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Proficy Industrial Software

Connect, manage, and optimize industrial operations with proven software built to perform.

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Core Capabilities

Core capabilities

Industrial organizations need to increase output, maximize existing assets, maintain quality and compliance, and modernize operations without disrupting production. Proficy industrial software connects people, equipment, processes, and data across operations, providing the visibility, control, intelligence, and execution capabilities needed to improve performance today and build more connected, resilient operations for the future.

Increase production performance

Connect production data, people, processes, and systems to increase throughput, improve workforce productivity, reduce production losses, and drive more consistent execution across operations.

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Maximize asset performance

Monitor, analyze, and optimize equipment performance to increase uptime and utilization, reduce unplanned downtime, uncover lost capacity, and get greater value from existing industrial assets.

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Improve compliance, quality & resilience

Digitize processes, improve traceability, monitor quality, and maintain trusted operational records to reduce variability, strengthen compliance, manage risk, and build more resilient operations.

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Accelerate transformation & innovation

Create a connected industrial data foundation that brings OT and IT together, enabling organizations to scale digital operations, advanced analytics, AI, and continuous improvement across the enterprise.

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Products

One portfolio. Built for industrial operations.

Proficy brings together proven industrial software for production management, HMI/SCADA, industrial data, visualization, analytics, and scheduling. Deploy individual solutions to solve specific challenges or connect the portfolio to create a unified foundation for operational excellence and digital transformation.

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Proficy Smart Factory MES

Digitize and optimize manufacturing execution with real-time production management, OEE, quality, traceability, connected worker, and analytics capabilities that help manufacturers increase throughput, reduce losses, and improve execution.

Proficy Historian

Collect, store, and analyze high-volume industrial time-series and A&E data with secure, high-performance historian software. Flexible on-premises, cloud, and hybrid architectures help make trusted OT data available from plant to enterprise.

Proficy Operations Hub

Unify real-time and historical industrial data in centralized, web-based experiences. Low-code development, contextual visualization, advanced trending, and role-based applications help teams analyze operations and make faster decisions.

Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX

Monitor, control, and optimize industrial processes with proven HMI/SCADA software designed for mission-critical operations. High-performance visualization, alarms, analytics, and secure connectivity help operators respond quickly and efficiently.

Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY

Gain real-time visibility and control across complex industrial operations with enterprise HMI/SCADA software. Model-based visualization, high availability, centralized management, and advanced alarming help operators act with confidence.

Proficy Tracker

Track, route, and manage materials, serialized items, and production orders as they move through manufacturing. Real-time WIP visibility, sequencing, genealogy, and rule-based routing help improve flow, throughput, and traceability.

Proficy Scheduler

Create realistic, optimized production schedules based on finite capacity, materials, labor, equipment, and other constraints. Dynamic scheduling and what-if analysis help increase utilization, improve flow, and respond faster to change.

Proficy CSense

Apply industrial analytics, AI, and machine learning to operational data to identify root causes, predict performance, simulate outcomes, and optimize processes. Turn complex industrial data into actions that improve productivity and quality.
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Industries

Industrial software built for your operations

Proficy solutions connect across the industrial software stack, helping operations move data and context from control and collection through visualization, analysis, planning, and execution -- for any industry. Use the capabilities you need today and build a connected architecture that can grow with your operations.

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Discrete manufacturing

Connect production, equipment, quality, materials, and people to improve manufacturing execution, increase throughput, reduce downtime and waste, strengthen traceability, and scale operational excellence.

Utilities

Monitor, control, and analyze critical utility operations with scalable HMI/SCADA, industrial data management, visualization, and analytics software that improves reliability, situational awareness, and operational resilience.

Oil & gas

Connect and monitor industrial assets, processes, and operational data across complex environments to improve visibility, reliability, production performance, and decision-making from individual assets to enterprise operations.

Consumer packaged goods

Digitize production, quality, and traceability while monitoring equipment and processes in real time. Improve throughput, reduce waste and variability, strengthen compliance, and drive more consistent manufacturing performance.

Pharma & med tech

Digitize and standardize production processes with software that improves quality, data integrity, traceability, compliance, and operational efficiency across regulated pharmaceutical and medical technology manufacturing.

