How the Activplant Performance Management System Works

The Activplant Performance Management System collects data from any source on your factory floor and integrates it with business logic, reporting capabilities, analysis and intelligent discovery via alerts. It then delivers a simple, four-step methodology that turns these metrics into actionable manufacturing intelligence that drives increased production, reduced costs, improved quality and on-time delivery.

• Identify Problems - How many units/pieces/jobs have been produced over a given period against targets? How many were lost and what class of losses was realized? Job losses are grouped into four major categories due to downtime, uptime losses like blocked starved and idle conditions, excess cycle times and poor quality.
• Discover What, Where, When and Why - Drill down on any loss category to further investigate where, when, how and why the loss occurred.
• Prioritize Problems - Clear identification of issues and their root causes enables you to choose which issues to address first based on how they actually impact overall production.
• Take Action - Armed with an accurate picture of the problem and what's causing it, you can now take corrective action to eliminate the issue at its root.

The Activplant Performance Management System tracks production results against defined targets and identifies areas of inefficient operation and lost production. Job losses are grouped into four major categories:

• Speed losses - caused when equipment does not run at the anticipated rate due to design constraints, excess cycle time, material or process limitations
• Uptime losses - incurred when the equipment is capable of running, but does not because of blocked or starved conditions, unscheduled breaks, trial runs or tooling adjustments
• Downtime losses - sustained any time that the equipment is not capable of production such as during breakdowns or failures
• Quality losses - caused by faulty production, leading to scrap, reject or rework