Smart Workforce Tracking

The Problem

Tracking an Indoor Workforce Is Harder Than It Should Be

You know the work needs to happen. You know where it needs to happen. What you don't know and what your clients increasingly want proof of - is whether it actually happened, by whom, and when.

Most companies reach for GPS first. It's the intuitive answer. It doesn't work. GPS signals can't penetrate building structures reliably. An indoor workforce monitoring system built on GPS is one that fails every time a worker walks through a front door.

Bluetooth beacons are the next instinct. And they come with a different set of problems: every building needs new beacon hardware installed before you can see anything. Batteries drain fast, creating constant maintenance cycles. Deploying beacons in commercial properties often requires permits, adding delays and costs before a single worker is tracked.

The result is a widespread gap: facility managers operating across multiple sites with no reliable, scalable way to verify where workers are, whether tasks were completed, or how time was actually spent inside buildings.

The Solution

Everything You Need in One Smart Garbage Management System

DPL's Smart Workforce Tracking is built on a different premise: your buildings already have Wi-Fi. That infrastructure can do more than serve laptops and phones — it can power a real-time indoor location tracking system for your entire field workforce.

No new access points. No beacon deployments. No property permits. The same Wi-Fi network your clients already run becomes the positioning backbone for your workforce monitoring system.

The only hardware your workers need is the DPL Smart Wristband — a purpose-built device worn on the wrist that communicates continuously with surrounding access points. The system uses those signal interactions to triangulate each worker's position in real time, feeding live data to a central dashboard that managers can access from anywhere.

It's not a workaround. It's a fundamentally more practical architecture for the realities of multi-site, indoor workforce management.

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Real-Time Worker Location Tracking

Live floor plan views showing every worker's current position, updated continuously. No manual check-ins, no radio calls to verify locations automatic, always-on indoor worker location tracking that works as long as Wi-Fi is present.

Heat Maps for Operational Transparency

Movement patterns and time-in-zone data visualized as heat maps overlaid on your floor plans. See at a glance which areas received coverage, which were missed, and where workers spend the most time. Heat maps turn raw location data into accountability you can show clients.

Geofencing and Zone Alerts

Define geographic boundaries around buildings, campuses, or specific zones. The system triggers automated alerts when workers enter or exit defined areas — useful for arrival verification, safety compliance, and site attendance management.

Automated Check-In and Check-Out

Location-based check-in and check-out replace manual timesheets. The system logs exact arrival and departure times at each site automatically, creating a verified, tamper-resistant attendance record tied to physical presence — not a button press.

Task Checklists Tied to Location

Assign tasks and checklists to specific zones, rooms, or floors. Workers see their assigned tasks on the wristband display; managers see real-time completion status in the dashboard. Service delivery becomes verifiable, not assumed.

Sub-1-Meter Positioning Accuracy

Using multiple access points for triangulation, the system achieves indoor positioning accuracy up to 1 meter. That's the difference between knowing a worker is in the building versus knowing they're in Room 204 on Floor 2 — which is the difference between operational awareness and operational control.

Multi-Floor and Multi-Site Support

The dashboard supports multi-floor navigation and multi-site management. Whether you're managing a single building or hundreds of locations, the same workforce monitoring system is architected to scale with your operation.

We Deliver Transformative Results

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National Janitorial Solutions: Validating an Indoor Positioning System at Scale

From Pilot to Proof of Concept Across 50,000+ Workers, 18,000+ Sites

National Janitorial Solutions needed proof that Wi-Fi-based indoor positioning could replace GPS and manual check-ins across a nationwide operation spanning 18,000+ sites in all 50 states. DPL built a Smart Wristband proof of concept using NJS’s existing Wi-Fi infrastructure — no new access points, beacons, or permits required.

18,000+

Client sites across the US

50

U.S. states covered

<1m Positioning

Accuracy achieved in the pilot

50,000+

Workers across NJS's nationwide operation

Zero

New access points, beacons, or permits required

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Built by Engineers Who've Shipped Hardware at Scale

DPL is not a software company that added IoT to a services catalogue. We are an embedded systems and IoT engineering firm - firmware, hardware interfaces, cloud architecture, and field deployment are the core of what we do. Smart Workforce Tracking wasn't assembled from off-the-shelf components and third-party SDKs. It was engineered.

Visibility Looks Like for Your Operation

DPL's proof of concept for National Janitorial Solutions validated that Wi-Fi-based indoor positioning works in real-world facility management environments - accurate, practical, and infrastructure-light. If you're managing a distributed indoor workforce and need to move beyond manual check-ins and GPS dead zones, this is the conversation to have now.

Talk to DPL's IoT team. We'll walk you through the system, assess your Wi-Fi infrastructure, and map out exactly what a deployment looks like for your specific environment — before you commit to anything.