Frost Radar™: Augmented Connected Worker (End-to-End Platforms), 2025
A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation That Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines
27-Nov-2025
Global
Frost Radar
KC1A-01-00-00-00
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Manufacturers across verticals are confronting a skilled labor shortage. As they try to find a solution to this problem, augmented connected worker (ACW) platforms can be a key ally to train the new workforce and strengthen employee retention through comprehensive upskilling capabilities, skills management tools, and assistance throughout their shifts. ACW platforms have been rapidly evolving, introducing new technologies that can empower frontline workers and digitize factory floors. As AI advances, new use cases have been found for the technology in ACW platforms, ranging from automated document digitization and task execution assistance to cutting-edge capabilities, such as predictive upskilling, shift planning, root cause analysis, and metric monitoring and reporting. The main goal is continuous improvement.
This Frost Radar considers providers of end-to-end ACW platforms that address most, if not all, shop floor use cases and include extensive workforce development capabilities. The common thread is that the platforms enable broad enterprise transformations, embodying concepts such as continuous improvement, operational excellence, and manufacturing intelligence.
Frost & Sullivan analyzes numerous companies in an industry. Those selected for further analysis based on their leadership or other distinctions are benchmarked across 10 Growth and Innovation criteria to reveal their position on the Frost Radar™. The publication presents competitive profiles of each company on the Frost Radar™ considering their strengths and the opportunities that best fit those strengths.
Augmentir
Azumuta
Dozuki
Innovapptive
L2L
Parsable
Poka
QAD Redzone
Solvace
Stryza
SymphonyAI
Webalo
Workerbase
Zaptic
Significance of Being on the Frost Radar™
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Frost Radar™: Benchmarking Future Growth Potential 2 Major Indices, 10 Analytical Ingredients, 1 Platform
Growth Index
Growth Index (GI) is a measure of a company’s growth performance and track record, along with its ability to develop and execute a fully aligned growth strategy and vision; a robust growth pipeline system; and effective market, competitor, and end-user focused sales and marketing strategies.
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Market Share (previous 3 years)
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Revenue Growth (previous 3 years)
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Growth Pipeline
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Vision and Strategy
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Sales and Marketing
This is a measure of the effectiveness of a company’s sales and marketing efforts in helping it drive demand and achieve its growth objectives.
Innovation Index
Innovation Index (II) is a measure of a company’s ability to develop products/ services/ solutions (with a clear understanding of disruptive Mega Trends) that are globally applicable, are able to evolve and expand to serve multiple markets and are aligned to customers’ changing needs.
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INNOVATION SCALABILITY
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
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MEGATRENDS LEVERAGE
This is an assessment of a company’s proactive leverage of evolving, long-term opportunities and new business models, as the foundation of its innovation pipeline. -
CUSTOMER ALIGNMENT
This evaluates the applicability of a company’s products/services/solutions to current and potential customers, as well as how its innovation strategy is influenced by evolving customer needs.
Significance of Being on the Frost Radar™
Companies plotted on the Frost RadarTM are the leaders in the industry for growth, innovation, or both. They are instrumental in advancing the industry into the future.
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GROWTH POTENTIAL
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BEST PRACTICES
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COMPETITIVE INTENSITY
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CUSTOMER VALUE
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PARTNER POTENTIAL
Your organization is top of mind for customers, investors, value chain partners, and future talent as a significant value provider.
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This Frost Radar considers providers of end-to-end ACW platforms that address most, if not all, shop floor use cases and include extensive workforce development capabilities. The common thread is that the platforms enable broad enterprise transformations, embodying concepts such as continuous improvement, operational excellence, and manufacturing intelligence.
Frost & Sullivan analyzes numerous companies in an industry. Those selected for further analysis based on their leadership or other distinctions are benchmarked across 10 Growth and Innovation criteria to reveal their position on the Frost Radar™. The publication presents competitive profiles of each company on the Frost Radar™ considering their strengths and the opportunities that best fit those strengths.
| Deliverable Type | Frost Radar |
|---|---|
| Industries | Industrial Automation |
| No Index | No |
| Is Prebook | No |
| Keyword 1 | connected worker platforms market, augmented worker solutions, industrial workforce technology |
| Podcast | No |
| Predecessor | KA86-01-00-00-00 |
| WIP Number | KC1A-01-00-00-00 |