Workerbase AI Shopfloor App Platform

Workerbase is a German manufacturing software company founded in Munich in 2017 with about 50 employees. It provides a connected worker platform on which plants build their own shop-floor applications for production, quality, maintenance, logistics, EHS and training, used by Bosch, Siemens, Porsche, thyssenkrupp and GKN.

Workerbase AI assembles applications from tested building blocks, and nothing goes live without human approval. Modules include digital work instructions, SOPs, forms and checklists, knowledge and issue management, skill and training management, reporting dashboards, a no-code app editor and an automation editor. Changes are versioned and reversible, while IT sets the rules within which plants build. Connectors link the apps to ERP and MES systems, and partners include SAP, Google Cloud, NVIDIA Inception and HiveMQ.

• AI app builder: generates shop-floor apps from tested building blocks with human approval.
• Digital work instructions and SOPs: guided steps, forms and checklists on mobile devices.
• Issue management and andon: reports problems and alerts the right teams in real time.
• Skill and training management: tracks qualifications and training needs.
• No-code and automation editors: operations teams adapt processes without programming.
• Governance and connectors: versioned changes, IT rules and ERP or MES integration.

An automotive parts plant in Vietnam could deploy a digital andon so line stoppages reach maintenance and quality teams instantly. A warehouse supplying assembly lines could coordinate forklifts and material requests through a mobile app. A metal processing plant could digitize SOPs and safety checklists.

Workerbase reports that the first live process takes about two weeks and that operations teams handle about 85% of configuration without IT. Customer results include 35% less belt downtime with a digital andon at Gazelle, 12 to 15% higher worker productivity in forklift coordination at thyssenkrupp and seven-figure annual savings in transport coordination at Porsche.

Manufacturers want frontline apps faster than traditional IT projects can deliver, which drives demand for no-code and AI-generated applications with governance. Digital andon and issue escalation are common entry points. Automotive and electronics suppliers in Vietnam and Southeast Asia that follow German customer standards are looking at similar tools.

Workerbase was founded in Munich in 2017 and has about 50 employees. It is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and TISAX labeled, runs a public trust center and is an SAP partner and member of the NVIDIA Inception program. In October 2026 it hosted its Connect 2026 customer conference in Munich.