Forward-looking dashboards for real shop constraints
See bottlenecks, labor pressure, material readiness, and OTD risk in one place — connected to your schedule, updated as conditions change.
What is forward-looking manufacturing dashboards?
Forward-looking manufacturing dashboards show the operational state of the floor — OTD risk, bottlenecks, labor pressure, material readiness — projected against the current production schedule, not just historical KPIs. Instead of reporting what happened last week, they surface what is about to go wrong this shift, with enough lead time for a planner or supervisor to intervene.
How it works
- •Live ERP/MES feed of work orders, completes, inventory, and labor.
- •Bottleneck identified continuously from queue depth and throughput.
- •OTD risk computed per job against the current finite-capacity schedule.
- •Labor and material gaps flagged before they hit the floor.
- •Every metric drills into the underlying jobs and constraints.
Why it matters
Most factory dashboards are rear-view: yesterday's OEE, last month's OTD. They tell you what happened, not what to do. Forward-looking dashboards give planners and supervisors 4–24 hours of warning on the jobs that are about to slip, which is the difference between an OTD ceiling at 70% and one at 90%+.
How Skody does it
Skody dashboards are wired to the live schedule, so every metric reflects the current state of the floor. Bottlenecks, labor pressure, material readiness, and OTD risk update as the schedule replans — you see the problem before the firefight starts.
Sound familiar?
- Late jobs pile up and you find out too late
- Material issues surface after the floor is already waiting
- Labor overload hides inside spreadsheets
- Priorities shift faster than reports update
- Leaders ask what slips next, not what slipped last week
With Skody AI dashboards
- Spot OTD risk before jobs go late
- See bottlenecks and labor pressure clearly
- Understand what is ready, blocked, or at risk
- Tie visibility back to the actual production plan
- Give customers and leadership a clearer answer sooner
Forward-looking dashboards — not backward reports
Skody AI dashboards do not just summarize history. They surface what is likely to break next: constrained work centers, labor overload, material blockers, and delivery risk — so teams can intervene earlier.
On-Time Delivery
OTD moves in real time as schedules and job states change. See weekly, monthly, and quarterly trends at a glance.
Every view is forward-looking. Run what-if scenarios, re-optimize daily, and see the impact before you commit.
These dashboards update continuously from live scheduling and job state — not yesterday's export.
Visibility that helps you act, not just observe
Skody AI dashboards connect the schedule to the real constraints behind it — bottlenecks, material readiness, and worker load.
Bottleneck analysis
See the constrained work center, the jobs stacked behind it, and the due-date impact in one operational view.
Material readiness
See whether work is actually ready to run — with material status, arrivals, and blockers surfaced before they hit the floor.
Labor + capacity visibility
See who is overloaded, who has available capacity, and how upcoming work is distributed across the team.
Not just dashboarding — a live view of where execution can break.
How it works
Connected in days. Useful immediately.
Connect ERP
Share API access or exports. Skody handles the integration work.
Dashboards map automatically
OTD, bottlenecks, material status, and labor views populate from your live production data.
Refine + customize
Adapt views to your operation as your team gets more specific about what to watch.
Integrations
If it has an API, we can usually connect.
We handle the technical work. You just use the dashboards.
From reactive reporting to forward visibility
"We were stuck under 80% OTD. With Skody AI, we're now planning toward 100%. What really stands out is how it accounts for both machines and people — not just a static schedule, but a worker-driven plan our team actually follows."
Zachary Yeager
President, Aerospace & Defense Job Shop (11–50 employees)
<80% → ~100%
Better OTD visibility
Worker-aware
Machines + people + skills
Executable
Executable insight
See what lights up when your schedule meets reality
We'll show how Skody AI surfaces bottlenecks, labor load, material readiness, and delivery risk using a workflow relevant to your shop.
When visibility shows a problem, Skody AI helps you act on it
Dashboards surface bottlenecks, labor pressure, and OTD risk. Skody AI Scheduler helps teams replan around those constraints with a schedule they can actually execute.
See Scheduler