Caddis Reporting Capabilities: Overview & Report Types

Machine monitoring reports only hold value when they are reviewed and acted upon. That’s why Caddis reporting is designed to deliver actionable insights tailored for production meetings, strategic initiatives, and in-depth analysis. Currently, Caddis offers three core reports, each focused on achieving key business objectives: maintaining machines and assets effectively, optimizing their overall efficiency, and driving increased profitability.

Caddis Systems Reporting Capabilities

Excessive Downtime Report

The Excessive Downtime report shows where a piece of equipment was down longer than expected. These entries include the start and end times when the event occurred and provide a duration for how long the downtime event was.    

Figure 8.1.1 – Excessive Downtime Report

In addition, the report allows users to set why the machine was down for that long. The possible reasons are as follows.  

• Man (i.e. there was no operator)
• Machine (i.e. the equipment was in need of repair)
• Method (i.e. an operator cannot keep a piece of equipment running due to not having the proper tools)
• Material (i.e. no material was available to run the part)
• Schedule (i.e. the equipment was not scheduled to run, or was scheduled incorrectly)
• Maintenance (preventative maintenance was being done on the equipment)

 Once a reason is set in the drop-down box, the downtime entry in the report will disappear.  

Downtime Reason Drop Down

Downtime entries that have already had a reason assigned can be shown again by checking the Show Previously Marked checkbox. If no additional entries appear after setting the checkbox, it may be that there have not been any entries that have had their reason set yet based on the time filter you have set.    

Excessive Downtime Report Show Previously Marked Checkbox

As downtime reasons are set in the report, the bar chart at the top of the report will begin to populate. There are two bars for each reason. The purple, left-most bar is the number of occurrences of the reason. The green line indicates the number of total hours the equipment was down for that reason. This chart can be hidden at any time by un-checking the Show Chart checkbox.    

Excessive Downtime Report Chart

Summary Report

1. Aggregates utilization metrics from all equipment at lower levels of the company hierarchy into a single, consolidated value. Beneath the overall percentage, an indicator displays the ratio of hours operated to hours scheduled, offering a clear performance snapshot.
2. Displays a detailed breakdown of each group, such as departments or facilities, directly beneath the current level in the company hierarchy. This streamlined view allows for easy comparison of performance across departments and facilities.
3. Equipment Exceptions: The No Recent Cycles (>=2d) tab displays devices on equipment that haven’t reported activity for at least two days. This may be due to various reasons, such as equipment being powered down for maintenance or devices experiencing network connectivity issues. This list serves as a valuable tool for the maintenance team to prioritize and address devices requiring attention.  The Underutilized (<80%) tab highlights equipment operating at less than 80% utilization, providing insights into potential inefficiencies.
4. Excessive Downtimes: This shows the number of hours associated with excessive downtime in each department/facility below the current level in the company hierarchy.  The threshold defining what constitutes excessive downtime can be set in the equipment management section of this guide. 
5. Downtime Reasons: Pie chart showing the distribution of reasons why the equipment was down. This chart depends on the information provided by users in the Excessive Downtime report.

Raw Cycle Data Report

The raw cycle data report is only available when at the equipment (lowest) level in the company hierarchy.    

The table includes individual cycle information including when the cycle occurred, what the cycle time was, what the temperature (measured via thermocouple) was, and what tags (if any) are associated with the cycle.

The data in this table is set based on the time filters. There is also an Export button that allows the data from the table to be downloaded for further analysis in applications such as Excel and Minitab.