Downtime and production tracking with AVEVA
Pros
- Downtime tracking and classification
- Metrics/KPI calculation
- Simplicity of use
Cons
- Data visualization and analysis--the built-in UI could be more fully featured
- Integration to external analysis tools and dashboards
- General UI and usability; a web interface is definitely needed
Most Important Features
- Structured downtime classification and analysis
- Production and grade tracking
- Reporting--inventory and downtime data feed into custom SSRS reporting
Return on Investment
- Downtime classification has made sense of plant reliability data; whereas, before it was unstructured and could not be used for analysis
- Production tracking and reporting. This solution is providing a unified, common source of production tracking for all departments, stored in a database rather than spreadsheets. A single source of truth ensures all data aligns and matches.
- KPIs are providing a measurable indicator of performance against company-defined targets.