Reston, VA – September 15, 2026: C5MI, a premier leader in digital transformation and supply chain innovation, has announced a strategic partnership with Slamcore, a leader in vision-based spatial intelligence and real-time location systems (RTLS) for forklifts and other manually driven vehicles. The partnership pairs C5MI’s process expertise with Slamcore’s infrastructure-free location data, giving warehouses and factories continuous visibility into every piece of Material Handling Equipment (MHE).
“Slamcore is an amazing technology that will revolutionize Material Handling Equipment (MHE) in warehouses and manufacturing,” said Marty Groover, Senior Technical Fellow, Industry 4.0 at C5MI. “The technology is as accurate as Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) without the cost of the infrastructure. We look forward to adding Slamcore to our Live Factory® and Live Warehouse® product lines to drive safety, utilization, automation, and productivity.”
C5MI will offer Slamcore Aware, a vision-based RTLS for forklifts and other manually driven vehicles, and Slamcore Hub, the device management platform for Slamcore devices, through a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) agreement. Each Slamcore Aware unit combines a stereo camera, an onboard compute module, and Slamcore’s spatial intelligence software to deliver precise vehicle positioning and spatial awareness without fixed anchors, beacons, or tags.
REST, WebSocket, and VDA5050 interfaces enable Slamcore location data to integrate with C5MI’s Omnipoint platform and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM). The solution supports key milestones in C5MI’s Maturity Model and strengthens the QPE methodology with real-time insights into MHE utilization, travel paths, congestion, and warehouse performance.
The Slamcore agreement builds on C5MI’s established Industry 4.0 systems integration and engineering practice. As an SAP Partner and a KINEXON OS partner, C5MI already integrates UWB and passive RFID RTLS data with SAP EWM, SAP S/4HANA, and shop-floor execution systems to build a single live digital twin. Slamcore’s infrastructure-free, vehicle-mounted localization extends these capabilities to MHE fleets and facilities where fixed anchors or antennas are impractical.
For C5MI’s Aerospace & Defense (A&D) and Department of War (DoW) clients, the combination is particularly powerful. Depots, maintenance hangars, munitions storage, and forward logistics sites often span millions of square feet, operate under strict security and accountability requirements, and rarely allow crews to retrofit new infrastructure.
Crews can deploy Slamcore Aware on existing forklifts and tugs in days, not months, delivering continuous, auditable visibility into asset movement, pedestrian safety, and material flow. Combined with KINEXON OS and SAP, that data supports property accountability and readiness reporting, helping A&D and DoW organizations improve safety and accelerate throughput.
“At Slamcore, we believe precise, infrastructure-free spatial awareness is the foundation of a safer, more productive warehouse and factory floor,” said Owen Nicholson, CEO at Slamcore. “Partnering with C5MI enables us to bring Slamcore Aware to customers across North America, complemented by the process expertise and systems integration capability needed to turn location data into meaningful transformation. Together we’re allowing operators to see where every connected vehicle is in real time, and act on that insight.”
This partnership reflects a shared commitment to continuous innovation, operational excellence, and measurable outcomes for our customers. C5MI and Slamcore will combine their capabilities to address pressing challenges in warehouse, factory, defense logistics, and supply chain management, unlocking new performance and long-term value across industrial and government environments.
About C5MI
Founded in 2017, C5MI is a certified SAP partner and leader in AI-driven digital transformations, solving complex logistics and supply chain challenges for the U.S. Federal Government and Fortune 200 companies. As an SAP Partner, C5MI delivers business process transformations that drive supply chain automation, efficiency, and sustainability. C5MI’s supply chain expertise, best-of-breed technology, best commercial practices, and repeatable delivery model ensure solutions deliver quantifiable ROI. Learn more at C5MI.com.
About Slamcore
Slamcore develops precise, vision-based localization technology for RTLS applications in warehouses and factories. Slamcore Aware is a robust RTLS for forklifts and other vehicles, combining a 3D camera, a compute module, and SLAM software in a single IP65-rated, infrastructure-free unit. Slamcore Hub centrally manages an entire device fleet. Learn more at Slamcore.com.