Patent ID: 8768498

Claim:
A computer-implemented process for causing a processor to operate an industrial system, said process comprising causing an electronic computer system that comprises at least one hardware processor connected to at least one hardware memory to execute the steps of, in an industrial system that comprises a plurality of lines, each of which produces a specific end product, wherein each of said lines includes a corresponding set of machines that participate in production of said specific end product, and wherein each of said machines include components, detecting status data for each component of each machine of each line in said plurality of lines, transmitting said status data to a user unit, displaying said status data via said user unit, and providing an arrangement of the status data that is component in a manner indicative of a machine to which said component belongs, and that is also indicative of a line from said plurality of lines to which said machine belongs, whereby for each component, said arrangement of said status data indicates a machine to which said component belongs, and said status data identifies a line to which belongs said machine to which said component belongs.