Power Generation and Distribution

This Blog contains all things relevant to Dream Report in the Power Generation and Power Distribution marketplace.

What’s a Batch? To Start, any process that has an indeterminate start and end time.

The first definition of a batch needs to begin with a process that has a variable start and end time.  The two may be linked, for example a variable start and a known process that ends a defined period later, or it may be a process that ends on any [...]

What’s a Batch? To Start, any process that has an indeterminate start and end time.2018-02-10T17:43:48+00:00

Reports shouldn’t just be static documents generated automatically.

You may think a report is a static document that is defined and run on time or event. Yes, inferior solutions work that way. But Dream Report is a superior solution. When you create a Dream Report, you automatically get lots of flexibility, with no extra effort at all. For [...]

Reports shouldn’t just be static documents generated automatically.2018-02-10T17:51:11+00:00

Green House Gas (GHG) Reporting Requirements – 40CFRPart98

You might be calculating this by hand.  You might be doing this in Microsoft Excel.  After all, it is just an annual requirement.  Or, you could be letting Dream Report do all the work for you, and deliver you lots of interesting dashboard information in the process.  Dream Report delivers [...]

Green House Gas (GHG) Reporting Requirements – 40CFRPart982017-11-23T14:21:15+00:00

5 Myths of Automated Report Generation

5 Myths of Automated Industrial Reports and Dashboards Automated Report Generation is Hard Not Flexible Enough to be an All Encompassing Solution Not Reliable Enough for Automated 24x7x365 Operation Won't Integrate with Existing Automation Systems Report Generators are Not Event or Batch Aware   Let’s take these one at a [...]

5 Myths of Automated Report Generation2019-01-21T15:46:51+00:00

Are you up to speed with your PDF?

Dream Report supports a variety of output styles. You can generate reports in HTML5 for use in the Dream Report Web Portal. You can generate output in an Excel file format. You can generate output in a CSV file format. You can generate output in a PDF (Portable Document Format) [...]

Are you up to speed with your PDF?2018-02-10T22:16:15+00:00

Accessing Data that’s Hard to Access…

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 [...]

Accessing Data that’s Hard to Access…2018-02-10T22:18:05+00:00

Need to justify a project? Instrument the Process First to Create a Baseline.

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 [...]

Need to justify a project? Instrument the Process First to Create a Baseline.2018-02-10T22:20:01+00:00

Report Generator with Barcode Capability

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 [...]

Report Generator with Barcode Capability2018-02-10T22:30:54+00:00

Top Ten Reasons to Use Dream Report

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 [...]

Top Ten Reasons to Use Dream Report2018-02-10T22:32:14+00:00

Recognizing the Perfect Storm of Solution Meeting Problem – Dream Report

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 [...]

Recognizing the Perfect Storm of Solution Meeting Problem – Dream Report2018-02-10T22:33:45+00:00