What do you see in the eCloud dashboard? Insight that really helps

A crate washer that uses water unnecessarily. A malfunction that has been dormant for days. Or a cleaning procedure that has been performed, but not under the right conditions. In a production environment where speed and food safety are key, every detail counts. With eCloud, you make these details visible, real-time, clear and always available. In this blog, we'll show you what you'll actually see in the dashboards and how that helps you improve quality, maintenance and efficiency.

Smart dashboards: how it works

Once your systems are connected to eCloud, the platform automatically collects data about your machines and processes. That data is displayed in real time in user-friendly dashboards. This allows service staff, quality managers and operators to make adjustments immediately, without having to be physically present at the installation.

The advantages of eCloud:

• Real-time insight into performance per machine;
• Automatic warnings in case of deviations;
• Trend analysis per day/week/month;
• Export of reports for audits or internal quality control.

Improve the process through insight

eCloud gives you insights into the trends of a system. Insights that allow you to optimize processes.

In a dashboard for an industrial crate washer, for example, you will see:

• Temperature: insight into the actual temperature per washing phase
• Heating: moments when the water is actively heated
• Conductivity: how clean the water is in a machine
• Level: the actual water level in the machine
• Status of the crate washer: active, failure or
• Number of crates processed: including peak moments or sudden drops

Example: A customer sees in the dashboard that water consumption is rising sharply. The data shows that operators repeatedly shut down the machine via emergency stop. As a result, all the water is automatically discharged. This insight allowed them to explain on the floor that using the normal stop procedure prevents this.

Result: Instant savings on water, chemicals and costs.

Grip on malfunctions and maintenance

eCloud not only helps signal malfunctions, but also provides insight into the reason for malfunctions.

Example: A machine is at a standstill with a known error message. The dashboard shows that this error has already occurred several times without follow-up. The analysis makes it clear that preventive maintenance could have prevented this downtime. This type of insight helps make maintenance not only reactive, but also predictive.

In addition, service personnel can now watch remotely. This allows them to determine whether the malfunction should be fixed immediately or can wait a while, and they can sometimes remotely repair malfunctions.

Result: Fewer unnecessary trips and faster intervention when it is really necessary.

Support for quality employees

Quality employees use the dashboards to randomly check whether

• the correct temperature has been reached during the washing process
  the correct chemical concentration has been applied
  the cleaning process was completed completely and correctly

Example: Where previously all quality items had to be physically viewed, now much is already demonstrable digitally. You no longer have to calculate backwards or look for logs, with eCloud you can download the cleaning course of an entire day or month with one click, including details per cycle.

Result: More grip on cleaning processes and thus hygiene in the company.

Capacity and utilization in view

Dashboards also provide insight into the efficiency of machines:

• Is the installation running at its limit?
• Are there unused times when production can be scheduled?
• How much downtime has there been in the past month?

These insights help with capacity planning, investment decisions and optimizing production flow.

Less walking, more knowing

With eCloud dashboards, you need to spend less time on the floor without losing grip. Instead of making adjustments after the fact, you can anticipate in real time. Service employees, quality controllers and team leaders work together from the same reliable data.

Also real-time insight into your processes? Schedule a no-obligation consultation with our specialists and see what eCloud makes visible for you.