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Discover four essential types of Grafana dashboards used by our clients, and how they use them to reach operational excellence and improve OEE performance.
Visual data dashboards are an essential element in the toolkit of production companies, because they provide real-time visibility into key process variables, such as production rates, quality metrics, asset efficiency, and water usage. With this actionable information at their fingertips, companies can quickly identify and address process issues that may impact operations.
Through the versatility of the Grafana dashboarding tool, the possibilities for customisation are limitless. However, there are a few dashboard types which almost no client can resist building. Here’s a look at 4 essential Grafana dashboards in Factry Historian used by our clients in the process industry, increasing OEE performance, operational efficiency, and profit margins.
Factry Historian is a comprehensive solution for collecting, storing and analysing industrial data. By integrating and aggregating data from equipment, systems and processes, actionable manufacturing insights come to life. Customisable dashboards provide frictionless access to real-time and historical production data, for every role in the company.
This paperless approach allows for a continuous process improvement cycle, leading to increased efficiency, minimised unplanned downtime, and higher profitability.
Any production manager knows: accurate data on process metrics is crucial for making informed decisions, and improving overall productivity. Production monitoring dashboards in Grafana, which can be easily tailored to any company’s needs, provide these real-time insights in a visual way. As a result, they replace process hindsight with a proactive, and more profitable approach.
Water usage is a substantial cost for manufacturing companies. With rising utility costs, having accurate data on consumption for each part of the production process is a necessity. Building a water monitoring dashboard in Grafana empowers you to track water usage in real-time and combine KPIs in custom interfaces for operators and managers.
Batch-based process manufacturers, such as companies in the food and chemical industry, rely on the consistent and repeatable production of high-quality products. A batch analysis dashboard, suited to make a thorough analysis of batch parameters, provides real-time visibility into the key process variables that may impact product quality, efficiency and ultimately client satisfaction.
Asset monitoring dashboards allow clients to identify and address (remote) equipment issues promptly and plan preventive maintenance. Visual Grafana dashboards empower managers to benchmark the performance of multiple assets and continuously improve. As a result, they can eliminate unplanned downtime and reduce operational costs.
Read more about Factry Historian: the flexible data collection solution for Industry 4.0, used by companies in nearly 30 countries and 5 continents.
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