Specialty chemicals

Improve process visibility, production consistency, quality, and asset performance with industrial software that helps specialty chemical manufacturers manage complex formulations, reduce variability, and optimize operations.

Aerospace and defense

Manage complex, highly regulated manufacturing with real-time production visibility, detailed product genealogy, quality control, and standardized execution across long production cycles and distributed operations.

Food and beverage

Improve production efficiency, quality, consistency, and traceability with software that helps food and beverage manufacturers manage recipes, monitor processes, reduce waste, and maintain control over high-volume production.

Battery manufacturing

Improve yield, quality, traceability, and throughput across battery production with software that connects process data, standardizes execution, monitors critical parameters, and supports continuous improvement.

Automotive

Coordinate complex, high-volume automotive manufacturing with real-time production tracking, sequencing, scheduling, MES, and HMI/SCADA capabilities that increase throughput, strengthen traceability, and reduce production losses.

Water and wastewater

Improve visibility and control across water treatment, distribution, collection, and wastewater operations with industrial software that supports reliability, efficiency, regulatory reporting, and service continuity.
Velotic Portfolio

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The Proficy Portfolio

The Proficy portfolio connects real-time control, manufacturing execution, industrial data, visualization, scheduling, and analytics—helping organizations turn plant-floor data into insight and action to improve performance across operations.

Control & manage industrial operations

Monitor and control equipment and processes with HMI/SCADA while managing production, quality, routing, scheduling, and execution with MES—connecting real-time operations with the workflows needed to improve performance.

Collect & contextualize industrial data

Capture, store, and contextualize high-volume industrial data across equipment, processes, and production systems. Create a trusted data foundation for visualization, reporting, analysis, enterprise applications, and AI.

Visualize, analyze & optimize performance

Turn industrial data into action with role-based visualization, advanced analytics, predictive models, and AI. Help teams identify losses, uncover root causes, anticipate issues, and continuously optimize operations.

Proficy + Kepware

Kepware extends the Proficy portfolio to the industrial edge, securely connecting PLCs, machines, sensors, and other OT systems so trusted, standardized equipment data can flow into Proficy for control, execution, historization, and analytics.

Connect industrial devices at scale

Connect PLCs, machines, sensors, and other legacy and modern industrial devices using 150+ drivers and broad protocol support to securely access real-time OT data across equipment, production lines, plants, and enterprises.

Aggregate & standardize OT data

Bring disparate device data together through a unified connectivity layer and transform proprietary protocols into standards such as OPC UA and MQTT—simplifying data access and reducing complex point-to-point integrations.

Bridge OT & industrial application

Securely deliver standardized equipment data to Proficy HMI/SCADA, MES, Historian, analytics, and other applications—creating a reliable flow of OT data from industrial assets into the software that monitors and optimizes operations.

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Proficy + ThingWorx

ThingWorx extends Proficy data and capabilities into scalable industrial IoT applications, connecting assets, systems, and enterprise users to create digital experiences that expand operational visibility and enable connected use cases across the enterprise.

Connect & contextualize industrial data

Connect industrial assets, applications, and enterprise systems and organize their data in context, creating reusable digital models that help applications understand relationships between equipment, operations, and business information.

Build industrial IoT applications

Rapidly develop scalable industrial IoT applications using reusable models, visualization, workflows, and application development tools—accelerating digital use cases without building every application and integration from the ground up.

Extend insights across the enterprise

Turn connected industrial data into dashboards, alerts, applications, and insights that extend operational visibility beyond the plant floor, helping more users monitor performance, collaborate, and make data-driven decisions.

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Resources

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All Resources

  • Velotic Day

    Join us on at LEGOLAND Hotel & Conference in Billund for Velotic Day - a full day dedicated to operational excellence, digital transformation, and the future of manufacturing.

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  • Meet Velotic at Rockwell Automation Fair 2026

    Boston, MA | Booth #1509

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  • Meet Velotic at MWorX US

    Join Velotic at MWorX US in Chicago for conversations focused on the challenges and opportunities shaping modern manufacturing. Connect with senior industry leaders, explore strategies for improving operational performance and competitiveness, and discover practical ways to accelerate digital transformation and create value faster.

