No real-time view of what's running and whether you're on track
Management asks 'Are we on track?' and nobody trusts the answer until the shift is over.
The problem
Who feels it most
Production managers, planners, supervisors, and sales/customer service teams who need delivery commitments.
How common is this?
High wherever paper-based shopfloor reporting dominates. Frontline work frequently relies on paper processes instead of live systems.
Typical workaround today
Walk the floor, WhatsApp groups, spreadsheet trackers, whiteboards, and late ERP postings that only update after the fact.
Why ERP / WMS doesn't solve it
ERP status updates depend on manual confirmations and end-of-shift entry. ISA-95 explicitly positions real-time execution visibility at Level 3 (MOM/MES), not Level 4 ERP.
Business impact
Late orders and poor schedule adherence from delayed information
Excess WIP and forgotten partially-finished batches
Overtime from 'surprise' backlogs discovered too late to act
Live line status with progress-vs-plan and gap explanation
Every line shows its current state in real time: Running, Stopped, Idle, Starved, or Blocked — derived from machine counters and optional run/stop signals.
Active orders display current good count, target quantity, progress percentage, and estimated completion time.
Gap analysis explains the difference between planned and actual: downtime minutes, speed loss minutes, and scrap — so you know why you're behind, not just that you are.
Dashboard aggregates all lines into a single plant overview with drill-down to individual machines.
WebSocket push ensures every screen updates within seconds of a state change on the floor.
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