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Plant Manager

The Plant Manager dashboard provides an at-a-glance view of production and performance metrics. It is a valuable tool for improving production efficiency, quality, and communication.

Benefits of this dashboard

  • Improve visibility into production: Centralizes real‑time and historical data on output, yield, and quality so managers can spot trends, emerging issues, and performance shifts early.
  • Increase operational efficiency: Highlights bottlenecks and underperforming steps in the production process, making it easier to target improvements and streamline workflows.
  • Strengthen decision‑making: Consolidates all relevant production metrics in one place, enabling more informed, timely decisions about manufacturing processes, resource allocation, and performance priorities.

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

KPIDescription
YieldYield metrics, including Quantity Total Actual, Quantity Actual Rejected, and Quantity Yield %, indicating how much product is produced without defects.
Total Manufacturing CostsManufacturing cost metrics, including Machine, Material, Labor, Outsourced, Overhead, and Total, indicating overall production cost and cost reduction opportunities.
On-Time OrdersSchedule adherence metrics, including Number of Work Orders, Number of On-Time Work Orders, and On-time Work Orders Rate, indicating how effectively production schedules are met.

Visual components

TitleView typeDescription
Top 5 WorkcentersHorizontal BarCompares expected runtime and actual runtime for the top five work centers to help identify delays.

Filters

You can filter the dashboard with these panels:

  • Year
  • Month
  • Product
  • Site
  • Work Center
  • Work Center Groups
  • Customer
  • Sales Rep