Monitoring and Analyzing with Dashboards Using WinSPC Real-Time Statistical Process Control Software | WinSPC Video

 

On the shop floor, operators use dashboards to monitor and control processes in real-time. They view dashboards at individual stations or on large monitors.

WinSPC dashboards organize and visualize Quality metrics. They can combine statistical summaries, event or activity details, and any of the 60-plus industry standard SPC charts.

Shop-floor dashboards are often setup to automatically:

  • Flash when a shift average or other statistic exceeds a specified value.
  • Or re-sort so at-risk operations are highlighted and prominently positioned.

Shop floor dashboards can even email a manager screenshots and reports when a process changes. Or transmit status to external systems.

Managers and engineers use dashboards to stay updated and as a starting point for analysis. Their dashboards might feature:

  • Events, activities, alarms.
  • Tables of important stats.
  • Cost-reduction opportunities calculated by WinSPC’s patented Cost Inspector.
  • And a wider selection of charts, such as: Pareto charts of assignable causes, pie charts of corrective actions, Box and Whisker plots, or others.

Engineers frequently configure their dashboards so that, with a click, they can…

  • Launch reports
  • Or drill-down to a companion dashboard

  • Or view a characteristic in the Variable Analyzer or Attribute Analyzer—two powerful tools that enable engineers to sort by tag or other criteria, zoom in, and interact with data in additional ways.

A number of dashboards, already configured and ready to use come with WinSPC.

These target vital information needs and include:

  • Comparison views that show the current week or month in relation to an earlier period.

  • Cost-based views that quantify loss related to variation and offset from target.

  • Multi-variate views that provide insight into related processes as a whole.

  • And production summary views that present real-time operation status.

We invite you to learn more about WinSPC. Click the link to learn more: www.advantive.com/products/winspc

 

About DataNet Quality Systems

DataNet Quality Systems empowers manufacturers to improve products, processes, and profitability through real-time statistical software solutions. The company’s vision is to deliver trusted and capable technology solutions that allow manufacturers to create the highest quality product for the lowest possible cost. DataNet’s flagship product, WinSPC, provides statistical decision-making at the point of production and delivers real-time, actionable information to where it is needed most. With over 2500 customers worldwide and distributors across the globe, DataNet is dedicated to delivering a high level of customer service and support, shop-floor expertise, and training in the areas of Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, and Lean Manufacturing services.

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We are preparing to launch WinSPC 10, a major release that introduces significant performance improvements and new functionality to help you optimize quality across your manufacturing operations. Diverse, fast and complex manufacturing flows require tools that collect everything now, integrate information from all locations, and facilitate immediate, deep analysis. WinSPC 10 goes to the heart of this requirement.

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Real-Time Statistical Software Solutions for Actionable Decision Making

WinSPC empowers manufacturers to improve products, processes, and profitability through real-time statistical software solutions. Our trusted and capable statistical process control (SPC) software provide the integral tools and functionality you need to create the highest quality product for the lowest possible cost. With an intuitive, user-friendly interface to quickly create, organize, and manage quality programs on a global scale, our SPC solutions are used by quality teams to improve product quality, reduce process variation, and optimize manufacturing processes.

Collect shop-floor data in real-time from virtually any source—gauges, devices, machines, and other data sources. Our flexible SPC software comes with a simple three-step connection process that makes it easy to simply connect and begin collecting data from almost anything.

  • Connect and collect data from any RS232 serial or USB device
  • Capture data from text files, .csv files, Microsoft Excel, any ODBC-compliant database, or machines such as CMMs or PLCs
  • Integrate with other manufacturing systems using ODBC, OPC, OLE, DDE, and built-in APIs supports hundreds of methods and properties

Empower your operators with actionable intelligence and statistical analysis on plant performance. Our SPC software includes real-time control charts on the shop floor and plant monitor functionality to enable your team to immediately detect and correct process issues and manage your operations more effectively. It runs on the desktop and shows accurate statistics for every data collection station in one convenient window—giving managers a summary view of their plant’s performance from a single screen.

Automatically alert personnel, execute custom programs, shut down machines, or engage other systems if a non-conformance or rule violation occurs using WinSPC’s built-in triggers. Whether your requirements are as simple as sending an email or as complex as triggering a process within a corrective action system, our SPC solution gives you the power to close the quality loop from “detection-to-correction.”

  • Use a simple pull-down menu to schedule a variety of different notifications and alarms for nearly any condition
  • Program your own custom triggers to schedule enterprise-wide alarms or communicate bidirectionally with other systems or machines or send a command to a device

Identify the hidden cost of give-away, overfill, rework or scrap that weaken a company’s profits using WinSPC’s Cost Inspector. The Cost Inspector links manufacturing cost information with current and historical process data, empowering quality teams to:

  • Search process data across all operations to uncover costly process problems
  • Identify sources of give-away, overfill, scrap or waste
  • Calculate potential savings per unit by reducing process variation or shifting processes to optimal mean
  • Translate process improvement statistics into dollars saved for the company
  • Produce cost-based reports to show executive management the return on investments in quality

Answer questions, detect changes, discover trends, and make decisions that count with DataNet’s data sets, variable analyzer, and custom reports.

  • Data Sets: Identify, prevent, and prioritize quality issues at a macro level. Unlike the traditional microscopic nature of SPC, which focuses on a specific variable, data sets offer a broad view of your database—enabling you to proactively monitor and uncover high-priority issues.
  • Variable Analyzer: Experiment, visualize, and reveal more information about any variable using the one-click variable analyzer. The variable analyzer delivers both point-of-production and historical analysis capabilities. It puts an entire set of statistical tools at your fingertips—giving you a comprehensive view of your data from one convenient screen.
  • Reports: Quickly create, publish, and share quality reports across your organization using our easy-to-use graphical report builder and dozens of standard report templates.

Bring Your Real-Time SPC Program to Life with Advantive

Today’s companies have high expectations for performance and little room for mistakes. With decades of helping manufacturers and distributors across the globe, Advantive is dedicated to delivering a high level of customer service and support, shop floor expertise, and professional services specializing in continuous improvement, Six Sigma, and lean manufacturing.

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Expect straightforward resources and advice from veteran industry practitioners, who understand your challenges and the benefits of an SPC system.

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With over 2,500 installed facilities worldwide and distributors across the globe, WinSPC is dedicated to delivering a high level of customer service and support.

Comprehensive Training

Our instructors offer a variety of administrator, fundamentals and customized virtual and onsite training to fit your user’s learning style.

Easily Connect to Other Business Systems

Share your data between WinSPC software and other critical manufacturing applications such as MES, ERP, HMI, or LIMS systems. Our built-in API’s with over 500 methods and properties allow you to bi-directionally communicate and offer proven integration success with other systems like SAP, Oracle, Delmia, Wonderware, GE Proficy, Plex, MS Dynamics, AspenTech, Factory Link, Labview, and many more. Other services include:

  • CMM Integration
  • Data Migration
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