Most failed RTLS projects have one thing in common: They were was designed before anyone actually studied the real environment. Anchors get dropped in. Tags get assigned. A dashboard gets built to theoretically represent the space — without accounting for real-world infrastructure like steel beams, dead zones, or ceiling structures that make clean anchor installs a more complex than expected.
At DynaWo, we’ve seen how that plays out. That’s why our RTLS design always starts with one question:
What does this space actually need?
We don’t build around pre-made packages. We design around reality.
Here’s what that looks like:
- Infrastructure-First, Always. We don’t deploy UWB or BLE just because it worked somewhere else. We ask: What is physically possible here? When installation and cabling costs are significant, we typically opt for a battery-powered UWB mesh system to simplify deployment.
- Hybrid That Accounts for ‘Problem Zones’. Every facility has them: cold rooms, outdoor areas, signal blind spots. We’ve learned to blend tech accordingly — GPS for transportation tracking, LoRaWAN for smart campus / industrial area, and UWB or BLE AoA for precision at chokepoints. We build precision that matches the specific scenario. Take some examples: tracking the last operating position of a forklift instead of tracking a pallet all the time; using a tag with light for optical searching instead of measuring the Z-axis in a shelf zone; a normal BLE beacon is cost-effective for inventory counting purposes.
- Thinking Beyond the Proof of Concept (PoC). One of the most common traps: designing the perfect pilot — then realizing the rest of the facility doesn’t match. We always ask: Will this scale well to the full area? If not, back to the solution workshops. Our team of experts work directly with our clients to ensure our solutions isn’t just the “best” technology, but what’s best for them.
RTLS isn’t about picking a package deal with the ‘highest’ specs. It’s about designing a system that actually fits the real-world layout, people, and workflows that meets the client’s specific goals — especially once the dust starts flying and pallets are moving.
Start with the site survey. Everything else flows from there.
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