Production
Watching your plant floor live from the dashboard
Reading the plant floor card on your dashboard: where in-progress batches appear on your floor plan, the production list beside it, and how to place a batch on the floor.
Your dashboard includes a plant floor card: a live picture of every batch in progress, drawn on your facility floor plan at the equipment it's running on, with a production list beside it. It's the fastest way to see what's running, where each batch sits, and which holds are due for a check-in, without opening a single batch.
What the card shows
The card has two halves. On the left is your facility floor plan with a marker on each piece of equipment that has a batch running on it. Every marker carries the product name and glows in a colour that reflects the batch's hold check-in status. On the right is the production list, covered in the next section.
The floor plan itself appears only once you've built a facility layout and placed equipment on it: a drawing of your space with your tanks, kettles, and other equipment positioned where they physically sit. Until you've placed equipment on that canvas, the card shows the production list and a prompt to Set up your facility layout. Every batch still appears in the list, it just doesn't get a marker on a plan.
The production list
Beside the floor plan, and filling the card on smaller screens, is the production list. It shows every active batch with:
- Product and batch number: which batch it is.
- Current stage: the stage the batch is working through right now.
- Progress: a bar and percentage for how far through the recipe the batch is.
- Check-in status: for each active hold, whether its check-ins are on schedule or overdue.
A batch with a placed vessel also shows its location, for example · on Kettle 2, with (per recipe) when the spot came from the recipe rather than a vessel you recorded. Batches without a placed vessel still appear here; they simply don't get a marker on the plan. The list is the complete view, so no batch ever disappears just because it couldn't be placed.
How a batch finds its spot
Crown decides where to draw a batch by checking a short list and using the first option that points at equipment on your floor plan:
- The hold's own vessel: the tank or container you recorded on the batch's active wait or hold step.
- The stage's equipment: the specific unit captured for the stage the batch is on now.
- The recipe's preset: the specific unit linked to that stage or hold in the recipe.
If none of those point at a piece of equipment on your layout, the batch stays in the production list only.
Placing a batch on the floor
You have two ways to make sure a batch lands where it belongs:
- Record it on the production floor. On a wait or hold step, use the Vessel / location picker to choose the tank, kettle, or container the batch is actually in. The default is Not recorded; pick a vessel and the hold appears at that spot on the plan right away. This lives on the batch's stages, covered in Recording production steps.
- Preset it in the recipe. In the recipe editor, link a stage or hold to the specific unit it runs on, the actual vessel or machine you've placed on your floor plan. Every batch from that recipe then starts out on the floor at that spot. On an approved recipe, add this in your next version.
Reading check-in colours
Each marker and each list row is coloured by the batch's most urgent hold:
- Running (gold): the batch is on schedule, or has no timed check-in due.
- Check-in overdue (amber): a check-in window has slipped on one of its holds.
- Critically overdue (red): a full extra check-in window has passed with no activity on one of the batch's holds.
Logging the due check-in from the batch clears the colour right away. See Keeping up with hold check-ins for how the amber and red thresholds are worked out.
Working with the floor
Hover a marker to preview a batch's details in a tooltip: product, batch number, current stage, progress, and each hold's status. Click the marker to pin the tooltip so it stays open, and select Open production floor inside it to jump straight to that batch. When more than one batch is running on the same piece of equipment, they cluster into a single marker with a count, and the tooltip lists them all.
Hovering a row in the production list highlights its marker on the plan, and the reverse works too, so it's easy to match a name to a spot.
The floor keeps itself current within about a second of activity on the plan, such as a step being completed or a vessel being recorded, so you rarely need to refresh. On a phone the drawn floor plan gives way to the production list, which carries the whole feature so a live view still fits in your pocket.
What's next
From here, open a batch to work through its stages and log check-ins in Recording production steps, or scan the rest of your dashboard with Compliance health on your dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
Why isn't my batch showing on the floor plan?
A batch gets a marker only when the equipment it runs on is placed on your facility floor plan. If no vessel is recorded on the batch, its recipe doesn't preset one to a specific unit on the plan, or that equipment isn't on the canvas yet, the batch still appears in the production list beside the map, just without a marker. Record a vessel on the wait or hold step, or place that equipment on your layout, to pin it.
Do I need a floor plan to use this card?
No. The production list shows every active batch with its stage, progress, and check-in status even without a layout. The drawn floor plan appears once you've placed equipment on your facility canvas; until then the card shows the list and a prompt to set up your layout.
How quickly does the floor update?
Within about a second of activity on the floor plan, such as a step completed or a vessel recorded. You don't need to refresh. On a phone the drawn floor plan gives way to the production list, which carries the same information.