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Connected Worker Software for Manufacturing

Empower operators, engineers, supervisors, and plant leaders with the trusted industrial data, production context, digital workflows, and real-time insights they need to make faster decisions and take confident action—from the plant floor to the enterprise.

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Speed time-to-value with real-time feedback, continuous learning, and enhanced collaboration

• Gather performance insights powered by data integration, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), machine learning, & predictive analytics
• Enable continuous learning powered by the collection, storage, and distribution of industrial operations time-series and A&E data for fast retrieval and analysis
• Foster a collaborative work environment enabled by remote access and knowledge sharing
• Make faster, more informed business decisions at scale with a 360-degree view of the enterprise via data
• Help speed time-to-value & continuous improvement via democratized digital tools for increased collaboration
• Communicate with team members faster to ensure field workers are not isolated from critical information and can perform their tasks effectively

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Act fast to improve productivity, quality, and safety

• Increase ability to be proactive, act faster upon events and alarms, and avoid downtimes through analytic tools and visualization
• Help understand and prioritize actions to drive increased efficiency and reduced costs by precisely monitoring, controlling, and visualizing every aspect of your operations for intelligent control
• Help optimize production with better planning via a modular production scheduling system with reports and analysis tools
• Leverage predictive maintenance facilitated by data harvested from sensors and equipment
• Facilitate easy identification of product quality issues before they reach end users via data powered AI on the assembly line
• Help improve consistency, repeatability, and accountability on task completion via digitized e-SOPs
• Enable workers to follow safe operating procedures with training data

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Access insights from wherever you are

• Help increase flexibility and mobility with access to insights wherever you are – from a tablet, a smartphone, or a smart watch
• Help optimize plant operations through comprehensive information from web-based visualization that’s easier to analyze and act upon - independent of location

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Empower connected workers by bridging OT, IT, and industrial AI

Explore how connected worker strategies are reshaping industrial operations by connecting data, systems, and people. Hear practical insights from Velotic and Linde on improving operational visibility, contextualizing industrial data, accelerating workforce onboarding, and preparing frontline teams for AI-enabled operations.

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Capabilities

Connected worker capabilities for modern industrial operations

From connected assets and trusted industrial data to digital execution and role-based insight, Velotic solutions help industrial organizations give workers the context, guidance, and tools to perform effectively.

Role-based operational visibility

Bring information from MES, Historian, HMI/SCADA, scheduling, enterprise, and third-party systems into intuitive views tailored to operators, engineers, supervisors, and plant leaders.

Technician working with connected equipment

Digital workflows & guided execution

Replace paper processes and tribal knowledge with digital work instructions, e-SOPs, production workflows, quality checks, data collection, and guided activities that help workers execute consistently.

Technician working with connected equipment

Real-time monitoring, alerts & action

Connect workers to live process conditions, equipment status, alarms, production events, and quality issues so they can identify what needs attention and respond quickly.

Technician working with connected equipment

Trusted & contextualized industrial data

Connect machine, process, production, quality, and historical information so workers can understand not only what is happening, but the operational context surrounding it.

Technician working with connected equipment

Production priorities & performance insight

Give frontline teams visibility into schedules, work orders, KPIs, OEE, downtime, quality, constraints, and production performance so they know what to prioritize and why.

Technician working with connected equipment

Web-based access & connected applications

Extend operational information across devices, locations, and roles with secure web-based experiences and connected industrial applications that support work beyond the traditional control room.

Technician working with connected equipment

Analytics & continuous improvement

Help workers and operational teams investigate losses, identify root causes, recognize patterns, and turn production data into opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, and asset performance.
Velotic Portfolio

The power of the portfolio

Three products, one connected foundation. Each plays a distinct role in your Industrial IIoT architecture — and together, they cover every layer of your operation.
Kepware®

Securely connects machines, devices, and control systems to modern applications through universal industrial protocol support.

  • 150+ industrial protocols
  • OPC UA & MQTT support
  • Legacy device connectivity
  • Secure data bridging
  • Real-time data flow

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Proficy®

Helps industrial teams see, understand, and optimize their operations through HMI/SCADA, MES, and data historian capabilities.

  • HMI/SCADA visualization
  • Smart Factory MES
  • Industrial data historian
  • Operations Hub
  • Industrial Analytics

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ThingWorx®

Transforms data into insight, applications, and outcomes through an enterprise IIoT platform built for industrial scale.

