Late, over budget, or live but not trusted. We triage it independently — what was actually promised, what the data says, what it would take to recover — and tell you plainly whether it is worth recovering. No vendor of ours is implicated in the answer, because we have none.
Programme rescue →All services and fee bands → · How we work & what it costs → · Buyer’s guides →
Every locating family, judged on merit.
We hold no partner tier, reseller agreement or certification with any vendor in this list. Where a technology is wrong for your job we say so — including the one you arrived asking for.
Start from the job you need done.
The use case decides the technology — never the other way round. These are the jobs we are asked to solve most often.
Briefs for the people in the room.
CFO, COO, IT/OT, plant, procurement, EHS, clinical and CISO — same independent advice, framed for each decision.
What well-run locating programmes deliver — and the services behind them.
The kinds of results RTLS, RFID and IoT programmes are scoped to deliver across industries. Figures are representative ranges from well-run deployments — your numbers depend on use case, environment and execution.
Inventory accuracy after RFID in retail, warehousing and manufacturing — fewer errors, write-offs and reconciliation effort.
Cycle-count time in warehouses using RFID — bulk reads replace manual barcode counting.
Out-of-stocks in retail and distribution — item-level RFID sharpens replenishment and shelf visibility.
Asset search time in hospitals, factories and airports — RTLS surfaces pumps, forklifts, carts and tooling.
WIP visibility in automotive and manufacturing — RFID and UWB track totes, parts and subassemblies.
Typical ROI on strong RTLS & location-intelligence programmes — from labour, shrinkage, uptime, safety and utilisation gains.
One programme. Every stakeholder gets a straight answer.
RTLS touches the boardroom, the budget, the integration layer and the floor. Pick the lens that fits you.
Outcomes and de-risked delivery
The business case, the payback and the proof that this ships — not another stalled pilot. Board-ready numbers, gate-governed risk.
Cost, payback and procurement you can defend
Indicative fees up front. Independent selection. A repeatable design pack for the next site.
Accuracy, architecture and clean integration
The right radio for the physics, an architecture that scales, and integration into your WMS, ERP, EMR or MES that actually holds.
Tools your team will actually use
Workflows that fit how the floor really works — faster searches, fewer missed steps, safety that helps rather than nags.
Worked examples, by sector.
Composite locating worked examples by sector (not a substitute for the named clients above) — challenge, approach and typical ranges. Not a client roster. We model your own numbers when you engage.
Founder-led. Vendor-neutral. Both sides of the table.
TRACIO is a founder-led independent advisory with global delivery experience.
Our founder has worked inside the major RFID and RTLS localization vendors and delivered deployments worldwide —
so you get both perspectives in one room: the vendor-neutral advisor on your side, and the insider who knows exactly how the vendors price, pitch and deliver. That is the playbook from the other side of the table —
what to watch for, and the right questions to ask before you sign.
For specialist delivery we draw on vetted engineers, integrators and domain experts — with no vendor commissions and no resale obligations.
From business case to commissioning.
From the executive business case to the quarterly performance audit twelve months after go-live.
Business case & roadmap
Discovery, use-case prioritisation, KPI tree construction, NPV / IRR / payback modelling, and multi-year roadmap aligned to corporate strategy.
Vendor-neutral evaluation
Comparative analysis across UWB, BLE 5.x AoA, RAIN RFID, active RFID, ultrasound, Wi-Fi RTT, SLAM, and vision — scored against your environment, accuracy budget, and TCO.
RFP, sourcing & contract review
RFP design with structured evaluation matrices, vendor shortlisting, demo orchestration, commercial fairness benchmarking, and MSA / SOW review pre-sign.
Solution & site design
RF predictive modelling, anchor and reader placement, ISA-95 / Purdue Model network design, OT/IT segmentation aligned to IEC 62443, integration mapping across MES, EMR, WMS, CMMS, ServiceNow.
PoC & pilot delivery
Hypothesis-driven proofs-of-concept and in-situ pilots with measurable go / no-go criteria. Pilots that mirror production load, not the marketing one.
Programme management
Multi-site, multi-region rollout governance with clear gating, PMO reporting, change management, UAT scripting, and as-built documentation packs.
Data, BI & digital twin
Event stream processing, data lake integration, Power BI / Tableau / Qlik dashboarding, and digital-twin enablement for simulation and prediction.
Training & change management
Role-based curricula for operators, biomed engineers, line leads, and admins. Super-user programmes and stakeholder engagement that drives sustained adoption.
Audit & project recovery
Quarterly performance audits, dispute resolution, expert-witness engagements, and rapid triage of stalled or failing rollouts.
The systems we integrate with — and the standards we design to.
Vendor-neutral on the radio, fluent in the enterprise systems your operation already runs.
All product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are used for descriptive purposes only; reference does not imply endorsement or partnership.
Engagements scoped against the numbers your board reviews.
Every project is anchored to a measurable target — OEE points, inventory accuracy, bed turn time, dock dwell minutes, or annual cost out.
Locate any pump. Under 30 seconds.
BLE 5.x AoA and UWB designed around clinical workflow and Joint Commission compliance — mobile medical equipment, infusion pumps, telemetry, ED bed state, hand-hygiene attestation. Integrated with Epic, Cerner, Meditech, and your CMMS.
Healthcare use casesWIP visibility. ~65% → 98%+ WIP.
Item-level Passive RFID at cells and dock doors, UWB tool control on the line, IATF 16949-compliant traceability, MES integration with SAP MII, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Siemens Opcenter, or your bespoke platform.