    Event

  • Webinar: Ask an Expert

    Join our Proficy software experts for “Ask an Expert,” a monthly, 30-minute live webinar featuring practical demos and real-world use cases.

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  • Proficy's sustainability insights capabilities

    Gain valuable sustainability insights with Proficy from Velotic. Improve your environmental impact and operational efficiency.

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  • Meet Velotic at SCOPE Manufacturing Summit

    Connect with the Velotic team at SCOPE Manufacturing Summit and explore how smarter digital solutions can help address today’s manufacturing challenges.

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  • Velotic looks to the future: AI enters the heart of SCADA, historian, and the digital factory

    Novotek Italy explores how Velotic's AI could transform SCADA, historian, and industrial software through intelligent alarms, AI agents, and more.

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  • Batch Execution Solutions

    Streamline your batch processes with Velotic's execution solutions. Learn more about our innovative technology.

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  • Enhancing operations with Proficy CSense

    Elevate your operational performance with Proficy CSense. Discover its benefits and improve your processes with Velotic’s solutions.

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  • iFIX Productivity Tools from Velotic

    iFIX Productivity Tools are a suite of enhancements for iFIX that help lower the cost of ownership, improve usability, and make operations easier, faster, and more robust

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Brochure

  • Proficy Scheduler Brochure

    Learn how you can turn complex, constantly changing production environments into more stable, predictable, and profitable operations with Proficy Scheduler.

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  • Battery Manufacturing Kit

    Explore our Battery Manufacturing Kit and to see how a smart factory can optimize your manufacturing processes.

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Industry analyst report

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Blog

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Webinar

Event

  • Velotic Day

    Join us on at LEGOLAND Hotel & Conference in Billund for Velotic Day - a full day dedicated to operational excellence, digital transformation, and the future of manufacturing.

    Event

  • Meet Velotic at Rockwell Automation Fair 2026

    Boston, MA | Booth #1509

    Event

  • Meet Velotic at MWorX US

    Join Velotic at MWorX US in Chicago for conversations focused on the challenges and opportunities shaping modern manufacturing. Connect with senior industry leaders, explore strategies for improving operational performance and competitiveness, and discover practical ways to accelerate digital transformation and create value faster.

    Event

  • Webinar: Ask an Expert

    Join our Proficy software experts for “Ask an Expert,” a monthly, 30-minute live webinar featuring practical demos and real-world use cases.

    Event

  • Meet Velotic at SCOPE Manufacturing Summit

    Connect with the Velotic team at SCOPE Manufacturing Summit and explore how smarter digital solutions can help address today’s manufacturing challenges.

    Event

  • Webinar: Proficy iFIX 2026

    See the new web-based iFIX Studio, expanded development capabilities, performance improvements, and other enhancements designed to simplify how teams configure, manage, and modernize HMI SCADA systems.

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  • Proficy Historian 2026 Webinar Replay

    See how Proficy Historian 2026 is evolving with cloud-native architecture, modern integrations, improved performance, and intelligent automation to help organizations capture more data, reduce operational complexity, and turn industrial information into actionable insights.

    Video Proficy Historian 2026 Webinar Replay

  • Proficy Operations Hub 2026 Webinar Replay: Build Smarter Industrial Applications Faster

    Watch the Proficy Operations Hub 2026 webinar replay to learn about industrial visualization, event-based scripting, reusable templates, and faster time to value.

    Video Proficy Operations Hub 2026 Webinar Replay: Build Smarter Industrial Applications Faster

  • Proficy Scheduler 2026: Dynamic and Effective Production Schedules in Real-time

    See how Proficy Scheduler 2026 improves production planning with finite-capacity scheduling, SaaS deployment, Web Planner, and closed-loop execution.

    Video Proficy Operations Hub 2026 Webinar Replay: Build Smarter Industrial Applications Faster

  • Webinar: Proficy Historian 2026

    See how Proficy Historian delivers hyper-scalability for industrial data, helping organizations manage growing data volumes, improve accessibility, and gain greater value from their operational data.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Proficy software used for?

