This Blog contains all things relevant to Dream Report in the Process & Chemicals marketplace.
Getting data to the right people at the right time is the ultimate goal of Dream Report. It is smart enough to recognize an event, collect the right data, analyze it - format it and then deliver it. Dream Report supports over 60 drivers to a wide range of both [...]
Every major project should start with the same effort, an activity to quantify the current state, so that you have the measurements needed to compare against the future state. In many projects, the item that creates your baseline is actually the item you are replacing or improving. It can be [...]
Layering Value Is the Best Way to Enhance an Existing Automation System Lets face it, your automation platforms are expensive and you don't have the opportunity to have a "Do Over". That means you need to focus on layered technology to enhance the value of an existing system, be it a Distributed [...]
Making Reports Actionable, Reducing Errors and Improving Ease of Use That's what QR Codes and Bar Codes are all about. QR Codes (Quick Response Codes) are finding their way into all manner of applications and can transfer a great deal of information. They are often used to convey links for [...]
There are lots more reasons - these are just a few. 1) Reports so easy, you can have ALL the reports you want, not just the reports you absolutely need. The world has been conditioned to believe that report generation is hard to do. Past tools have been the [...]
The Problem - Information Delivery Why is information delivery so important? Compliance with regulations... Continuous improvement... Accountability... There are many reasons. And as with all things in automation, it needs to be easy, needs to be cost effective and needs to be pervasive to have the greatest impact. Delivering information [...]
Eurotherm, makers of E+PLC Controllers, Recorders, Power Control Indicators, PAC Solutions, Signal Conditioning, Plastics Machine Control, Solid State Relays, Sensors, valves & actuators, uses Dream Report as its standard for industrial reporting. Dream Report includes drivers for a wide array of Eurotherm products and will interface with history files. In addition, Ocean Data Systems has developed a special solution [...]
Big Data and Advanced Analytics All the rage today. It's viewed as the next generation solution for process improvement, and no doubt, having a better set of analytic tools may deliver insights that were not readily apparent. But as they say, is the juice going to be worth the [...]
Dream Report 4.6 for MES and Life Sciences New Version Adds New Markets and Dozens of Enhancements April 30, 2014 LYON, France – Ocean Data Systems, the technology leader in automated reporting for industry, announced that it has released version 4.6 of Dream Report. This major release addresses the Life [...]
This past week, we attended the CSIA (Control System Integrator Association) meeting in San Diego California. This is an annual event, and since Dream Report is a popular solution for automation industry system integrators (SIs), the event is a valuable way for Ocean Data Systems (ODS) to stay connected and [...]