  • IIoT application development
  • Digital twin orchestration
  • Predictive analytics
  • Remote operations
  • Enterprise integration

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See how our products work together

Bring data, workflows, and operational context together
Velotic product bundles

Kepware + Proficy HMI/SCADA + Proficy Historian

Kepware connects PLCs, machines, sensors, controllers, and other industrial systems. Proficy iFIX and CIMPLICITY turn that live data into operator visualization, alarming, monitoring, and control, while Proficy Historian preserves high-fidelity operational history for analysis and troubleshooting.

Together, they help manufacturers:

- Connect workers to diverse legacy and modern industrial assets - Monitor equipment, processes, alarms, and operating conditions in real time - Give operators the information needed to respond to abnormal conditions - Analyze historical trends and compare current performance with past events - Investigate production issues with trusted operational data - Create a consistent data foundation for connected worker applications

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Proficy Scheduler + Proficy Smart Factory MES

Proficy Scheduler determines what should be produced, when work should run, and which resources should be used. Proficy Smart Factory MES turns that plan into controlled execution through work orders, digital instructions, production workflows, quality checks, and real-time feedback.

Together, they help manufacturers:

- Communicate production priorities and planned start and completion times - Give workers the correct work orders, materials, and instructions - Coordinate labor, equipment, materials, and production activities - Guide operators through consistent production and quality processes - Track actual progress against the production schedule - Respond to delays, shortages, downtime, and changing priorities

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Proficy Smart Factory MES + Proficy Operations Hub

Proficy Smart Factory MES manages production execution, work instructions, quality, traceability, and operator activities. Proficy Operations Hub brings that information together with data from Historian, HMI/SCADA, scheduling, and third-party systems in centralized, role-based web experiences.

Together, they help manufacturers:

- Deliver digital work instructions, e-SOPs, and guided workflows - Monitor orders, production progress, quality, downtime, and OEE - Give each worker information relevant to their role and responsibilities - Digitize data entry and replace paper-based operational processes - Compare performance across lines, assets, shifts, and sites - Investigate problems and coordinate faster, more informed responses

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Proficy Operations Hub + ThingWorx

Both solutions support industrial applications but serve complementary purposes. Proficy Operations Hub is the natural visualization and application layer for Proficy operational data and workflows. ThingWorx provides a broader IIoT application platform for creating connected experiences that combine asset information, industrial data, visualization, workflows, and business context.

Together, they help manufacturers:

- Deliver role-based operational information through web applications - Extend connected worker experiences to additional users and locations - Combine production context with asset status and performance information - Support remote experts, engineers, supervisors, and plant leaders - Build configurable applications around specific workforce needs - Scale connected applications across assets, sites, and use cases

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  • Experience award-winning connectivity with Kepware Edge

    Modernize your data foundation with connectivity that’s faster to deploy, easier to maintain, and scalable across the enterprise.

    Data sheet

  • Proficy Historian Datasheet

    Explore how Proficy Historian securely collects, stores, and contextualizes industrial data across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments.

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  • Proficy Scheduler - Optimize Your Scheduling

    Streamline scheduling with Proficy Scheduler. Maximize efficiency and meet deadlines effortlessly.

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  • Advanced HMI SCADA Solutions Suite

    Optimize your industrial control systems with Velotic's HMI SCADA solutions. Download the datasheet to enhance operational efficiency.

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  • Proficy Operations Hub Datasheet

    Explore how Proficy Operations Hub unifies industrial data, visualization, and workflows to help connected workers make faster, better decisions.

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  • Proficy SCADA Ultimate from Velotic

    Discover how Proficy SCADA Ultimate brings together HMI SCADA, industrial data management, and AI/ML analytics in one flexible subscription to simplify licensing, support scalable operations, and help industrial teams turn data into actionable insights.

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  • Proficy Smart Factory Cloud MES Datasheet

    Explore how Proficy Smart Factory Cloud MES helps manufacturers accelerate deployment, improve visibility, and optimize production.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is a connected worker?

A connected worker is a frontline employee who uses digital technology, operational data, workflows, analytics, and collaboration tools to perform work and make informed decisions. In manufacturing, connected workers can include operators, technicians, engineers, supervisors, quality personnel, and plant leaders.

Connected worker technology gives these roles access to relevant information within the context of the task or decision at hand. Rather than searching across paper records and disconnected applications, workers can use real-time conditions, production priorities, work instructions, quality information, historical trends, and performance insight to understand what is happening and take action.