Proficy Software & Services from Velotic is used to monitor, control, analyze, and optimize industrial operations. It is designed to help teams in manufacturing, utilities, and infrastructure sectors improve performance and efficiency across production processes. Proficy can help users enhance equipment reliability, support quality efforts, reduce waste, and accelerate time to value. The portfolio includes solutions for HMI/SCADA, MES, Production Scheduling, industrial data management, analytics, and cloud integration. Designed for flexibility, Proficy supports everything from single machines and substations to large-scale, multi-site operations—helping organizations advance innovation, enable connected workers, and pursue operational sustainability.

What is industrial software?

Industrial software refers to digital tools that are used to operate, monitor, and optimize systems in sectors such as manufacturing, energy, and utilities. These platforms are designed to help collect and contextualize operational data from equipment, processes, and people to provide better visibility into industrial activities. By improving access to information, industrial software can help teams identify inefficiencies, adapt to shifting demands, and make more informed decisions. It plays a foundational role in helping businesses modernize, improve resilience, and scale sustainably.

What is industrial automation software?

Industrial automation software is used to control and coordinate machines, equipment, and production processes. It often works in conjunction with hardware like PLCs, sensors, and IoT devices to execute consistent, repeatable tasks and reduce manual intervention. Common examples include HMI/SCADA software, which provides operator interfaces and supervisory control of industrial systems. When integrated with platforms such as MES and analytics, industrial automation software can help enhance operational consistency, reduce risks, and provide greater insight into system performance and status.

What are the key benefits of industrial software?

Industrial software offers a wide range of benefits across the full spectrum of industrial operations—from product development to manufacturing, automation, and supply chain coordination. It can help improve efficiency, reduce waste, enhance quality, and support faster decision-making by making critical data more accessible and actionable. In product design and development, industrial software may support faster prototyping, improved collaboration, and better alignment between engineering and production. During manufacturing operations, it can help monitor equipment performance, optimize production schedules, reduce downtime, and ensure traceability. In industrial automation, software platforms often provide the control and visibility needed to maintain consistent, repeatable processes. Additionally, industrial software can support supply chain management by helping coordinate material flows, track inventory, and respond more quickly to demand shifts or disruptions. By unifying data across these functions, industrial software helps organizations operate more efficiently and adapt more effectively to changing conditions.

How does industrial software improve operational efficiency and productivity?

Industrial software can help teams improve efficiency by enabling access to operational metrics such as OEE, downtime, yield, and quality. These tools allow operators and engineers to identify patterns, understand root causes, and make more confident, data-informed decisions. Solutions in the Proficy Software & Services portfolio—including Proficy Smart Factory, Proficy CSense, and Proficy Scheduler / ROB-EX—are designed to support different aspects of efficiency improvement. Proficy Smart Factory provides visibility into performance and waste. Proficy CSense applies analytics to reduce process variability and optimize throughput. And Proficy Scheduler helps align production plans with available resources, enabling teams to adapt more effectively to demand changes or disruptions.

What are the key types of industrial software?

The main categories of industrial software include: - HMI/SCADA – for monitoring and supervisory control of machines and processes - MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) – for managing production execution, quality, traceability, and compliance - Industrial Historian – for time-series data collection and analysis - Analytics and AI tools – for performance modeling and operational insights - Production Scheduling – for coordinating production plans, resources, and constraints to help improve throughput and responsiveness - Industrial Data Fabric – for unifying and contextualizing data across multiple systems and locations Each type offers capabilities that can help teams make more informed decisions and streamline operations.

What industries benefit the most from implementing industrial software solutions?

Industrial software is used in a wide range of sectors where process coordination, data visibility, and compliance are critical. These include: - Discrete and process manufacturing - Automotive and aerospace - Food and beverage - Chemicals and pharmaceuticals - Oil and gas - Power generation and utilities - Water and wastewater - Metro transit and infrastructure Organizations in these industries can use industrial software to manage complexity, support agility, and pursue operational excellence.

How does industrial software integrate with hardware like PLCs, sensors, and IoT devices?

