Indoor mapping and RFID tracking software for Germany

Germany’s automotive industry and its mechanical and plant engineering sector (Maschinen- und Anlagenbau) depend on tightly timed supply. Vehicle plants call off parts just in time (JIT) and, for variant-rich modules such as seats or cockpits, just in sequence (JIS); suppliers and logistics providers stage, sequence and deliver against those call-offs. A late or out-of-sequence delivery shows up on the assembly line very quickly.

Spatial Map shows where that material actually is inside the building. Supermarkets, sequencing areas, line-side buffers, racks and docks are drawn on the floor plan; RFID reads on load carriers, WIP status from your MES and stock by bin from your WMS turn into live markers and coloured areas. The Summit Assembly demo shows three lines, RFID WIP carriers and a held lot traced to the line it starves.

Industrie 4.0 has shaped German factory investment for well over a decade, and intralogistics — conveyors, AGVs and AMRs, tugger trains, automated small-parts stores — is a field with many well-known German suppliers. What is often still missing is one shared view of the building that operations, maintenance and planning can all read.

Spatial Map is that view, not another control system. It does not drive conveyors or vehicles; it shows their state. Positions from your RTLS engine, counts from light barriers, temperatures from sensors and machine states from your gateway or IoT platform arrive as table rows — posted through the write API or polled from a REST endpoint — and appear on the map with style rules, history playback and reports.

Much of German industry is Mittelstand: often family-owned, export-oriented companies with one or a handful of plants, lean IT teams and little appetite for long software projects. Spatial Map fits that shape. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, the 7-day trial covers up to 5 facilities, and Pro costs $60 a month or $600 a year for up to 4 facilities.

Existing drawings carry over. Upload the hall layout as a PDF — the scale is read from standard sheet sizes — or as a DWG from AutoCAD R2004–R2018, placed as a picture at real-world units, then trace halls, racks, walls, doors, stairs and lifts on top. If you prefer, our services team digitises the plans for you as a fixed-price custom service, in German or English.

Under the GDPR (DSGVO), location data that can be tied to an employee is personal data. In addition, introducing a technical system that could be used to monitor employees’ behaviour or performance typically needs your works council’s involvement under the co-determination rules of the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG §87(1) no. 6). Projects go more smoothly when this is planned in from the start, often with a works agreement (Betriebsvereinbarung) that sets out purpose and limits.

Spatial Map makes that conversation easier. Most plant projects tag assets — load carriers, containers, tools, pallets — rather than people, and the map only shows the data you choose to send. Roles limit who can see a facility, share links expose only selected layers and floors, and every workspace is isolated. A data processing agreement (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag) is available, and the security page describes how data is protected.

The app ships in German as well as English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese, and every user chooses their own. A shift supervisor can work in German while a group logistics team abroad uses English on the same facility; room names, column names and report titles stay exactly as you write them, umlauts included. Reports export to PDF, Excel, CSV and JSON for shift handovers and management reviews.

Our team works with German customers remotely, by video call and through the contact form. This page is also available in German.