What is Busroot?¶
Busroot is a dedicated manufacturing performance platform with the goal of providing a set of key manufacturing KPIs, out of the box. These metrics and insights are presented via a modern, web-based interface.

The aggregated information produced by Busroot serves as the single source of truth for both real-time and historical activity on the shop floor for data-driven decision making.
Busroot is also the perfect tool to inform other reporting that relies on accurate shop-floor context (such as predictive maintenance and AI-based automation).
Busroot directly connects machines via a wide range of supported methods. It is hardware agnostic, allowing for any IoT sensor, PLC or data acquisition unit to provide data into the platform.
Busroot has 100% API coverage for all inputs and outputs.
Who is Busroot for?¶
Busroot is for any manufacturer looking to increase production throughput, reduce downtime and improve energy efficiency using a standardised approach to data collection, management and visualisation.
Key Features¶
| Production Tracking | Measure and report production output per station, per SKU. | production-tracking.md | Interval thumb (1).png |
| Asset Utilisation | Measure and report productive vs non-productive time for each station. | asset-utilisation.md | Utilisation thumb.png |
| Downtime Analysis | Measure and report automatically detected downtime. Understand common causes. | downtime-analysis.md | image (14).png |
| Scheduling | Set production and non-production schedules for stations using a lightweight tool. | scheduling.md | 2025-05-22_15-27.png |
| OEE Analysis | Understand production losses vs the theoretical maximum output of your operation. | oee-analysis.md | image (58).png |
| Energy Monitoring | Measure and report energy consumption in general, and with relation to output. | energy-monitoring.md | 2025-05-22_15-34.png |
| Cycle Time Analysis | Understand cycle time performance vs targets, and cycle time variance. | cycle-time-analysis.md | 2025-05-22_10-42.png |
| Lost Production Cost Analysis | Quantify the cost of lost production as a monetary value, grouped by underlying reason. | lost-production-cost-analysis.md | 2025-05-22_15-56.png |
| Hierarchy Explorer | A powerful tool for cross-comparing multiple metrics within a single report. | data-explorer.md | explorer thumb 3.png |
| Operator Interface | Communicate, motivate and interact directly with station operators via shop-floor screens. | operator-interface.md | 2025-05-22_12-52.png |
| Shop Floor LFDs | Communicate and motivate staff with information on TVs or similar large format displays. | shop-floor-lfds.md | 2025-05-22_13-10.png |
| Email Notifications | Receive timely & succinct messages over email for alerts, progress reports and performance summaries. | email-notifications | 2025-05-22_13-01.png |