Patent ID: 7912809

Claim:
A system for managing multi-dimensional data in a manufacturing enterprise comprising: a plurality of inputs for entering multi-dimensional data associated with actions performed within a manufacturing enterprise, the plurality of inputs comprise sensors, machine and facility control input and output terminals, and human operators and the multi-dimensional data comprise planned values and actual values; computing means for collecting, dynamically updating, and processing said planned and actual values and generating a record of occurrences of events associated with said actions performed within a manufacturing enterprise, said processing of said actual values comprises determining a frequency of said occurrences of events and a change of said frequency of said occurrences of events; at least one database for storing and retrieving the multi-dimensional data and the record of occurrences of events; means for generating an extrapolated status by projecting future occurrences of events based on the record of occurrences of events and comparison between the planned values and the processed actual values, said extrapolated status communicates said future occurrences of events from a current instant for a preset interval onward; and an interface for dynamically presenting the extrapolated status indicating discrepancies between the planned values and the processed actual values, said interface comprising: at least one dynamically updated two-dimensional graphic display; a first dimension attribute corresponding to a preset interval of first dimension values from a present first dimension value onward; an array of second dimension attributes, said second dimension attributes presented in at least graphic form and visually correlated with said first dimension attribute; an array of sets of feature attributes presented as data in graphic or alphanumeric forms, said sets of feature attributes associated with said second dimension attributes and at least partially located within boundaries of said second dimension attributes and said data in said alphanumeric form superimposed over said data in said graphic form; a plurality of feature displays linked to said feature attributes; and means for navigating the displays and data editing, wherein said two-dimensional graphic display has a grid comprising plurality of color-coded rows, each row comprising one of said sets of feature attributes.