Assets Tab Overview

Overview

The Assets Tab is the central command center for monitoring and analyzing your manufacturing operations in real-time. This is where you gain instant visibility into machine performance, utilization, downtime events, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) across your entire production floor.

Whether you manage a single machine or hundreds of assets across multiple facilities, the Assets Tab provides the real-time insights and analytics needed to maximize productivity, minimize losses, and drive continuous improvement.

What Can You Do in the Assets Tab?

The Assets Tab combines five powerful views, each designed for specific analytical and operational needs:

1. Overview

Your real-time dashboard showing live machine status, performance metrics, and key indicators. Perfect for at-a-glance monitoring and quick decision-making.

2. Downtimes

Deep-dive root cause analysis to identify why machines stop and where time is being lost. Use Pareto analysis to focus improvement efforts on the biggest opportunities.

3. Advanced Report

Generate comprehensive utilization and performance reports with advanced filtering by machine, department, shift, date range, and time interval.

4. Operator Performance

Track individual operator efficiency, OEE, and performance metrics to identify top performers and training opportunities.

5. Canvas

Visualize your production floor with custom layouts showing machine relationships, production flows, and real-time status in an interactive diagram.

Key Metrics Explained

The Assets Tab displays four primary metrics across your operation:

Uptime

What it measures: The total time machines have been actively running and producing parts.

Why it matters: High uptime indicates efficient operations with minimal interruptions. This is the productive time that drives your manufacturing output.

Displayed as: Hours and minutes (e.g., 71:15h)

Utilization

What it measures: The percentage of scheduled time that machines were actively producing, calculated as:

Utilization = (Uptime / Scheduled Time) × 100%

Why it matters: Utilization shows how effectively you're using available production capacity. A 68.2% utilization means machines were productive 68.2% of the scheduled shift time, with the remaining 31.8% lost to downtime and idle periods.

Displayed as: Percentage (e.g., 68.2%)

Color coding:

• Green: Meeting or exceeding your OEE/utilization goals
• Orange: Below goals but above critical threshold
• Red: Significantly below goals (requires attention)

Downtime

What it measures: The total time machines were stopped and not producing, whether planned (breaks, changeovers) or unplanned (failures, material shortage).

Why it matters: Downtime represents lost production capacity. By analyzing downtime reasons, you can identify improvement opportunities and reduce losses.

Displayed as: Hours and minutes (e.g., 33:14h)

Machines Producing

What it measures: The current count of machines actively running versus the total number of monitored machines.

Why it matters: Provides instant visibility into current production activity. Helps you quickly identify if machines are unexpectedly stopped.

Displayed as: Ratio (e.g., 9/14 means 9 out of 14 machines are currently producing)

Machine Status Timeline

Each machine row displays a detailed timeline showing machine state throughout the shift:

Timeline Colors

• Green: Machine running and producing
• Red: Machine down or stopped
• Orange: Machine idle (transitioning between states)

What You Can See

• Cycle time for current operation
• Production rate (ops/min)
• Current part/operation being produced
• Part count for the current shift
• Utilization percentage with color-coded indicator
• Real-time uptime and downtime hours

Interactive Features

Click on any machine to open detailed performance analytics, historical trends, downtime events, and configuration options.

Filtering and Customization

Filter by Department

Group and filter machines by department to focus on specific areas of your operation. Perfect for departmental managers and supervisors.

Filter by Tag

Create custom tags (e.g., "CNC Machines", "Critical Assets", "New Equipment") and filter the view to show only relevant machines.

Group By

Organize your asset view by:

• Department: See all machines within each department
• Tag: Group machines by custom labels
• Machine Type: Group similar equipment together

Sort By

Sort machines by various criteria:

• Department name
• Machine name
• Utilization (highest to lowest)
• Uptime (highest to lowest)
• Current status (running vs. stopped)

Shift Selection

View data for any defined shift (e.g., Day Shift, Night Shift, Weekend Shift) to compare performance across different work periods and teams.

Date Range

Navigate to any previous date to analyze historical performance and track improvement trends over time.

Zoom and Time Interval Views

Adjust the timeline zoom level to analyze different time horizons:

• Day: Hourly view showing detailed machine activity throughout a single shift or day
• Week: Daily breakdown showing patterns and variations across the work week
• Month: Weekly summaries to identify longer-term trends
• All: Full historical view for comprehensive trend analysis

Display Options

View Modes

Switch between different visualizations:

• Full Grid View: See all machine details and timelines
• Card View: Compact cards showing key metrics per machine
• List View: Dense table format for maximum information density
• Timeline View: Focus on machine state timelines with minimal distractions

Chart View

Toggle the top summary chart to show:

• Organization-wide utilization trend
• Cumulative uptime and downtime
• Production output over time

Taking Action from the Assets Tab

Set OEE Goals

Click on the utilization percentage in the top summary to set organization-wide OEE goals, or navigate to individual machine pages to set machine-specific targets.

Learn more: Setting OEE Goals (covered in Platform UI Features)

Add or Edit Machines

Use the action buttons to:

• Add Machine: Provision a new asset for monitoring
• Edit Assets: Modify machine names, departments, tags, and configuration
• Add Asset: Create a new monitored asset

Share to TV Displays

Click the TV icon in the top-right corner to share the current view to Chromecast displays for shop floor visibility.

Learn more: TV Screen Sharing (covered in Platform UI Features)

Best Practices for Using the Assets Tab

1. Start Your Day with the Overview

Check the Assets Tab at the beginning of each shift to:

• Verify all machines are running as expected
• Identify any machines with extended downtime
• Review overnight or previous shift performance

2. Monitor in Real-Time

Keep the Assets Tab open on a dedicated monitor or TV in your facility to:

• Give operators visibility into their performance
• Enable supervisors to spot issues immediately
• Create accountability and transparency

3. Analyze Trends Regularly

Use weekly and monthly views to:

• Track improvement initiatives
• Identify recurring problems
• Compare shift and operator performance

4. Combine with Downtime Analysis

When you notice low utilization:

1. Navigate to the Downtimes tab
2. Filter by the affected machine(s)
3. Identify the root causes
4. Take corrective action

5. Set Realistic Goals

Use historical data to establish achievable OEE targets that challenge your team while remaining attainable. Adjust goals as you improve.

Next Steps

• Dive into Root Cause Analysis: Visit the Downtimes page to identify the biggest opportunities for improvement
• Generate Custom Reports: Use the Advanced Report to create detailed analytics
• Track Operator Performance: Monitor individual efficiency with Operator Performance
• Create Visual Dashboards: Build custom production floor layouts with Canvas

Need help setting up your Assets Tab or interpreting metrics? Contact our support team at support@iotflows.com