Production data acquisition

Production Data Acquisition (PDA) is a collective term for the acquisition of various actual data on states and processes in the production.The following types of production data can be distinguished:

• Production data such as times, quantities, weights, qualities, volumes
• Work progress, job status
• Attendance and working hours of people
• Access control
• Machine data:
  • Switching frequency
  • Interruptions and running periods of machines
  • Manufactured volumes
  • Messages and malfunctions
  • Consumption of material
  • Energy and utilities
  • Measurements of the temperatures in warehouses or in production
• Process data:
  • Quality
  • Parameters of the processes
  • Setting data
• Benefits of production data acquisition:
  • Reduction of process interruptions
  • Optimisation of production processes
  • Efficiency control of the used staff
  • Optimisation of the use of resources
  • Improved planning based on objective process assessments