Flowfinity enhances smart factory monitoring

  • October 22, 2024
  • William Payne

No-code process workflow specialist Flowfinity has updated its platform, extending its capabilities in code visualisation, data analysis, task scheduling and resource management.

Flowfinity provides custom business process management and smart factory solutions. The new release adds functionality to optimise the platform.

New functionality and improvements include:

  • Improved dashboards with scatter plot charts to help visualise relationships during data analysis to help identify trends and forecast future results, plus improvements to scheduling tools to highlight resource use and tasks that are urgent or overdue.
  • Act on missing sensor updates with monitoring triggers in IoT data streams which provide a “watchdog” to alert if a malfunction occurs so staff are immediately aware and can take timely action to prevent defects or unplanned downtime.
  • Configure transparency and show a legend in Web Map Service layers for a more intuitive and informative viewing experience so users can toggle through layers to isolate important information and easily understand map symbols and context.
  • Calculate column labels and orient label text horizontally or vertically in nested fields, plus hide columns for improved navigation on mobile with less scrolling and reduced potential for data entry errors or user confusion.
  • Create rich text format headers and footers that can be printed or exported to custom PDF reports with logos and document data to help readers find the information they need while reinforcing corporate brand identity.

“Flowfinity 24.2 represents a significant advance in data visualisation capabilities and an enhancement to the end-user experience, which reflects our commitment to continuous improvement,” said Larry Wilson, Vice President at Flowfinity. “The ability to analyse data in scatter plot charts will help managers to identify trends while the “watchdog” capability for IoT monitoring provides greater situational awareness of operations on the shop floor and in control rooms.”

Flowfinity 24.2 is also compatible with Flowfinity Streams, a new way to collect, ingest, and store high-volume time series data, optimised for industrial IoT applications.