In modern manufacturing environments, ensuring accurate visibility of production performance is critical. The MATICS MES platform provides advanced tools to monitor, manage, and optimize production processes in real time.
One of the challenges many plants face is the gap between planned production start time and actual production start time. To address this, MATICS enables the automatic activation of a production status once a calendar event terminates.
This functionality improves accuracy in downtime tracking and enhances transparency in production reporting.
Department Calendar vs. Machine Calendar
MATICS supports two levels of calendar management:
Department Calendar
Events created in a department-level calendar apply to all machines within that department.
Each machine automatically inherits the calendar events from its department.
This is useful for events such as holidays, shift schedules, or planned department-wide maintenance.
Machine Calendar
Events created in a machine-level calendar apply only to the specific machine.
Other machines in the same department are not affected.
This is useful for machine-specific downtime such as individual maintenance, repairs, or trials.
By distinguishing between department-wide and machine-specific calendars, MATICS allows for flexible planning while maintaining consistency across the production floor.
How to Activate the Downtime Production Status
To configure this function in MATICS:
Navigate to Production Floor > Department view and select the relevant department from the drop-down list.
Click the Online tab.
In Grid view, click the calendar icon to open the relevant machine’s calendar.
Select the time slot (date and hour) for the event.
In the Create new event dialog, check the box Activate Production Status In The Event’s End.
Choose the appropriate Production Status from the drop-down menu.
Complete the remaining event details.
Click Save Changes.
Benefits
Improved accuracy: Provides a true reflection of downtime periods.
Enhanced transparency: Bridges the gap between planned and actual production.
Automation: Reduces reliance on manual updates at event completion.
Flexibility: Choose between department-level or machine-level planning.
Better decision-making: Supplies managers with reliable data for OEE and performance analysis.
Calendar events include the option of automatically activating a downtime production status when the event terminates. This addresses the need to reflect the gap between planned production start time and actual production start time.
To activate this function:
Go to Production Floor > Department view and select the department from the drop-down list.
Click the Online tab.
In grid view, click the calendar icon to open that machine's calendar.
Click the calendar slot (time and day) for the event's occurrence.
In the Create new event dialog select the Activate Production Status In The Event's End check box.
Select the production status to activate from the Production Status drop-down list.
Fill in the other fields of the event you're creating.
Click Save Changes.