What is connected worker software?

Connected worker software gives industrial employees digital access to operational information, workflows, instructions, alerts, analytics, and expertise. It can include manufacturing execution systems, operational visualization, HMI/SCADA, industrial data management, scheduling, analytics, IIoT applications, and connectivity software.

Velotic supports connected workers through an integrated portfolio rather than a single standalone application. Proficy Operations Hub and Proficy Smart Factory MES form the heart of the worker experience, while Historian, HMI/SCADA, Scheduler, Kepware, ThingWorx, and analytics solutions provide the data, connectivity, production context, and insight behind it.

What are the benefits of connected worker technology?

Connected worker technology can help manufacturers improve productivity, quality, safety, consistency, collaboration, and decision-making. It reduces the time employees spend searching for information, helps standardize execution, makes operational knowledge easier to access, and enables teams to respond more quickly to changing conditions.

It can also help organizations address workforce turnover and skilled labor shortages by embedding instructions, best practices, and operational context in the systems people use. This allows expertise to be shared more consistently across shifts, roles, and sites.

How does connected worker software improve manufacturing productivity?

Connected worker software improves productivity by giving people faster access to the information and guidance needed to complete work, solve problems, and prioritize action. Role-based dashboards can bring together production status, equipment conditions, quality information, schedules, and KPIs, while digital workflows reduce paper handling and manual data entry.

When workers spend less time navigating between systems or reconstructing context, they can spend more time operating equipment, resolving issues, improving processes, and keeping production on plan.

How does MES support connected workers?

Manufacturing execution system software supports connected workers by digitizing and managing how production work is performed. Proficy Smart Factory MES can provide work instructions, e-SOPs, work orders, quality checks, data collection, traceability, genealogy, operator activities, and production performance information.

MES adds the manufacturing context workers need to understand what should be produced, which materials and procedures apply, whether quality requirements have been met, and how current execution affects performance.

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How does operational visualization support connected workers?

Operational visualization brings information from multiple systems into interfaces designed around a worker’s role. Proficy Operations Hub can combine MES, Historian, HMI/SCADA, and third-party data in a web-based experience, allowing users to monitor, control, enter data, and perform analysis from one place.

This helps reduce application switching and data hunting while giving operators, engineers, supervisors, and managers a shared view of operational performance.

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How do HMI and SCADA support connected workers?

HMI and SCADA software connect workers to current equipment and process conditions. Proficy iFIX and CIMPLICITY provide visualization, alarming, monitoring, and supervisory control that help operators understand what is happening in real time and respond to abnormal conditions.

When HMI/SCADA information is combined with MES, Historian, scheduling, and other operational data, workers gain broader context for deciding which issues matter most and what action to take.

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How do Kepware and ThingWorx support connected workers?

Kepware connects PLCs, machines, sensors, controllers, and other OT systems so real-time equipment data can reach the applications workers use. It serves as a connectivity foundation beneath connected worker experiences.

ThingWorx provides an IIoT application platform for building connected industrial applications that combine asset data, visualization, workflows, and other contextual information. It can extend Proficy information into customized experiences for additional roles and use cases.

What information should connected workers be able to access?

The right information depends on the worker’s role and task, but commonly includes equipment status, process conditions, alarms, work orders, digital instructions, production schedules, quality checks, material information, maintenance history, OEE, downtime, genealogy, and performance trends.

Effective connected worker strategies prioritize context over volume. Each employee should see the information relevant to the decision or activity in front of them, with enough production and business context to understand why it matters and what to do next.

How do connected worker solutions help preserve workforce knowledge?

Connected worker solutions help turn individual expertise and tribal knowledge into repeatable digital processes. Work instructions, e-SOPs, guided workflows, contextual dashboards, and analytics can make best practices available at the point of work and help less-experienced employees perform tasks more consistently.

By making knowledge accessible across shifts, sites, and roles, manufacturers can improve onboarding, reduce dependency on a small number of experts, and retain critical operational practices as the workforce changes.

How should manufacturers choose connected worker software?

Manufacturers should begin with the work and decisions they want to improve, then evaluate whether the software can connect the required data, provide operational context, support role-based experiences, digitize workflows, integrate with existing systems, and scale across sites.

The right platform should work with the organization’s current OT and IT environment rather than creating another disconnected application. It should also provide appropriate security, governance, reliability, and flexibility for industrial operations.