05/12/2025
How I Helped a Manufacturing Client Cut Costs by 20% Using Real-Time Dashboarding Series:
Analytics That Drive Action #1
Most dashboards sit on a screen and gather dust.
This one helped a manufacturing team save $1.2M in six months.
A client in the industrial manufacturing sector came to me frustrated.
Production overruns, machine downtime, and overtime costs were eating into profits—and they didn’t know why.
They had data, but no insight.
Solution:a
I built a real-time dashboard tailored to their frontline supervisors. It visualized:
• Downtime trends by shift
• Output per line per hour
• Overtime triggers and cost alerts
• Predictive maintenance signals
But more importantly, we embedded automated alerts and weekly insights directly into team meetings.
Impact:
• 20% reduction in overtime costs
• 15% drop in unplanned downtime
• Actionable insight in the hands of operators—not just managers
Takeaway:
Dashboards don’t create value. Decisions do.
But when analytics are integrated into daily action, they change the game.
