It's hard to imagine an advanced manufacturing operation without some of these systems in place. But the challenge is becoming what to do with the mountains of data these systems collect.
Users can track productivity, find bottlenecks and identify sources of downtime and slowdowns.
VisualPlant presents the data to the user through a standard and familiar Web browser. By taking advantage of Internet protocols and the user's existing networks, VisualPlant keeps the manager in touch with current shop floor conditions from anywhere in the plant or in the world, wherever there's an Internet connection. What they see through the browser is real-time data on exactly what's happening with all connected devices. This allows the manager to not only monitor processes and equipment, but also production levels and downtime. The browser-based user interface includes several reporting functions, which show in tabular or chart form various data such as fault times, starved times, excessive time for setup or changeover and other down times.