A method for monitoring technical equipment of product manufacturing and processing plants, the method comprising the steps of: - receiving, by a processor , a plurality of event inputs from one or more sensors or event status reporting units configured to sense or to monitor different types of states or events or parameters of the technical equipment , wherein each event input corresponds to a unique occurrence of an event within a time period , and wherein the time period includes an ordered sequence of time slots ; - grouping , by the processor , the event inputs into event clusters , wherein each of the event clusters corresponds to a unique time slot from the ordered sequence of time slots and wherein each event cluster includes the event inputs that occurred within the corresponding time slot for the event cluster ; - arranging temporally, by the processor , the event inputs within a given event cluster for each of the event clusters to determine a temporal distribution of events for the given event cluster ; - determining , by the processor , a total count of the event inputs within the given event cluster for each of the event clusters ; - displaying simultaneously and distinctly on a display unit , for each of the event clusters , a first representation of the total count for the event cluster and a second representation of the temporal distribution of events for the event cluster along with an indication of the corresponding time slot for the event cluster configured such that the first representation and the corresponding second representation can be compared for different time slots by an operator upon monitoring the technical equipment . - receiving, by a processor , a plurality of event inputs from one or more sensors or event status reporting units configured to sense or to monitor different types of states or events or parameters of the technical equipment , wherein each event input corresponds to a unique occurrence of an event within a time period , and wherein the time period includes an ordered sequence of time slots ; - grouping , by the processor , the event inputs into event clusters , wherein each of the event clusters corresponds to a unique time slot from the ordered sequence of time slots and wherein each event cluster includes the event inputs that occurred within the corresponding time slot for the event cluster ; - arranging temporally, by the processor , the event inputs within a given event cluster for each of the event clusters to determine a temporal distribution of events for the given event cluster ; - determining , by the processor , a total count of the event inputs within the given event cluster for each of the event clusters ; - displaying simultaneously and distinctly on a display unit , for each of the event clusters , a first representation of the total count for the event cluster and a second representation of the temporal distribution of events for the event cluster along with an indication of the corresponding time slot for the event cluster configured such that the first representation and the corresponding second representation can be compared for different time slots by an operator upon monitoring the technical equipment . <EOS>