On its website, the Business Development Bank of Canada features a full section on technology tools to better manage company operations. One section is dedicated to manufacturing dashboards, which fit naturally into a game plan to become a smart factory.
According to the BDC page on manufacturing dashboards:
Digital dashboards automatically monitor, report, and analyze operational metrics such as machine status and production output against targets. Results are displayed interactively in a visually rich format that makes it easier to spot hidden losses and improvement opportunities.
In addition, many digital dashboards are now configurable and allow permissions to be created by role or user, so employees only see the information you want them to see. Thanks to their access to the right data, employees can actively contribute to problem solving and identify opportunities to add to the bottom line.
Comparison table of manufacturing dashboards
The BDC then provides a comparison table reviewing the various components of dashboard software available on the market, including our real-time dashboard application TileBoard.
TileBoard offers every feature listed:
- Real-time information
- Automatic data collection
- Documentation digitization
- Downtime tracking and idle-time monitoring
- Key performance indicators
- Notifications and alerts
- Action plan
- Configurable units of measure
- Comment logging
For a demo of TileBoard in action, watch the video below:
Use dashboard software to:
- provide real-time data visibility to optimize plant utilization;
- monitor, document, and report on production performance;
- alert key staff to situations needing immediate attention;
- detect and analyze root causes of unplanned downtime and scrap;
- eliminate errors from manual data collection;
- improve the efficiency of every underlying manufacturing operation.
