What is meant by Display of current shift data?
The term "Display of Current Shift Data" refers to the presentation and visualization of information about ongoing or planned work shifts in a company or organization. This function allows managers, supervisors, and employees to quickly overview the current shift situation.
Typical software functions in the area of "Display of Current Shift Data":
- Real-time shift overview: Display of currently running shifts with information on employees, working hours, and tasks.
- Shift planning: Display of planned shifts for a specific period.
- Employee details: Display of information on individual employees, such as working hours, breaks, and assigned tasks.
- Shift change notifications: Automatic notifications for upcoming shift changes.
- Real-time machine and equipment status: Display of operating status, utilization, malfunctions, or downtimes.
- Production progress per job or shift: Visualization of target vs. actual performance, quantities, or cycle times.
- Shift-specific performance indicators (KPIs): Display of metrics such as OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), scrap rate, or efficiency.
- Notification and alert functions: Automatic messages triggered by deviations or critical conditions during the shift.
- Visual dashboards and monitor displays: Presentation of shift data on large screens, tablets, or terminals.
- Integration with time tracking and MES systems: Linkage with existing systems for automatic data acquisition.
- Shift pattern management: Management and display of various shift models and rotations.
- Export functions: Ability to export shift data for further analysis or reports.
Examples of "Display of Current Shift Data":
- Daily overview: Display of all shifts of a day with employee allocation and working hours.
- Shift calendar: Monthly view with color-coded shifts for each employee.
- Staffing: Display of current staffing per department or work area.
- Shift statistics: Graphical representation of working hours, overtime, and utilization.
- Employee shift profile: Detailed view of shift data for an individual employee.
- Shift change log: Chronological listing of shift changes and handovers.
- A production manager monitors the machine utilization of the morning shift in real time via a central dashboard.
- A shift supervisor sees at a glance which employees are absent due to illness and which positions need to be reassigned.
- A manufacturing company uses alert messages to respond quickly to machine downtimes during the night shift.
- A shop floor monitor in a factory visualizes the current production progress of all shifts including a target vs. actual comparison.
- A team leader evaluates automatically generated KPIs such as efficiency and scrap rate at the end of the shift.
