Imagine this: You own a retail store or are managing work ow in a large facility, and you’re trying to figure out the best location for item placement. You know how inventory moves throughout the facility—and new items could easily be placed in multiple areas. So how do you decide where to put them for maximum sales and efficiency? What if you could see the traffic in your operations as it flows, in real time?

In a small sense, that’s what Tangerine Mobile offers businesses: real-time indoor location data and analytics that allow for data- based decision-making for everything from product placement to workforce optimization, says Ken Curry, co-founder of the tech company.

Combining real-time indoor location services, which are powered by sensors and use ultra-wideband technology, with visuals and analysis, Tangerine Mobile lets businesses examine where, when, what, and even who, is at a specific site(s). The company takes the data produced from geospatial findings and integrates it with maps and other visualization tools.

The technology can help business owners and decision-makers determine whether they have the right product stocking procedures in place, if the facility is laid out in the best way to ensure that people can find what they’re looking for, and whether resources, such as space, energy, or supplies, are being used.

“It (geospatial solutions) introduces a whole new level of intelligence” to what and who goes where, Curry says.