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Although you can fine tune alarms and reduce the amount of false alarms to a minimum, from time to time plants will have problems and defects. Inverters break. The cabling is too attractive for animals. Modules have degradation problems and need to be exchanged. You will find many more examples, when it is simply necessary to go on site. Our human intelligence and our hands are needed. 

In the we were checking the most helpful charts for fast analysis and decision making. But is this really the daily business of O&M managers? And should it be the daily business? Maybe not. I am coming back to the machine, acting in the background. Would you agree,that it only makes sense to check data, if there is a problem detected?

Today I would like to share My personal Top 3 charts for a fast analysis and easy decision making with you. Those with experience already know, that it is not always quantity, but quality that makes the difference. Keeping things as simple as possible, helps humans like you and me to make fast and right decisions. The machine's responsibility in this game is to visualize big data in a way that makes it child's play to interpret it. 

Most important to having a good start to the day - enjoy your first cup of coffee and don't get frustrated by too much information. I have often heard sentences like this: "I need to manage 250 plants and I am alone - how should I do this without going crazy?" or "When opening my 5 different monitoring tools, it is like what I feel when opening Outlook after 3 weeks on vacation. What should I do when the portfolio is continually growing?".

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