Industrial software typically connects to physical equipment using standard protocols such as OPC-UA, Modbus, and MQTT. Velotic’s Industry Gateway Server (IGS) supports communication with a broad range of PLCs, sensors, and IoT devices from vendors like Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Emerson, Schneider Electric, and many others. This integration helps enable data to be collected from the plant floor and viewed within software platforms for system-level monitoring, diagnostics, and performance tracking. Tools like Proficy Operations Hub can provide unified dashboards to support situational awareness and decision-making.

How does industrial software support compliance with industry regulations and standards?

Industrial software can support compliance by offering features such as electronic records, audit trails, user permissions, and traceability. These tools help teams document activities and maintain oversight of operations in alignment with industry standards. Velotic maintains certifications aligned with recognized practices in cybersecurity and quality. While customers are responsible for ensuring that their implementations meet specific regulatory requirements, our software can help support compliance-related workflows and reporting. More details are available at Velotic Cybersecurity & Compliance.

What are the challenges of implementing industrial software in complex environments?

Implementing industrial software in complex environments can present several challenges. These often include integrating with legacy systems that lack modern connectivity, dealing with variations in processes and infrastructure across sites, and addressing organizational resistance to change. Limited internal resources, unclear requirements, and inconsistent stakeholder alignment can also make it difficult to deliver on project goals. To help overcome these obstacles, many organizations look for vendors or partners with deep domain expertise, flexible deployment models, and proven implementation frameworks. Velotic provides a structured services methodology that includes support for requirements gathering, solution design, validation, deployment, and adoption. This approach is designed to reduce risk, improve alignment, and support successful scaling across facilities of all sizes and levels of maturity.

What features should companies look for when selecting industrial software?

When selecting industrial software, companies should look for solutions that offer flexibility, scalability, and interoperability. Key features may include architecture that supports both cloud and on-prem deployment, access to unified data across teams and systems, and compatibility with existing infrastructure such as PLCs and sensors. Organizations may also benefit from modular designs that allow them to start small and expand over time, as well as tools that reduce reliance on custom code through configuration-based setup. Ease of integration, support for multi-site coordination, strong visualization and analytics capabilities, and alignment with security and compliance standards are also important considerations. Proficy Software & Services offers a broad set of capabilities that align to these needs, supporting a variety of manufacturing types and roles. Its flexible architecture is designed to help streamline implementation, enable collaboration across departments, and support continuous operational improvement.

What is the role of data analytics and AI in modern industrial software solutions?

Data analytics and AI can help uncover operational trends, identify performance risks, and support smarter decision-making. These technologies are often used to model system behavior, detect process anomalies, and prioritize areas for improvement. Proficy CSense enables engineers to build models that incorporate domain knowledge and historical data. These models can be applied across similar assets to help scale improvements and support optimization strategies—without requiring advanced programming expertise.

How can industrial software support multi-site operations and scalability?

Industrial software can support multi-site operations by offering centralized templates, standardized reporting frameworks, and scalable architecture that accommodates both enterprise oversight and site-specific flexibility. This approach can help organizations align business processes, monitor performance across facilities, and streamline coordination at scale. Velotic’s Professional Services team has experience deploying multi-site solutions across various layers of the Proficy portfolio—including MES, HMI/SCADA, production scheduling, and industrial data platforms. Our structured methodology includes template creation, pilot site validation, and phased rollouts—designed to support adoption, reduce deployment timelines, and promote consistency across operations.

What are the future trends in industrial software technology?

Key trends in industrial software include the rise of cloud-native and containerized solutions, the adoption of connected worker platforms, and the advancement of industrial data fabrics that unify and contextualize data from multiple sources. These technologies are designed to improve scalability, streamline deployment, enhance data consistency, and make operational insights more accessible across roles and locations. Vendors are also investing in platforms that support coordinated operations across complex, multi-site environments—enabling standardization, faster rollouts, and centralized oversight. These capabilities can help organizations respond more effectively to changing production demands, whether it's ramping up output, retooling lines, or managing supply chain variability. Velotic is aligning its Proficy Software & Services portfolio with these trends, offering solutions that aim to reduce IT complexity, support cross-site visibility, and enable smarter, faster decisions across the enterprise.