Manufacturing use casesDock-door reads. Payback in months.
Passive RFID at every dock door, BLE on trailers, yard truck location, and integration with Manhattan, Blue Yonder, Körber, SAP EWM, or your TMS for live inbound / outbound reconciliation and perfect-order lift.
Logistics use casesStalled rollout. Triaged in days.
Assessment, recovery plan, dedicated PMO or guidance to your team, and unified stakeholder communication. Two decades of complex IT and OT project rescue experience applied to the specifics of RTLS and RFID.
Project recoveryA four-stage, gate-governed delivery model.
↻ Gate-governed and iterative — every cycle we loop optimise back into design.
Discovery & site survey
Stakeholder workshops, KPI tree, current-state assessment, use-case prioritisation, and predictive RF modelling.
PoC & pilot
Hypothesis-driven validation against measurable go / no-go criteria. Pilots that mirror production load.
Rollout & integration
Programme management, commissioning, MES / EMR / WMS integration, UAT, as-built documentation.
Launch support & audit
SLA-backed launch support, quarterly performance audit, drift analysis, optimisation cycles.
Watch a tagged asset move. See where it spends time.
This is what location tracking actually looks like in your operation. Switch the environment (warehouse, hospital, plant, construction). Add 50 more assets. Slide accuracy from basic to precision. The red zones are bottlenecks you can fix.
A tagged asset (forklift, infusion pump, worker) moving through your facility in real time.
Cool zones = passed through quickly. Red zones = bottlenecks where time and money are lost.
Every move feeds your existing systems (WMS, ERP, EMR) so dashboards and decisions update automatically.
Simulated data — real systems produce the same kind of event stream. Open the full visualiser with architecture notes →
Beyond X & Y coordinates.
Most RTLS vendors stop at a moving dot on a map. TRACIO treats position events as raw telemetry — then engineers the analytics, rules, and integration layer that converts them into the OEE uplift, throughput improvement, or compliance signal your CFO actually measures.
Telemetry → structured event streams
TDoA, AoA, RSSI, and dwell events normalised across vendors and time-aligned with SAP, Oracle, Epic, Cerner, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, ServiceNow, and bespoke MES platforms.
Operational KPIs mapped to your P&L
OEE, first-pass yield, takt time, bed turn, length-of-stay, dock dwell, perfect-order rate, SLA compliance — mapped to the metrics your board already reviews.
Closed-loop automation & alerting
Rules engines triggering ServiceNow incidents, CMMS work orders, nurse-call escalations, andon, and MES interlocks. Location data driving production, not just observation.
Digital twin & predictive analytics
Spatial event data structured for digital-twin platforms (Azure Digital Twins, Siemens Xcelerator, NVIDIA Omniverse). Simulation, what-if modelling, and ML-driven prediction on real movement history.
From a coordinate to a decision you already own.
A position is an x, a y and a timestamp. We normalise the feed and attach rules you already use —
dwell limits, zone interlocks, excursion alerts. Predictive models, if used, run in your cloud on your data.
Illustrative model outputs on simulated data. See how we build the AI layer →
Why these programmes actually paid back.
Voices from the buying side of RTLS & RFID programmes. Figures shown are representative of well-run deployments of this type — we model your own numbers before you commit.
"We'd stalled twice on WIP tracking before TRACIO. They insisted the pilot run at full production load, not a demo lane — that's why it held up. WIP accuracy settled at 99.2% and we were still holding +6 OEE points six months after go-live."Operations Technology DirectorTier-1 automotive supplier · DACH
"They triaged a stalled UWB rollout in two weeks and were straight with us: the anchor density was the problem, not the vendor. Re-architected, re-tendered, live in 90 days. The board finally trusts the programme."CIOFortune 500 industrial group · programme recovery
"TRACIO scored fourteen vendors against our actual dock environment, not a spec sheet. We signed 22% under the frontrunner's first quote, and read accuracy is holding above 99%. The numbers were defensible because they came from our own pilot."Head of ProcurementEuropean 3PL · dock & yard programme
"They understood Epic integration as well as the BLE radio, so adoption actually stuck. Biomed stopped hunting for pumps — about 25 minutes back per nurse per shift — and rental spend fell over 30%. Designing around the workflow first is why it worked."VP, Clinical Engineering600-bed academic medical centre · NALA
"TRACIO kept us vendor-neutral and rolled it out cluster by cluster, so we proved the gain before scaling. Online-order cancellations only dropped once inventory was finally trustworthy store by store."Omnichannel DirectorEuropean fashion retailer
"As a hardware vendor we hired TRACIO for EU market entry. They were candid about where our product genuinely won and where it didn't — that honesty is exactly what opened doors. Four serious enterprise pilots in a quarter."CEORTLS hardware vendor · North America · GTM advisory
Transparent, scoped fees — agreed before we start.
No open-ended day-rates that drift. You see the model and the number up front, fixed wherever the scope allows — so finance can budget with confidence.
Fixed-fee
Clear scope — discovery, vendor selection, pilot design. You know the price before we start.
Day-rate & retainer
Ongoing advisory and programme governance — senior time in flexible blocks, £1,200/day.
SOW against agreed KPIs
Advisory-through-live delivery scoped against agreed KPIs, so fees track the result, not the hours.
Discovery sprints typically £3k–£9.5k; equipment & pilot-kit rental available. Fees are project-based, confirmed after a scoping workshop, and exclude hardware, licences and travel (T&E). See full indicative fees →
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