Ellertek Plant Connect

Your plant's people and screens, connected — new build or already running.

For factories, plants and warehouses — whether you are still building or already in production. One Ellertek team surveys your site, runs the cabling, installs your workforce system and your information screens, and trains your people — one project, one contractor, one number to call.

No price list. Every plant is different — we quote per site after a free visit.

How Ellertek Plant Connect is laid out in a plant One office PC runs WFA and Event OS. A network switch links it by cable to fingerprint readers at the gate and shift points, and to TV screens at the main gate, production line, canteen and training room. Office PC your server, your network WFA Event OS Network switch Cat6 cabling to every point Fingerprint readers Main gate · shift points HR office Attendance, leave, records Main gate screen Days without an accident Production line & canteen Notices, targets, shift clock Training room Laptop screen projection Runs on your own network. No internet needed to operate.
What's included

Three jobs, one team.

Most plants end up with a cabling firm, an attendance system from one vendor and screens from another — then spend months getting them to talk. Plant Connect delivers all three as one project, designed together from the start.

01WFA

Workforce management

Who is in, who is on leave, who did what — on your own server.
  • ZKTeco fingerprint readers at the gate and shift points — supplied, mounted and wired
  • Clock-ins sync automatically — attendance comes from a fingerprint, not a signature
  • Leave requests with multi-level approval
  • Employee records, performance appraisals and disciplinary cases with a full audit trail
  • Role-based access for HR, supervisors and management
  • Attendance reports exported to Excel for payroll
  • Runs on your own network — employee data never leaves the plant
About WFA at wfa.ellertek.co.tz →
02Event OS

Information displays

Type it once in the office — every screen in the plant shows it.
  • “Days without an accident” counter at the main gate
  • Notices, announcements, safety talks and video on the lines and in the canteen
  • Targets and totals your supervisors type in, shown where the team can see them
  • Gate and truck queue screens, shift clocks and team recognition boards
  • Emergency message on every screen in under a second
  • Training room: put a laptop screen on the TV from the browser — no cable, nothing to install
  • Split screens and a scheduler that changes content by itself at shift change
About Event OS at live.ellertek.co.tz →
03Infrastructure

Cabling & network

The part that decides whether the rest keeps working.
  • Site survey and cable-route design, agreed with your contractor
  • Structured Cat6 cabling to every reader, screen and office point
  • Trunking and containment where the building doesn't provide it
  • Network switches and a tidy network cabinet
  • Wi-Fi access points where needed
  • TV wall mounts and a small player behind each screen
  • Every point labelled and tested, with a cable map at handover
Ellertek IT & infrastructure services →

What runs where. WFA and Event OS are software. They run on an ordinary Windows computer in your office — one you may already have, or one we specify in your quote. Each TV has a small player that reads from that computer over your own network, so the screens keep working with no internet. Power points are provided by your electrical contractor; we mark where every one is needed during the survey.

New build or running plant

For plants being built — and plants already in production.

Whether your walls are still open or your lines are already running, you end up in the same place: attendance you can trust, screens every worker sees, and one team responsible for all of it.

Building or commissioning
Cable once

Run the cables before ceilings and trunking close — neater and cheaper than chasing walls later.

Records from the first shift

Every worker is enrolled on the fingerprint reader as they join — no paper registers to reconcile at payroll.

Safety from day one

The accident-free counter starts with your first working day, and the habit forms with the team.

Already in production
Installed around your shifts

We plan the work area by area — at shift changes, nights or weekends — so your lines keep running.

Paper registers retired

Your current staff are enrolled on the readers shift by shift. Attendance comes from a fingerprint, not a signature.

Notices that actually get read

Safety messages, notices and targets move from a board by the office to screens where every worker passes.

Either way — one contractor. No finger-pointing between a cabling firm, an HR vendor and a screen supplier. One team, one support line.
How it works

From first call to go-live.

Talk to us

Call or WhatsApp +255 790 771 188, or send the form below. Tell us where the plant is and roughly how many people work there, or will.

Free site visit

We walk the site with your plant manager, HR and safety lead: gates, shift points, lines, canteen, offices and training rooms.

Design & itemised quote

A layout drawing showing every reader, screen and cable run, and a quote that lists every item — phased around your commissioning if you prefer.

Installation

Cabling, network, readers, screens and software — scheduled around your shifts, or around your other contractors on a new build.

Training & go-live

We enrol your staff on the readers and train HR, supervisors and the people who update the screens.

Support

One support line for all three parts, in English and Kiswahili.

What you have at handover

  • 1Fingerprint attendance running, with your staff enrolled
  • 2Information screens live at every agreed point
  • 3A labelled, tested network with a cable map
  • 4HR, supervisors and screen editors trained
  • 5Admin guides, IP list and passwords handed to your team
  • 6A support agreement with a named contact

Who it's for

  • New factories and processing plants
  • Plants being commissioned or expanded with a new building or line
  • Warehouses and distribution centres with shift teams
  • Running plants that want to replace paper registers and notice boards
Questions

What plant managers ask us.

How much does it cost?
It depends on the site — how many gates and shift points, how many screens, and how far the cables have to run. That is why we start with a free site visit and then send an itemised quote, so you can see exactly what each part costs.
Do we need internet for any of this?
No. WFA and Event OS both run on your own network inside the plant. Internet is needed only once, to activate the licences. If your internet goes down, attendance keeps recording and the screens keep showing.
What happens in a power cut?
The fingerprint readers keep clock-ins in their own memory and pass them to WFA when power returns. Event OS brings every screen back to what it was showing before the power went. We can include backup power for the office computer and network cabinet in your quote.
Do we have to take all three parts?
No — each can be quoted on its own. The advantage of doing them together is one design, one set of cable runs, one installation and one support line.
Our plant is already running. Can we still do it?
Yes. The site visit shows us where cables can run in the finished building. It usually means more trunking than in a new building, and the quote will show that.
Who owns the data?
You do. Employee and attendance data is stored on your own computer inside your plant — it is not sent to any cloud service.
Where do you work?
We are based in Dar es Salaam and do site visits across Tanzania. For plants elsewhere in East Africa, get in touch and we will discuss it.
Free site visit

Let's walk your plant.

Tell us about the site and we'll arrange a visit with your team. After the visit you get a layout drawing and an itemised quote — no obligation.

OfficeDar es Salaam · Mon–Fri, 8:00–18:00 EAT

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