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Specialty chemicals manufacturing software helps chemical producers manage production, quality, traceability, compliance, scheduling, and operational performance. By connecting production systems, assets, people, and data, manufacturers gain real-time visibility and actionable insights that improve efficiency, product quality, and profitability. Velotic combines Proficy, Kepware, and ThingWorx to create a connected manufacturing environment across specialty chemical operations.

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Process consistency improves when manufacturers gain visibility into process conditions, raw material variability, equipment performance, and quality metrics. Connected operational data and advanced analytics help teams identify sources of variability earlier, maintain tighter process control, and deliver more consistent product quality..

","title":"How can specialty chemical manufacturers improve process consistency?"},{"body":"

Digital transformation helps specialty chemical companies replace disconnected systems and manual workflows with connected data and automated processes. This enables better decision-making, faster response to disruptions, improved production agility, greater transparency, and more scalable continuous improvement initiatives.

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Kepware provides industrial connectivity that enables specialty chemical manufacturers to securely connect DCS systems, PLCs, laboratory systems, process equipment, sensors, and enterprise applications. This allows organizations to create a trusted foundation of operational data from both legacy and modern assets.

","title":"How does Kepware help specialty chemical manufacturers?"},{"body":"

A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) helps specialty chemical companies manage and optimize production operations. Proficy Smart Factory MES provides production visibility, process enforcement, batch management, quality tracking, genealogy, and electronic records that help improve productivity, compliance, and product consistency.

","title":"What is a manufacturing execution system (MES) for specialty chemicals?"},{"body":"

Batch traceability is improved by digitally capturing production, material, quality, and process information throughout manufacturing operations. Digital genealogy and traceability capabilities help organizations quickly identify affected materials, investigate deviations, support audits, and reduce recall risks.

","title":"How can specialty chemical companies improve batch traceability?"},{"body":"

Proficy Historian captures and stores high-frequency operational data from reactors, mixers, production systems, and other process assets. Manufacturers use this data to identify trends, investigate process issues, perform root cause analysis, improve yields, and support continuous improvement programs.

","title":"How does Proficy Historian support chemical process optimization?"},{"body":"

Reducing waste starts with understanding process variability, material consumption, and production performance in real time. Connected operational data combined with analytics helps manufacturers optimize recipes, improve process control, reduce off-spec production, and maximize raw material utilization.

","title":"How can specialty chemical manufacturers reduce waste and improve yield?"},{"body":"

Predictive analytics helps identify patterns and process conditions that lead to quality losses, equipment failures, or production inefficiencies. Using solutions like Proficy CSense, manufacturers can detect abnormalities early, improve process performance, and make proactive decisions before issues impact production.

","title":"What role does predictive analytics play in specialty chemicals manufacturing?"},{"body":"

Production scheduling solutions help manufacturers balance equipment capacity, material availability, labor resources, and customer demand. Proficy Scheduler enables more efficient scheduling and sequencing decisions that reduce changeovers, improve throughput, and increase manufacturing agility.

","title":"How can specialty chemical manufacturers improve production scheduling?"},{"body":"

Digital manufacturing solutions help capture institutional knowledge, standardize processes, and provide guided workflows for operators. This helps organizations onboard employees faster, improve consistency, reduce reliance on tribal knowledge, and maintain productivity despite workforce challenges.

","title":"How can specialty chemical companies address workforce shortages?"},{"body":"

Improving compliance requires real-time visibility, digital records, traceability, and standardized execution. Connected manufacturing systems make it easier to support environmental, health, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements while reducing the effort associated with audits and reporting.

","title":"How can manufacturers improve compliance in the specialty chemicals industry?"},{"body":"

ThingWorx helps specialty chemical manufacturers aggregate, contextualize, and analyze data from across operations. This provides enterprise-wide visibility into production, asset health, quality, sustainability, and operational KPIs while establishing a foundation for industrial AI and advanced analytics.

","title":"How does ThingWorx support specialty chemicals digital transformation?"},{"body":"

Manufacturers can support sustainability goals by reducing energy consumption, minimizing material waste, monitoring emissions, improving yields, and optimizing resource usage. Connected operational data enables organizations to measure, manage, and improve sustainability performance while supporting environmental reporting requirements.

","title":"How can specialty chemical manufacturers support sustainability initiatives?"},{"body":"

Velotic brings together Proficy, Kepware, and ThingWorx into an open industrial software portfolio designed to help specialty chemical manufacturers connect data, optimize operations, improve quality, strengthen compliance, and scale AI-driven intelligence across the enterprise. The company's solutions support process, batch, hybrid, and packaging operations and are used by many of the world's leading chemical manufacturers.

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