Shopfloor-Online MES analyses the data automatically and provides a picture of the quality position on a real-time basis. It allows operators and management to work on an exception-driven basis - automatically alerting people to problems when they arise. This saves time, improves reliability and makes everyone more effective. It can produce summary reports for management on a shift, daily, weekly or monthly basis. In the event of problems it allows you to drill in to all the production process-related data such as tool changes, product changes, maintenance activities and material changes to answer the question: "What happened?"