Agree the decisions
We start from the decisions people need to make, then choose the handful of measures that support them — not every number available.
Real-time dashboards that combine business systems, meters, sensors and equipment data in one place — so the number on the screen is the number in the system.
A real-time operational dashboard is a web page that pulls live data directly from source systems — accounting and ERP data, production counts, electricity meters, generators, sensors and PLCs — and shows it as current values, trends and alerts. Because it reads from the source rather than from spreadsheets, everyone sees the same, up-to-date numbers.
We start from the decisions people need to make, then choose the handful of measures that support them — not every number available.
Business systems through APIs; field equipment through gateways, Modbus, OPC UA or MQTT into a time-series database.
Management summaries, operator views and wall screens each get a layout that works at a glance on the device they use.
Thresholds and anomaly rules send email, SMS or app alerts so problems are acted on even when nobody is watching the screen.
Yes. Once both are read by a gateway and stored in the same database, they can be shown side by side — for example mains consumption, generator run-hours and fuel level for each site on one screen. See generator monitoring and energy monitoring.
Power BI suits finance-led reporting inside Microsoft 365; Grafana suits high-frequency equipment and sensor data; a custom web dashboard suits customer-facing portals or workflows with actions, not just charts. We often combine them.
Yes. Each site sends data to a central platform, and the dashboard offers a portfolio view with drill-down per site, building or meter. See monitoring multiple sites from one dashboard.
Describe the process, the system or the site. We’ll come back with a clear, practical view of what can be automated — and what it would take.