In the standard system, the following standard analyses are available in the Shop Floor Information System:

You can use the work center standard analysis to evaluate data from the area of work centers. The information structure S024 provides the data basis.

In the standard analysis ‘operation’ you can evaluate the data from the operation. The data basis is provided by data updated to information structure S022.

The material standard analysis allows you to evaluate the data for material. The data basis is formed by data that is updated to information structure S023.

In this analysis you can evaluate the data for production orders. The data basis is the data updated to information structure S021.

In the material usage analysis, you can analyze data from the production orders, run schedule headers and process orders. You can use the material usage analysis to answer the following questions: What components were used for a material in total? Which individual components were affected by the material usage? What was the original requirements quantity and what was actually taken? The basis of this analysis is provided by data that is updated to information structure S026.

The run schedule header analysis enables you to evaluate the key figures from the run schedule header. The data basis for this analysis is provided by the information structure S025.

Data from production orders, run schedule headers and process orders can be evaluated in the product cost analysis. Both planned and actual costs for production and process orders are updated to product costs. The planned costs are updated at the exact time of release, the actual costs are updated at the point of completion confirmations and goods issues. The data basis of this analysis is provided by data that is updated to information structure S027.

The standard analysis ‘reporting point statistics’ is used to evaluate the data from repetitive planning. Here, the number of units for so-called reporting points (comparable with events in the production order) are determined and updated. The data basis of the analysis is provided by the confirmed quantities and the confirmed scrap for the reporting point, which are updated in information structure S028.

The Kanban standard analysis is based on the data from the Kanban component, that is updated to the information structure S029.

Kanban is a procedure for production control whereby the material flow control is event-driven. The advantages of Kanban is that processes are simple and production-specific. The goal of Kanban is that the production itself controls the production process and that accounting expenses are kept to a minimum. Self regulation demands a reduction in lead time and the reduction of stocks.

Further information on Kanban can be found in the documentation on how to use Kanban.