Company Overview

Volocopter is a German pioneering company in urban air mobility, headquartered in Bruchsal. Since its founding in 2011, Volocopter has been working to create a new mode of transportation—safe, emission-free, and efficient. With air taxi solutions like VoloCity, regional aircraft such as VoloRegion, and the VoloDrone for delivery services, the company is reshaping the future of urban mobility.

The Challenge

As an innovative leader in a highly regulated technology sector, Volocopter faces the challenge of efficiently managing thousands of assets, machines, and devices across multiple locations.

While the existing ERP system supported many corporate processes, the company lacked a flexible, intuitive solution for connected facility and asset management. This required full transparency over maintenance intervals, location changes, and equipment conditions—all with the highest levels of accuracy and traceability.

The Solution

Volocopter chose Timly to unify its physical and digital infrastructure on a single platform. Using CSV import, all assets could be synchronized directly from the ERP system. Each item in Timly received a digital profile containing all relevant information, documents, and images.

Key features implemented:

  • Digital inventory management with clear categorization and location tracking
  • Use of “places” to structure production areas and their equipment
  • Integrated maintenance planner for simple scheduling and task overview

The result is a centralized, always up-to-date system that fully digitalizes complex facility management tasks.

The Results

With Timly, Volocopter established a unified, cloud-based inventory and maintenance management system.

  • Maintenance and inspection schedules are coordinated centrally.
  • Responsibilities are clearly defined and fully documented.
  • Equipment and machines are always locatable, minimizing downtime and boosting operational efficiency.

For a company where safety, precision, and reliability are paramount—especially ahead of test flights in Paris airspace for the 2024 Olympic Games—this transparency is critical.

Key Takeaways

  • Smart asset tracking creates transparency and efficiency even in highly complex innovation environments.
  • Integrating Timly enables structured, error-free facility management across multiple sites.
  • Clear processes for maintenance and documentation form the foundation for safety and compliance—especially in aviation technology.

Volocopter demonstrates how modern inventory management can become the backbone of technological pioneering—and Timly provides the digital infrastructure to make it possible.

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