01
Logistics
Data comes from barcode scans or manual entry: slow and labor-intensive.
THINGPLE’S ANSWER
RFID capture plus edge intelligence record warehouse and logistics movements automatically.
DIGITAL & AI FOR CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS MANUFACTURING
From factory data
to better operations.
Thingple connects the physical materials, production equipment and quality records of chemical and materials plants into one traceable data foundation, the base for practical AI.
Proven at BASF-YPC Nanjing · Strategic investor: Phoenix Contact · Strategic cooperation: Yokogawa China
RFID read ✓SMART ID boundGate verified ✓
14*Years since founding in Shanghai
10+Years applying RFID in chemicals & materials
12Multinational clients
×100Faster inventory counts than scanning barcodes one by one
THE DATA FLYWHEEL
Where AI drives
continuous improvement.
Every customer wants a data flywheel: a loop in which connected data keeps improving quality, productivity, process and formulation, and AI learns from every cycle.
- 01
Quality improvement
AI-powered quality prediction and traceability. Fewer defects and less rework, with product quality improving continuously.
- 02
Productivity improvement
Data insights support decisions, lift equipment utilisation and workforce efficiency, and sustain productivity growth.
- 03
Process optimisation
AI-enabled automation shortens cycle times, cuts cost and keeps optimising the process.
- 04
Formulation innovation
Data-driven formulation R&D speeds up process innovation and validation, and strengthens product competitiveness.
MES, WMS and LIMS feed one AI core. But there are gaps in the way ↓
THE CHALLENGE
But most plants
are missing the data.
AI needs complete, connected data. Five gaps usually stand in the way, and each has a specific answer.
02
Production
Stand-alone equipment and legacy lines are not connected to MES, and batch charging is not accurately recorded.
THINGPLE’S ANSWER
Acquire and parse PLC data from discrete equipment with a standardized toolkit.
03
Data silos
Formulation, production and quality data sit in separate systems with no linkage.
THINGPLE’S ANSWER
One platform and one ID: the Real & Virtual SMART ID connects each product’s full lifecycle.
04
Instruments
Data from analog instruments is never captured.
THINGPLE’S ANSWER
Replace legacy gauges, install fixed cameras and deploy robotic inspection.
05
AI models
There is no universal model. Every data flywheel needs customized learning.
THINGPLE’S ANSWER
Tailored models on a common foundation, including defect-detection and equipment-early-warning models already built for chemicals and materials.
OUR ANSWER
One ID thread.
A basket of tools.
Tools in every layer, from hardware to AI, capture the data. ID is the thread that ties it together, so the flywheel can spin.
AIApplicationsEdgeHardware
AI applications
- Yield improvement
- Defect analysis
- Predictive maintenance
- Intelligent sorting
Applications
- SMART-MES
- RFID-WMS
- Laboratory management
- Environmental monitoring
- Cold-chain traceability
- Industrial gas management IoT
Edge analytics
- Edge intelligence gateway
- RFID edge analytics kit
- Edge control
Hardware
- RFID antennas & tags
- Smart hardware
- Smart sensors
- Asset-tracking IoT box
WHAT THE ID TRACKS
Four kinds of asset.
One ID.
Whatever you need to account for moves in one of four ways. Each gets the same ID, so it lands in the same record.
FLOW畅流
Goods in and out
Every movement recorded as the work happens, as forklifts and handhelds read the tags.
Runs on: RFID WMS
CYCLE畅循
Assets that come back
Kegs, gas cylinders and transport packaging identified and tracked through every trip.
Runs on: RFID WMS and asset tracking
NEURO智联
Fixed assets
Tracking and monitoring of equipment and fixed assets with the IoT technology that suits each site, around the clock.
Runs on: asset-tracking IoT
USE畅用
Things that get used up
Lab reagents and process materials weighed and recorded as they are used, so every gram is accounted for.
Runs on: lab management and MES
OUR SOLUTIONS
Three solutions,
one connected record.
Warehouse, production and AI systems that manage all four kinds of asset on the same IDs. Start with the problem that matters most and add modules as you grow.
Your enterprise systems
- Market forecast
- Vendor management
- Procurement orders
- Customs clearance
- Logistics
- Shipment
- Cost management
Warehouse
- Sales & PO management
- Raw-material warehouse
- Acceptance
- Finished-goods warehouse
- Production-line warehouse
Operation
- Production plan
- APS scheduling
- MES
- QMS quality
- LIMS
- EMS & optimisation
Digital twin
- Digital twin server
Equipment
- Equipment edge server (PLC data)
- EMS edge server (energy and environment sensors)
- Thingple WMS
- Thingple MES
- Your existing systems, connected
Every record in both suites is tied together by the same SMART ID. Choose a tab below to light up its part of the map.
01 / RFID WMS
A warehouse that records its own movements.
A mature RFID-WMS used for years in large chemical and materials enterprises, including BASF and SUEZ. Forklifts read tags as operators work, so inventory, locations and tasks stay in step with the physical floor.
