Q-mation

What Q-mation does

Q-mation, LLC is a privately held industrial-software channel partner founded in 1987 and headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, that serves as the exclusive sales, support, and training organization for AVEVA (formerly Wonderware) software solutions in North America. The company distributes and implements AVEVA's full portfolio — spanning HMI/SCADA (System Platform, InTouch, Edge, Plant SCADA/Citect), MES (Operations, Performance, Quality/SPC, Track & Trace), Enterprise Asset Management, Engineering Design (E3D, ERM, LFM, ProCon, DYNSIM), and newer cloud/AR modules (AVEVA Insight, Predictive Analytics, Teamwork, Augmented Reality for Operations and Maintenance) — to corporate end-users, single manufacturing sites, OEMs, and system integrators across industries including brewery, materials technology, CPG, steel and pipe, plastics, building products, chemicals, and semiconductor.

Revenue is generated through four primary streams: AVEVA software licensing pass-through (recurring), tiered technical-support subscriptions (Standard and Premium/Elite Customer First with after-hours coverage), certified AVEVA training delivered online and at five US regional centers (Horsham, Indianapolis, Lowell, Phoenix, Houston), and Expert Services consulting covering implementation, upgrades, migrations, audits, and application development. The go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-focused, supplemented by digital workshops, on-site workshops, a multi-city Q-mation Summit series, content marketing, and a network of system-integration partners. The 2024–2025 acquisition of Wonderware West expanded operations into ten additional US states, extended support hours to 8am–8pm ET, and broadened in-person training capacity.

Name

Q-mation

Legal name

Q-mation, LLC

Website

https://q-mation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Q-mation is the exclusive North American sales, support, and training partner for AVEVA industrial software, distributing SCADA, MES, EAM, and engineering design solutions to enterprise manufacturers, OEMs, and system integrators from five US regional offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Software Distribution

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114), Other Computer Related Services (541519)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, QA & Release/Deployment Enablement (BPAEAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software Engineering & Application Development Training (Languages, Frameworks, Testing) (BPAEANAI), Software/Application Support (SaaS, Enterprise Apps) (BPAAACAC)

Keywords

• SCADA software distribution
• Manufacturing execution systems
• Industrial automation training
• Enterprise asset management
• AVEVA software support

Headquarters

HQ city

Horsham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AVEVA Software Sales: Exclusive sales of AVEVA software solutions including SCADA/HMI, MES, EAM, and related products. Revenue derived from software licensing and distribution as an exclusive AVEVA partner.
2. Technical Support Services: Senior engineers provide expert technical support via phone, email, and live chat during extended hours. Premium/Elite Customer First support levels available with after-hours phone support.
3. Certified Training: Extensive curriculum of AVEVA certification courses held online with live instructors and on-site at regional training centers. Over 15,800 students trained across 38 US states and five continents.
4. Expert Services Consulting: Software application development, consulting, implementation, upgrades, technology migrations, on-site workshops, and audits for AVEVA solutions deployment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Q-mation is the exclusive sales, support, and training organization for AVEVA industrial software solutions, distributing AVEVA's portfolio of SCADA/HMI, MES, Enterprise Asset Management, Historian, and Engineer-Procure-Construct products to industrial end-users, manufacturing sites, and OEMs. The company wraps AVEVA software sales with multi-tier technical support subscriptions, an Expert Services consulting practice (implementation, audits, migrations, application development), and an AVEVA-certified instructor-led training curriculum delivered online and at regional training academies.

