Use the Production Time and Cycle Time Ratio KPI

the production time and cycle time ratio kpi mainly deals with production time and the ideal production cycle you can utilize this kpi to monitor the production cycle time compared to an ideal production cycle time and keep a record of how long it takes to complete the production cycle with a total number of manufactured units in that cycle for this kpi, two input definitions are required manufacturestart and manufactureend these are event triggers that are activated at the start and end of the manufacturing cycle user scenario review the following scenario for the production time and cycle time ratio kpi processor then, using an input processor, you will simulate plc data and calculate the cycle time ratio and production time in a manufacturing plant, the production time/cycle time ratio kpi can be used to keep track of the time it takes to complete production a production manager can use the kpi to ensure that the time taken to finish manufacturing aligns with the set benchmarks used to compare the actual production cycle time to the ideal standard this can help the team identify areas for improvement and make the production process more efficient step 1 add a device follow the steps to connect a device docid\ nm1lqfefya dsiffitity and configure the following parameters device type simulator driver name generator enable alias topics select the checkbox step 2 add tags after connecting the device, add the following tag see add tags docid\ h5heqicxrcy3nch9kbg9i to learn more tag 1 manufactures name select s random value generator value type select float64 polling interval enter 1 tag name enter manufactures tag 2 manufacturee name select s random value generator value type select float64 polling interval enter 1 tag name enter manufacturee step 3 create analytics flow you can now create the analytics flows using data from the device and tag you previously created to create an analytics flow with the production time and cycle time ratio function in manufacturing connect edge, navigate to analytics on the analytics canvas, click add processor the create a processor dialog box displays select datahub subscribe in the topic field, click the search icon, select the device you previously created, and then select the alias topic for the tag1 manufactures click save repeat steps 2 5 to add another datahub subscribe processor for the manufacturee tag click add processor again and select the production time and cycle time ratio processor the following information defines this function manufacture start from & manufacture start to if your input changes manufacture start from value to manufacture start to value, it will trigger the start of the manufacturing cycle manufacture end from & manufacture end to if your input changes manufacture end from value to manufacture end to value, it will trigger the end of the manufacturing cycle ideal cycle time enter the standard production cycle time in seconds time interval if the tag publishes at the expected interval, it is better to disable this timer by entering 0 in the field click save connect the datahub subscribe processor (tag manufactures ) to the production time and cycle time ratio processor with a wire use the events connection and enter a definition of manufacturestart for the connection repeat step 8 for tag manufacturee and enter a definition of manufactureend for the connection on the analytics canvas, click save the configured analytics flows should look like the following step 4 view output of processor click the view icon in the production time and cycle time ratio processor to view the output values in the output, you will find the total count of manufactured units along with the production time and the ratio of the current cycle time to the production time