Core data streams
- Labor hours by role and activity
- Equipment runtime and idle time
- Material quantities consumed
- Production output by activity
- Weather and constraints notes
Capture design principles
- Fast to submit at end of shift
- Standardized fields across crews
- Activity-level linkage to budget items
- Validation at entry point
What happens when capture is inconsistent
Missing or delayed entries break trend visibility. Teams lose early warning lead time, and variance appears only after period-end summaries.