One industrial IoT (IIoT) asset tracking and tool management platform. Countless sensors, systems, and people connected across complex manufacturing.
ESI powers Boeing’s smart factory IIoT network and provides measurable savings.
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Connect with our IIoT software experts to learn how ESI ecosystem integrations can help your organization automate workflows, improve tool tracking, and connect systems.
Gain complete, real-time visibility into every asset across its lifecycle—from induction to repair to end-of-life.
ESI’s asset management capability unifies asset tracking across facilities, giving manufacturers the data they need to optimize utilization, reduce idle time, and increase operational readiness.
End-to-End Lifecycle Visibility: See each asset’s location, status, and history.
Precise Tracking: Locate equipment instantly with a geo-referenced interface.
Automated Inventory: Maintain accurate counts and reduce manual audits with automated asset updates.
Operational Control: Group assets by job, area, or responsibility.
ESI provides accountability of your tools; minimizes Foreign Object Debris (FOD).
The Tool Management capability provides the full scope of tool induction, assignment and tool crib check out/check in functions – as well as process management for calibration, inspections, transfers and loans, repair, replacement, lifecycle cost and disposition at end of life.
Major features include:
Check-out, check-in and hand-off off tools from one person to another at the tool room or in the field
Corporate tool search function for available and/or substitutable tools
Disposition of tools for maintenance, repair, calibration, inspection, resale, destruction, etc.
Automated tool box/cabinet inventory
Tool Management Use Case
ESI provides an automated tool tracking ecosystem that significantly reduces costs and downtime due to lost and missing tools, while minimizing foreign object debris (FOD) during production. With ESI, technicians can easily check-in and check-out tools and equipment with RFID sensors that communicate with ESI’s Mobile Tools App in the field. ESI track tools to a person or location, and completely eliminates manual processes.
In this illustration, a technician repairing an aircraft component on the flight line (or gate) initiates a request for a torque wrench in order to complete the job. The technician orders the wrench through the Mobile Tool App, and an expeditor vehicle immediately delivers the tool to the technician.
The aircraft part is quickly repaired and the vehicle returns the wrench, which is automatically checked-in through ESI. This places the airlines in a revenue-generating position as it takes off for flight. The mechanic returns the tool to the tool crib or hands off the wrench to another mechanic if directed. The vehicle returns the wrench, which is automatically checked-in through ESI. This reduces turn times, placing the airline in a revenue-generating position as it takes off for flight.
Modern manufacturers face growing pressure to increase throughput, reduce downtime, and modernize operations—without disrupting existing systems or adding complexity.
Disconnected sensors, devices, and software limit operational visibility
Legacy systems hamper scalability and slow production
Manual tool tracking increases errors and downtime
Missed maintenance and metrology lapses create compliance risks and quality issues
ESI connects people, machines, and systems across your enterprise to create a comprehensive view of operations.
As a sensor-agnostic IIoT software solution, it integrates seamlessly with existing systems, making it simple to expand your ecosystem over time.
From tool tracking to Work-in-Progress, ESI’s capabilities help manufacturers increase productivity, standardize operations, and gain full visibility.
BAE Systems uses ESI to automate inventory, tool tracking, and workflows, tracking over 200,000 assets, 30,000 parts, and 6,500 work orders across facilities. The solution saved thousands of labor hours, increased production efficiency, and earned Tapestry an award for Best Manufacturing RFID Implementation.