Factory Reports on Blackberry

A typical flexible manufacturing line at a fully automated hitech unit generates large volumes of data which requires "monitoring". At the current stage of evolution the monitoring systems are all wired and data visualization is usually presented on desktops to the plant managers and executives. The challenge was to create a simple solution that can give them real time data with analytics "on the move".

1. Seamlessly integrate with the backend factory floor databases
2. Enable a simple and easy to access server interface for the devices
3. Have a compelling GUI for a small form factor device that can represent the data in a more than appealing, intuitive layout - format.
4. Transparent sync over various carriers (GPRS, CDMA) and range of data transfer speeds

Software Solutions:
1. Real time Trends on the mobile - fetch data, build trends, analyze.
2. Adapted display: consideration of the device capabilities before rendering on the mobile screen.
3. XML interface for date exchange between server and devices.
4. Flexibility to choose various data visualization formats on the fly.
5. Data scaling to visualize the trends in hourly, shift wise, daily, weekly or monthly trends.
6. Ability to extend to any factory database with simple and easy to configure server components.
Benefits:
Helps the executive managers analyze the manufacturing trends such as Units per hours, Cycle time, WIP etc. They can access the reports on the go and know the status per day, hours, week and shifts.