Catch production shortfalls 4 hours earlier per shift and reduce end-of-day scramble by 30%.
~3 hrs
Saved / wk
Medium
Setup
No AI
AI
Pull daily production counts from Katana into Google Sheets every hour. A Power BI dashboard connected to that sheet shows supervisors units produced, yield rate, and downtime minutes against the daily target — no waiting for an end-of-shift printout.
~3 hrs
Saved / Week
Some setup required
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Connect Katana to Google Sheets using Katana's API — schedule an hourly pull of production order completions, quantities, and status.
Step 2: Add a formula layer in Google Sheets to calculate yield rate and gap vs. daily target for each work order.
Step 3: Connect Power BI to the Google Sheet as a live data source and build KPI visuals for units, yield %, and downtime.
Step 4: Publish the Power BI dashboard to a shared screen on the shop floor and set it to auto-refresh every 30 minutes.
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See PlansGoogle Sheets is a great fit for any small business that needs to track data, build reports, or collaborate on numbers without paying for extra software. You get a full-featured spreadsheet in your browser, on your phone, or on your tablet — no installation needed. Your whole team can work in the same file at the same time, and every change is saved automatically with a full version history. It connects with tools you likely already use, like Salesforce, Asana, and QuickBooks, and it opens and edits Excel files without a hitch.
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