Discuss warehouse management ↗- Tailored to central, production, raw-material and finished-goods warehouses, plus hazardous-waste storage, sample storage and precious-metals management
- Data gateway to SAP and other ERP systems
- Forklift and access-control checks help prevent incorrect shipments
- Bulk RFID scanning simplifies inventory counting
- Automated reports and data visualization
- Higher warehouse utilization and operating efficiency
- Inbound notice
- Bind RFID to pallet
- Putaway
- Cycle counting
- Picking
- Gate verification
- Loading
02 / CONNECTED MES
See production as it happens.
A real-time production control platform for chemical and materials plants. Edge gateways collect equipment, process and material data, so planning, execution, monitoring and quality share one live record, down to every batch.
Discuss manufacturing execution ↗- Digital-twin dashboards show line status, equipment and quality on one screen
- Paperless work orders, closed loop from instruction to archive
- Scheduling suggestions based on equipment status, order priority and energy use
- Parameter limits trigger alerts, with automatic process-compliance checks
- Trace any quality issue from the finished serial number back to the raw-material batch
- Stand-alone MES, or modules that add to your existing systems
- Formulation
- Actual feeding
- Reactor process
- Quality results
- Batch record
03 / INDUSTRIAL AI
Put connected data to work.
Practical ML and AI models tailored to each company and built on a common foundation developed for chemicals and materials. They learn from your own process, equipment and quality history.
Discuss industrial AI ↗- Defect analysis and quality prediction
- Equipment early warning and predictive maintenance
- Yield prediction, process optimization and scheduling support
- Storage-location and shipment-window recommendations
- Statistical analysis and dashboards on top of your own knowledge data
- OT data
- Cleaning & labeling
- Machine learning
- Model training
- Operation insights
MORE MODULES ON THE SAME PLATFORM
- Laboratory management
- Environmental monitoring
- Cold-chain traceability
- Industrial gas management
- Asset-tracking IoT
IMPLEMENTATIONS
Running in real plants.
The same systems, implemented for different customers. Watch a forklift go from picking instruction to delivery-gate check at BASF-YPC.
Goods issuing · 43 seconds · Filmed February 2023
The demonstration shows picking confirmation, delivery-gate detection, and a warning when the forklift reaches the wrong gate.
- Flow · RFID WMS
BASF-YPC · Nanjing
Running continuously for more than three years, through three generations of hardware.
- Use · Lab management
SUEZ (now Veolia)
In use since 2022: weighing, tagged bottles and two-person control from anywhere.
- Cycle · RFID WMS
Baosteel Gas
Every steel gas cylinder identified and tracked with UHF RFID.
- Connected MES
Sengong
A closed loop from raw-material entry to quality feedback, spinning the data flywheel.
DIGITAL TWIN
See the whole plant
as a live 3D model.
Orders, equipment status, production progress and quality indicators on one screen, so everyone works from the same picture of the plant.
3D panorama
A 1:1 three-dimensional model of the workshop shows each device as running, stopped or in alarm, with environment readings and overall progress.
Graded alerts, closed loop
Alerts pop up by severity and go to the responsible person’s phone, linked to a response plan such as switching to a backup machine. Handling is tracked online.
Drill down to any device
Click an area or a device to see live parameters, fault history, maintenance orders and degradation trends, marked green, amber or red.
WHO WE HELP
Built for where
your company is.
The same data foundation, shaped to what each kind of company needs most.
GLOBAL LEADERS
Accurate on the floor. Connected to SAP.
WMS and MES with weight double-verification and a full record of every movement, linked to your ERP through the interface your IT team already offers.
Running at BASF-YPC, Nanjing for more than 3 years
Global leader stories →SCALING LEADERS
Operations your auditors can trace.
Stock counts you can defend, batch-to-cost traceability and a record of every movement, for asset transparency and accounting accuracy.
Two programmes under way: chemicals and optical connectivity
Scaling leader programmes →FOUNDER-LED INNOVATORS
Digital from day one.
We build the whole stack with you: IT infrastructure, WMS, MES, dashboards, LIMS and now AI analysis.
Built with Sengong, Compound Semiconductor and INNOAERO, all CM Venture portfolio companies
Founder-led innovator stories →TECHNOLOGY
Hardware, software
and one data identity.
Proprietary hardware captures what physically happens, software turns it into records, and SMART ID links it all into one history.
Hardware that fits what you run
A kit that upgrades your existing forklifts, plus handhelds, chemical-grade tags and edge gateways.
- Forklift kit
- Handheld
- RFID tags
- Edge gateway
- SMART-MES
- RFID-WMS
- Laboratory management
- Environmental monitoring
- Cold-chain traceability
- Industrial gas management
Software on one platform
Warehouse, production, lab and environment modules share one open, modular platform.
RFID→SMART ID→RFID
One connected history
RFID identifies goods before and after processing. SMART ID carries the record through the reactor, from formulation to quality.
TRUSTED BY GLOBAL INDUSTRY LEADERS
- BASF-YPC
- SUEZ
- Baosteel Gas
- Sengong
- Compound Semiconductor
- INNOAERO
LET’S START WITH YOUR OPERATION
Start with your
operational challenge.
Tell us where data is missing, where material checks are difficult, or where production needs better visibility.
- 1Pick one process
A warehouse, a line, or a quality problem that matters now.
- 2Connect it and check the data
Capture what actually happens and confirm it is complete and correct.
- 3Expand as results justify
Add processes, modules and AI on the same IDs.