Capacity Utilization Dashboard with Manufacturing Plant Comparisons

    What is a Capacity Utilization Dashboard ? Utilization analysis dashboards with comparative analysis are considered benchmarking tools and are used by operations managers to track utilization by plant and to easily see exceptions. Some of the main functionality in this type of dashboard report is that it it provides utilization analysis by individual plant and it also benchmarks these metrics across all the plants. You find an example of this type of dashboard report below. Purpose of Capacity Utilization Dashboards Manufacturers use Capacity Utilization Dashboards to monitor plant performance for utilization metrics. When used as part of good business practices in a Production department, an organization can improve its utilization tracking and analysis as well as reduce the chances that executives don’t have good visibility to whether any individual plant becomes inefficient without quickly detecting it. Capacity Utilization Dashboard Example Here is an example of a Capacity Utilization Dashboard to track multiple manufacturing plants. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Capacity Utilization Dashboard Example with Manufacturing Plant Comparisons Capacity Utilization Dashboard Example with Manufacturing Plant Comparisons[/caption] You can find hundreds of additional examples here Who Uses This Type of Dashboard report ? The typical users of this type of dashboard report are: Executives and Plant Managers. Other Dashboard report s Often Used in Conjunction with Capacity Utilization Dashboards Progressive Production departments sometimes use several different Capacity Utilization Dashboards, along with production dashboards, inventory reports, sales forecast, sales reports and other management and control tools. Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from management systems or enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional corporate performance management (CPM/EPM) solutions. What Tools are Typically used for Reporting, Planning and Dashboards? Examples of business software used with the data and ERPs mentioned above are:
    • Native ERP report writers and query tools
    • Spreadsheets (for example Microsoft Excel)
    • Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools (for example Solver)
    • Dashboards (for example Microsoft Power BI and Tableau)
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