What this page answers
Why implementing Workerbase is fundamentally different – and lower risk – than an MES project.
You’ve been through MES implementations. You know how they go
- 6–18 month timelines
- $300K–$2M budgets before anything works
- Heavy IT involvement you don’t have capacity for
- Consultants “gathering requirements” for months
- Go-lives that slip — then slip again
- Operators who resist and work around it within weeks
- A promised “single source of truth” that never fully materializes
MES replaces systems. Workerbase fills a gap.
That’s why they’re slow and expensive — you’re replacing core infrastructure. Workerbase doesn’t replace anything.
We sit in the gap between what your systems say should happen and what your people actually do.
That gap is where execution breaks — and no MES closes it, no matter how much you spend.
Your ERP stays.
Your MES stays.
Your quality systems stay.
Traditional MES
Workerbase
Role
Replaces systems
Time to first value
Investment
IT involvement
Operator adoption
Role
Production backbone
Replaces systems
Yes
Time to first value
6–18 months
Investment
$300K–$2M+
IT involvement
Heavy, ongoing
Operator adoption
Mandated,
often resisted
Role
Execution verification layer
Replaces systems
No
Time to first value
2–4 weeks to live,
30 days to proof
Investment
Fraction of MES cost
IT involvement
Light, mostly upfront
Operator adoption
Voluntary, sustained
The integration question (answered honestly)
- If your systems can expose data or events, we can connect quickly.
- If they can’t, we’ll tell you upfront — before anyone wastes time.
- Integration has killed more pilots than bad software, so here’s how we actually handle it.
Standard connectors exist for
- AP (common modules).
- Microsoft Dynamics.
- Oracle.
- Siemens Opcenter.
- PSI Metals.
- Any system with APIs.
Machine connectivity
- OPC-UA
- MQTT
What this means in practice
- Well-defined workflows + standard interfaces
→ live in days - Heavy customization or locked-down IT
→ scoped immediately
Why operators actually use it
Your MES struggled with adoption because it was built for reporting — not for helping people get through a shift.
Operators experienced
- More clicks
- More data entry
- More surveillance
- No benefit to them
What operators get back with Workerbase
- They know exactly what to do next
- They don’t hunt for paperwork, BOMs, or procedures
- Incomplete work from the last shift shows up with context
- They stop being blamed for things that fell through the cracks
Customers unlock value in 30 days
7-digit savings, freeing supervisor time, new workflows in days not months
12–15% performance improvement, 10+ workflows per factory
Easy integration with SAP, ROI in 3 months
80% of manual shopfloor processes digitized
This isn’t compliance. It’s adoption because friction is removed.
Two weeks to go live.
Thirty days to prove value.
This is not a sandbox demo with fake data.
Week 1
• Configure one real workflow (handover, quality, changeover — your choice)
• Deploy on one line, one shift
Week 2
• Operator training (typically <30 minutes)
• Live execution on real production
• Issues surfaced and adjusted
Day 30
• Measure execution compliance
• Measure time saved
• Measure issues caught earlier
What happens after the proof?
If the proof works, you choose what to scale:
- Add workflows
- Expand coverage
- Roll out to other sites
Pricing scales with scope
We give you a concrete number based on your actual deployment — not a placeholder until procurement gets involved.
What we don’t do (by design)
Honesty matters. Workerbase is not the answer to everything.
- We don’t replace your PLM, MES or ERP.
If you need production planning, supply chain management or order PLM, that’s a different project.
- We don’t work without defined processes.
If you can’t describe what “done” looks like, we can’t verify it.
- We don’t remove supervisors.
We give them back ~10 hours/week currently spent on coordination.
- We don’t hide execution failures.
You’ll see exactly where work breaks and not every organization is ready for that.
The real question. You’ve been burned before. So here’s the only question that matters:
Can we prove execution value on one workflow, on one line, in 30 days?
If no
-
→ you’ve lost two weeks, not two years.
If yes
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→ you have a path forward.
See it for yourself
The fastest way to tell whether this is real – or just another promise – is to see the product run real workflows.
- No slides.
- No discovery theater.
- No upfront commitments.