Manufacturing Empowering
your workforce
Boost your team’s productivity and efficiency by bringing real-time data and the right digital tools to your factory floor.
Overview
A connected workforce is a productive workforce. Our secure, reliable connectivity helps unify your people and systems, giving teams instant access to the data they need to keep your facility running efficiently, while building essential skills for the future.
Resources
Why a connected workforce is the key to the future
Drive your factory toward Industry 4.0 by arming your team with real-time data, insights and digital work instructions, enabling better collaboration, optimized workflows and reduced downtime.
Navigating the shift to smart manufacturing
Experts share how they tackle transformation challenges, from cybersecurity threats to data management, to cultivate a connected workforce and culture that is ready for change and growth.
Solutions
Private 5G Network
Drive innovation and productivity on your factory floor with customizable, onsite 5G wireless connectivity.
Verizon AI Connect
Step into the next chapter of your AI transformation with the industry’s leading portfolio of business solutions built to scale critical AI workloads.
Internet of Things (IoT)
Transform your business with the power of our comprehensive IoT platforms, services and solutions.
Manufacturing challenges
Enabling Industry 4.0
Discover how smart manufacturing can help fuel efficiency, productivity and flexibility for your operations.
Improving your productivity
Learn how our 5G-powered solutions enable automation, predictive maintenance and real-time data to drive smarter manufacturing.
FAQs
A connected worker strategy is critically important for manufacturers today because it directly addresses the most significant challenges facing the industry, while also serving as the key to unlocking the full potential of Industry 4.0 investments. It is a strategic imperative centered on the human element of the smart factory.
Connected workforce solutions in manufacturing refer to the integration of digital technologies to empower factory floor personnel with real-time data, digital tools, and enhanced communication capabilities. This creates a digitally integrated, data-driven environment that connects workers to machines, processes, and other team members.
The fundamental difference between a Connected Worker Platform (CWP) and general Industrial IoT (IIoT) Solutions lies in their primary focus and purpose in the ecosystem. While IoT provides the foundational data, the CWP is the application layer that organizes that data and makes it usable, actionable, and human-centric for the frontline worker.
Digital tools on the factory floor are the specific hardware, software, and platforms that empower connected workers to interact with their environment, machines, and data. These tools directly translate the concepts of IoT and digital transformation into actionable tasks.
Ruggedized Tablets and Smartphones: Used by operators and maintenance teams to access, view, and complete tasks. They replace paper manuals and clipboards.
Connected Worker Platforms (CWP) Apps: The software running on the mobile devices, integrating functions from other systems
Smart Wearables and Safety Devices: These devices monitor the worker and the environment to enhance safety and efficiency
Connected Tools and Vision Systems: These tools enforce quality and collect granular process data directly from the point of action
Smart Torque Tools/Wrenches: Electronically guided and capable of connecting to the CWP. Application: Automatically logging the exact torque applied to a bolt, ensuring quality compliance, and triggering an alert if the specification is not met.
Pick-to-Light or Put-to-Light Systems: Guidance technology used in kitting and assembly. Application: Lights up the exact component or location the operator needs next, eliminating errors in the material handling or assembly sequence.
Vision Systems (Smart Cameras): Cameras and computer vision software integrated into the line. Application: Performing automated, high-speed quality checks (e.g., verifying part orientation or color) that human eyes might miss, and logging the result instantly.