WinCC flexible is ideal for use as the HMI software in all applications in which operator control and monitoring is required on site - whether in production and process automation.
WinCC flexible is designed on a non-industry specific basis and it offers Engineering Software for SIMATIC HMI operator control and monitoring devices from the smallest Micro Panel up to PCs as well as Runtime Visualization Software for single-user solutions under Windows 2000 / XP. In this connection, you can transfer projects to different HMI platforms and run them there without needing to convert the projects.
Compatible application of complete ProTool projects for Windows-CE-based devices means that you can use all your previous engineering effort using WinCC flexible, which secures your investment. In a further stage, this also planned for projects of the SIMATIC WinCC process visualization system.
Connectivity to SIMATIC S7 via PPI, MPI, PROFIBUS-DP and Industrial Ethernet, plus multi-protocol drivers for controllers made by leading manufacturers and manufacturer-independent communication via OPC ensure that you always have the right connection for a wide variety of automation solutions.
The multilingual engineering software that you can switch at the push of a button; the option of creating projects with up to 32 languages at the same time - 16 (depending on employed device) of which you can switch online are excellent reasons for using WinCC flexible on a worldwide basis. Web-based service concepts that exporting OEMs and large multinational companies can utilize to promote their business globally.
The WinCC flexible engineering software  is based on the latest software technologies, it supports five languages (plus 4 Asian languages in the ASIA version) and it offers in addition to a simple user interface the configuring engineers 

• Libraries with ready-made objects and reusable screen blocks
• Intelligent tools to easily create projects, for graphic configuring of a screen hierarchy and of motion paths, as well as for configuring bulk data 
• Support for multilingual configurations with automated text-translation

Traceability and easy validation

WinCC flexible‘s Audit und ChangeControl options offer high levels of support to mechanical and plant engineers that must meet strict quality requirements with regard both to the products to be manufactured and to the manufacturing process. SIMATIC Logon enhances the WinCC flexible user administration by integrating it in a plant-wide central user management.

• User-friendly configuration of GMP-relevant functions (Good Manufacturing Practice)
• Recording of operator inputs in Audit Trails with an electronic signature and comment
• Versioning and change tracking of projects
• Easy fulfillment of the legal requirements for traceability according to EU 178/2002 and 21 CFR Part 11

Innovative HMI- and Automation concepts

Using the WinCC flexible/Sm@rtAccess option operator stations have access to each others’ tags and screens. This yields innovative TCP/IP communication-based concepts for the HMI and automation tasks that you have to solve, e.g. by employing the SIMATIC THIN CLIENT operator stations.

• Operator stations with cross-plant access to current process values and screens 
• Distributed operator stations for operating large, physically distributed machines 
• Local control room solutions with options for central archiving, analysis and further-processing of process data 
• Link to Office applications)