Automate warehousing and manufacturing across multiple facilities
Idealworks OS orchestrates robots from any vendor across countries or continents. Coordinate multi-site operations with consolidated KPIs and one accountable partner.
Orchestrating across BMW Group production sites in four countries, and still growing
1,000+
iw.hub AMRs
Running in mixed traffic across BMW Group plants.
30,000
missions per day
Production supply orchestrated on one layer.
98.5%
availability
Sustained across seven manufacturing plants.
Built for your most complex, high-demand operations
Keep the robots you own
Idealworks OS coordinates your existing hardware alongside new robots through VDA 5050. No rip-and-replace as you standardize across sites.
Expand without re-architecting
The configuration validated at one site becomes the template for the next. Add new locations and replicate without rebuilding the integration each time.
Adapt to different facilities
The same robots handle varied load carriers and trigger methods. The same software connects to the WMS or control system each facility runs. Different requirements, one platform.
Compound every deployment
The same hardware runs across every facility, so knowledge, spare parts, and operational expertise transfer directly. The more you scale, the less each new facility costs to run.
See one operational view
Live fleet, mission, and availability data from every site roll up into a single view in Idealworks OS. Keep everyone and everything on the same page.
Keep operations running
Production remains stable through every phase of rollout and expansion. The full configuration is validated in simulation before any robot moves on the floor.
De-risk CapEx
Fleet size, routing, and traffic behavior are proven in iw.sim before you commit hardware budget.
Gain an accountable partner
Idealworks coordinates all your intralogistics, and owns the overall system quality and performance. Once automation is live, accountability is clear and centralized.
Your multi-site rollout, end to end
Bring the sites you already run onto one layer, and template the process so every new location comes online faster, whether you are migrating an existing facility or opening a new one.
Baseline
Audit the site you are starting with: material flows, systems, and the vendors and fleets already on the floor.
Validate
Build a digital twin of each site in iw.sim and confirm fleet sizing and routing before commitment.
Deploy
Bring sites online one at a time under supervised ramp, coordinating existing and third-party fleets.
Operate
Run the site in steady-state production, with one partner accountable for uptime.
Expand
The playbook from site one becomes the template for site two. Maps, configurations, and integration patterns carry forward. Each new site adds to the network.
One software orchestration layer runs every facility
The configuration you validate, the orchestration layer that dispatches your fleet, and the mission data you report on all carry forward. Nothing to switch.
iw.sim
Test before you deploy with high-fidelity digital twins built for real-world automation.
Simulation engine
NVIDIA Omniverse digital twin
Validates
Fleet sizing, routing, charging strategy, traffic behavior
Tested against
Real production volumes per facility
Output
A configuration confirmed before capital is committed
Sim-to-live
The configuration that runs in iw.sim runs on the floor
Idealworks OS
Coordinates robots, tasks, and traffic into one operational system.
Communication interface
VDA 5050 standard
Vendor agnostic integration
Native for the Idealworks robotics portfolio, Cloud Connectors for third-party AMRs and AGVs
IT integration
WMS, ERP, and MES interfaces
Visibility
Live fleet, mission, and KPI views, heatmaps, replay
Deployment
Cloud-hosted multi-site map and zone management
the configurations
Industrial robots, built to expand your fleet
The Idealworks portfolio covers the full range of material movements, coordinated with the AMRs and AGVs on your floor through Idealworks OS, the same way at every facility.
Floor-to-Floor Pallet Transport
Integrated forks for point-to-point pallet movement on a single level. Handles TKT containers and offset half-pallets without manual alignment. Best when pallets move floor-to-floor within a single environment.
Built for the long term
Ownership
One accountable partner, one contract across sites.
Data
Residency and control to GDPR and the EU Data Act — EU, MX, US.
Investment
Leasing or capital expenditure, modeled per site.
Prioritization
Rollouts sequenced to your annual planning cycle.
Customer success stories
Proven from pilot to site rollout
1,200
Robots across 10 locations
BMW Group achieves enterprise-scale automation by coordinating a massive fleet of robots across three continents.
13
robots replaced 6 tugger trains
Holistic Material Flow Orchestration at Purem by Eberspaecher with Idealworks OS
1,700
Missions every day
MoldTecs maintains a completely automated production supply using eight iw.hubs at its Sonneberg site.
Scale across your whole network
We'll scope your sites and operations and walk you through it.
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