Stopping to convert transction dates (OMG) to what part that is sucks. Reduce Que time. Owners and production control want to see the CMM beeping all day. Customers want clear, simple, concise reports and they want it thier way. What keeps my machine running is the efficiency of the off-line support. Don't mean to whine SPC is a value added function but needs to delegated to support personal and not need Key personal to make sense of the data. The data output needs to be stand alone. It needs to be a more proactive and not reactive system. Machines need to run and customers need there reports and a realtime system that isn't DOG and Pony is the answer. Further stand alone with more automation. Hoping the new datapage release embraces the shortcommings that have been on the table for quite sometime and can further automate the system and get people back to reducing que time.
I always output all results to Datapage, even if they are not used, even if I don't think I'll need them. Then later customer requests analysis, or has a question, or needs results in Excel, I go into Datapage (machine can be running, doesn't matter) and zap up reports no problem. The trick is to get into the habit of naming your programs, turning stats on, and backing up your database (backing up everything actually).
This takes only a couple of minutes a day, well worth the small amount of effort.
What's hard is trying to put the data into Datapage AFTER the parts are run.
I do the same, EVERYTHING in EVERY program gets saved to Datapage.
HOWEVER, can YOU (Brian) give us ANY enlightenment on the "operation" of MONITOR?
I always output all results to Datapage, even if they are not used, even if I don't think I'll need them. Then later customer requests analysis, or has a question, or needs results in Excel, I go into Datapage (machine can be running, doesn't matter) and zap up reports no problem. The trick is to get into the habit of naming your programs, turning stats on, and backing up your database (backing up everything actually).
This takes only a couple of minutes a day, well worth the small amount of effort.
What's hard is trying to put the data into Datapage AFTER the parts are run.
I do the same, EVERYTHING in EVERY program gets saved to Datapage.
HOWEVER, can YOU (Brian) give us ANY enlightenment on the "operation" of MONITOR?
