A system for automatically adjusting the event timing of operations in cavities of a section of an Individual Section, I.S., machine, comprising: a multipoint, multispectral glass container measurement system that is configured to provide container pixel data information indicative of certain measurements of hot glass containers manufactured by the I.S. machine; and a controller configured to produce event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine, characterised in that the system further comprises: a signature extraction block that is configured to mathematically transform container pixel data information into a reduced dimensional measured signature , the signature extraction block being arranged to produce reduced dimensional measured signatures for each of the cavities in the section of the I.S. machine; and a section averaging block that is arranged to average the reduced dimensional measured signatures for each of the cavities in the section of the I.S. machine to produce a section average measured signature that is provided to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to produce event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine in response to the section average measured signature and a preferred target signature to automatically adjust the event timing of operations in the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine to diminish variations in the section average measured signature . a multipoint, multispectral glass container measurement system that is configured to provide container pixel data information indicative of certain measurements of hot glass containers manufactured by the I.S. machine; and a controller configured to produce event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine, characterised in that the system further comprises: a signature extraction block that is configured to mathematically transform container pixel data information into a reduced dimensional measured signature , the signature extraction block being arranged to produce reduced dimensional measured signatures for each of the cavities in the section of the I.S. machine; and a section averaging block that is arranged to average the reduced dimensional measured signatures for each of the cavities in the section of the I.S. machine to produce a section average measured signature that is provided to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to produce event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine in response to the section average measured signature and a preferred target signature to automatically adjust the event timing of operations in the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine to diminish variations in the section average measured signature . a signature extraction block that is configured to mathematically transform container pixel data information into a reduced dimensional measured signature , the signature extraction block being arranged to produce reduced dimensional measured signatures for each of the cavities in the section of the I.S. machine; and a section averaging block that is arranged to average the reduced dimensional measured signatures for each of the cavities in the section of the I.S. machine to produce a section average measured signature that is provided to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to produce event timing signals to operate the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine in response to the section average measured signature and a preferred target signature to automatically adjust the event timing of operations in the cavities of the section of the I.S. machine to diminish variations in the section average measured signature . <EOS>