Product overview

Q-mation is the world's largest and most comprehensive sales, support, and training organization for AVEVA software solutions, offering a multi-domain industrial software portfolio organized into four main areas: Engineering Design (E3D Design, ERM, LFM, ProCon, DYNSIM), Monitor & Control (System Platform, InTouch, Historian, Edge, Insight, Plant SCADA/Citect), Manufacturing Operations (MES, Recipe Management, Batch Management, Work Tasks, Reports for Operations), and Asset Performance Management (Predictive Analytics, Enterprise Asset Management, Condition Management, Control of Work, Mobile Operator, Augmented Reality for Operations, Teamwork). Q-mation also provides Expert Services (implementation, migrations, upgrades, consulting) and certified AVEVA training across its regional offices. AVEVA PI System (Enterprise Historian) is also part of the portfolio. Products are sold, supported, and delivered as a platform-plus-modules architecture where System Platform serves as the foundational layer, with MES, Historian, and APM modules extending its capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AVEVA Historian High-performance process historian that collects, stores, and provides rapid access to high-fidelity industrial data, with Analog Summary, Counter, Round Trip, and Integral retrieval methods for batch cycle times, production totals, min/max values, flow totals, and run hours. Available on-premise or via AVEVA Insight cloud for industrial customers needing reliable plant-floor data storage and retrieval.
• AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) Cross-platform HMI development and runtime environment (Linux/embedded and Windows) for end users, system builders, and OEMs, providing hundreds of communication drivers, recipe management, advanced graphics, built-in web/mobile access, reporting, scripting, and data logging at low cost.
• AVEVA MES (Manufacturing Execution System) Model-driven MES with Operations, Performance (OEE), Quality/SPC, and Track & Trace/Genealogy modules for digitizing, standardizing, and managing operational processes across facilities. Includes ERP integration, recipe management, work order execution, and real-time quality data collection.
• AVEVA System Platform Foundational HMI/SCADA and operations management suite providing plant modeling, HMI design, and application server capabilities. Integrates with InTouch, Historian, Edge, and MES modules to deliver a unified operations management environment.
• Q-mation Certified AVEVA Training Instructor-led online and on-site AVEVA certification courses covering System Platform, Historian, MES, InTouch, Edge, Plant SCADA, Batch Management, Work Tasks, Reports for Operations, Mobile Operator, OMI Client, and Model-Driven MES; over 15,800 students trained across 38 U.S. states and five continents.
• Q-mation Technical Support and Expert Services Multi-tier technical support (Standard, Premium/Elite Customer First) with senior engineers providing phone, email, and live chat support with extended 8am-8pm ET hours and after-hours phone access for premium customers. Expert Services team delivers software audits, evaluations, upgrades, application development, technology migrations, project implementation, and consulting for AVEVA solutions.
• AVEVA Enterprise Asset Management (CMMS) and Asset Performance Management Portfolio Comprehensive CMMS/Enterprise Asset Management suite supporting reactive, preventative, condition-based, predictive, and risk-based maintenance strategies. Includes Predictive Analytics, Condition Management, Control of Work, Mobile Operator, and Augmented Reality for Operations modules to advance enterprise reliability, safety, and efficiency.

Quantifiable outcome

• $700K scrap reduction with consistent 10% yield increase over two years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AVEVA (Wonderware)coreTechnology or IntegrationQ-mation is the exclusive sales, support, and training organization for AVEVA software solutions, the market leader in real-time operations management software. This exclusive partnership has been in place since 1987, making Q-mation the world's largest and most comprehensive AVEVA partner. Q-mation provides sales, technical support, implementation services, and certified training for all AVEVA products including System Platform, InTouch, Edge, Historian, MES, and EAM solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Inductive Automation: Inductive Automation's Ignition SCADA/HMI platform is a fast-growing, lower-cost alternative widely adopted in discrete and hybrid manufacturing. It represents a disruptive threat to AVEVA's traditional licensing model and therefore to Q-mation's AVEVA-dependent revenue base.
• ICONICS (Mitsubishi Electric): ICONICS, now part of Mitsubishi Electric, offers Genesis64 HMI/SCADA, historian, and analytics software that competes with AVEVA System Platform and Historian. It represents another enterprise-focused alternative platform whose adoption could divert customers from AVEVA-centric Q-mation engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric is the parent of AVEVA following its 2023 acquisition and operates a broader industrial automation and energy-management portfolio (EcoStruxure, PlantStruxure). As Q-mation's ultimate vendor's parent, Schneider's channel strategy and direct-sales buildout is the single biggest external factor shaping Q-mation's opportunity set.

Direct peers

• Capgemini Engineering: Capgemini Engineering (formerly Altran) is a global industrial systems integrator delivering MES, SCADA, and digital twin implementations for large manufacturers. It competes with Q-mation on multi-site MES standardization programs and has the global delivery scale Q-mation lacks.
• Emerson Automation Solutions: Emerson's DeltaV DCS and AMS platform compete directly with AVEVA System Platform and MES for process-industry customers. Emerson sells through its own direct sales force and certified SIs, mirroring Q-mation's role but in a competing product ecosystem.
• Honeywell Process Solutions: Honeywell's Experion PKS, Forge industrial analytics, and Movilizer/MES offerings directly overlap with AVEVA's HMI/SCADA, Historian, and MES portfolio. Honeywell targets the same plant-modernization buyers Q-mation serves, often with bundled DCS + software agreements.
• Avanceon: Avanceon is an AVEVA-tier systems integrator serving the Middle East, Pakistan, and North America with industrial automation, MES, and EAM implementations. It operates in the same AVEVA partner ecosystem as Q-mation and competes for similar multi-site enterprise MES engagements.
• Rockwell Automation: Rockwell Automation is a global industrial automation incumbent offering FactoryTalk HMI/SCADA, MES, and historians alongside its PLC/hardware portfolio. It competes directly with Q-mation/AVEVA in plant-floor software, often via bundled hardware-software deals that bypass independent SIs like Q-mation.
• Siemens Digital Industries: Siemens offers SIMATIC WinCC, Opcenter MES, and the broader Xcelerator digital portfolio, competing head-to-head with AVEVA/Q-mation in SCADA, MES, and digital transformation deals. Its integrated automation hardware makes it a frequent alternative vendor to AVEVA for greenfield and brownfield plant projects.
• ABB Process Automation: ABB's System 800xA and Ability industrial software platforms compete with AVEVA's portfolio across power, process, and manufacturing customers. ABB pairs these with its own robotics and electrification hardware, positioning itself as an integrated alternative to the AVEVA+Q-mation stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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