Manufacturing Cockpit
The Manufacturing Cockpit is the at-a-glance command center that ties Supply-Demand Intelligence, scheduling, and shop-floor execution together. It shows what needs your attention right now, how the plant is performing, what's running, and where supply risk is building — all on one screen. A companion Action Items page is the full queue of everything awaiting a decision.
Where to Access
- Manufacturing Cockpit —
/mfi/cockpit(the default landing page of the Manufacturing module). - Action Items —
/mfi/actions.
Cockpit cards
Action Required
The top card lists the most pressing items needing a decision, with a count and a View All link to the Action Items page. It blends three sources:
- Suggestions — SDI/manufacturing recommendations (e.g., Create Purchase Order, Create Work Order) with Accept / Dismiss. Accepting a PO suggestion with no preferred vendor prompts you to pick one.
- Pending Changes — engineering/BOM/routing changes awaiting approval, showing the affected work orders and cost impact, with Approve / Review.
- Quality Reviews — work orders on quality hold, showing failed checkpoints, with Review Results / Release Hold.
Health Metrics
Key plant KPIs, each color-graded (green ≥ 85%, yellow ≥ 70%, red below):
- OEE Today — overall equipment effectiveness.
- Quality — first-pass yield.
- On-Time Delivery — delivery performance.
- Schedule Adherence — how closely execution tracks the plan.
Execution Status
Live work-order execution:
- In Progress — work orders currently running. Click to open the filtered work-order list.
- On Hold — work orders paused (e.g., quality holds). Click to open the Quality group on the Action Items page, since most holds start there.
- Behind Schedule — work orders running late. Click to open the filtered work-order list.
- Completion Rate — today's completion percentage. Informational only, not clickable.
Work Centers
A tile per work center showing its current state and job:
- Status — Running (green), Setup (yellow), Down (red), Ready (blue), Idle (gray).
- Current work order and progress % when running, or a status detail (e.g., "Maintenance", "Waiting") when not.
Supply/Demand Summary
A condensed view of SDI exposure — Critical Shortages, High Priority shortages, Pending Suggestions, and Revenue at Risk — with a link to the full SDI Dashboard.
Action Items
The Action Items page (/mfi/actions) is the complete, filterable queue behind the cockpit's "Action Required" card. It groups work into:
- Suggestions — accept or dismiss recommendations (vendor prompt when needed for POs).
- Pending Changes — review, approve, or reject changes, with their impact and cost.
- Quality Reviews — review failed checkpoints and release or hold work orders.
You can focus on one group (Suggestions / Changes / Quality) or view All. Each group shows what's relevant to it: Suggestions list priority, type, title and description; Pending Changes list type, the affected item, and its impact/cost; Quality Reviews list status and failed checkpoints — plus the available actions for every row.
How it fits together
- SDI generates shortages and suggestions → they appear in the cockpit's Action Required and Supply/Demand Summary.
- Scheduling drives Execution Status and Schedule Adherence.
- Shop-floor / quality drive Work Center states, OEE, Quality, and Quality Reviews.
The cockpit is therefore the natural starting point each morning: triage Action Required, scan Health Metrics, check Execution Status and Work Centers, then drill into SDI or the schedule as needed.
Tips
- Start the day on the cockpit and clear Action Required before diving into detail screens.
- Use the clickable Execution Status tiles to jump straight to the work orders that are behind, or to the on-hold queue in Action Items.
- Treat falling Schedule Adherence or On-Time Delivery as a cue to revisit Production Scheduling.
Related Features
- Supply-Demand Intelligence (Overview)
- SDI Dashboard
- Production Scheduling (Overview)
- Work Orders