Run the Entire Plant on One Board

Plant heads see production vs plan, material shortages, quality holds, subcontract returns, and dispatch readiness on one dashboard. Morning meetings use live data instead of chasing supervisors for updates.

Supervisors reschedule work centres and release rush orders with visibility of capacity and material impact. Everyone sees the new priority on shop-floor queues immediately.

MRP surfaces shortages before jobs start; quality holds block bad material early; subcontract overdue reports chase vendor returns. Fewer surprises mean less end-of-month expediting.

Review schedule adherence, WIP ageing, scrap Pareto, OTIF, and machine load at bottlenecks. FOS standard reports cover these without custom BI projects.

Shared order status means stores sees reservations, purchase sees open PO due dates, and production sees material readiness — one version of truth across departments.

Open challan and overdue return views show tonnage and jobs still outside the plant. Parent orders highlight risk when vendor delays threaten customer dates.

Trial work orders with engineering BOM revisions track material and hours separately from series production. Lessons feed standard costs for future quotes.

Browser dashboards work on phone and tablet for gemba walks — check order status, holds, and output without returning to the office PC.

Role-based screens and hypercare support help supervisors enforce system-led transactions. Exception reports identify teams still using parallel spreadsheets.

Materials ageing and excess stock reports highlight working capital trapped in slow movers. Plant and materials leaders joint-review MRP parameters quarterly.