In addition, current quantity and cumulative quantities are shown. Amtech's Plant Inquiry provides the way to share both the real time and historical production information. The Plant Inquiry shows the real time status for every connected machine. This includes the current customer, job number, item, and order information. Next, current mode (Setup, Run, etc.) and elapsed time is shown. Lastly, you see a progress meter for Setup and speedometer gauges for current and cumulative run speed. A quick click on the "Statistics" button for a particular machine reveals a snapshot view of the shift, day, week, and month to date production totals for quantity, footage, waste, and number of setups. In addition, the average efficiency compared to standard for both setup and run are shown.

Lastly, uptime versus downtime is shown for each of these time periods. From the Plant Inquiry, you can choose the "Instant Replay" button to view a graphical representation of a particular machine's production metrics. You choose the date and time ranges, you choose statistic, and the Instant Replay gives you a bird's eye view of past production data. Lastly, you can use RPM's actual production data to estimate future quotes. Estimators have the option whether to use the standard speeds or actual production history for quotes. Schedulers also can choose to use either standards or actual production history for future scheduling. In additional to a powerful Gantt chart, users have the ability to create "scheduling rules" on the fly.

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