Manufacturing MES: Work Order & Downtime Tracker

Elevator pitch Real-time visibility into production work orders and equipment downtime to optimize factory floor efficiency.

Industry Manufacturing Operations & Production Management

Problem

• Manual tracking creates visibility gaps and delays in identifying bottlenecks.
• Unplanned downtime costs compound without immediate root-cause logging.

Solution

• Centralized dashboard displays active work orders, completion status, and real-time progress.
• Automated downtime logging captures equipment failures and maintenance triggers alerts.

Tools

• work-order-sync: Fetch active orders, status updates, and completion timestamps from ERP.
• downtime-logger: Record equipment failures, duration, and root cause; return incident summaries.
• production-metrics: Calculate OEE, cycle time, and throughput by work center.
• alert-dispatcher: Trigger notifications for critical delays or unplanned stops.

Widgets

• /dashboard: Live work order Gantt chart, downtime heatmap, and KPI cards.
• /incidents: Downtime log with filters, root-cause trends, and maintenance recommendations.

Conversation starters

• "Show me which work orders are behind schedule and why."
• "What's causing the most downtime on the assembly line this week?"