Food Production Monitoring is so easy to do in Dream Report. A few thermocouples connected to an I/O module and Dream Report will handle the communications, log the data to a Relational Database, Generate the compliance report at the end of every batch and save it to your server and [...]
The reports aren't that complicated, and you can do them manually or in a tool like Excel. But then you are open to human error or worse. You should have a solution that will keep your data secure and perform the calculations and formatting you need - automatically, and distribute [...]
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 [...]
Energy Data Acquisition Task: An energy data acquisition and analysis system shall be implemented to record and file energy and water consumption and – based on these data - to compile consumption reports. The system has to be able to connect meters with different communication interfaces including M-Bus, Modbus, CEA-709, [...]
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 [...]
