Daily and shift reports in SCADA systems - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Daily and Shift Reports

📖 Scenario: You work in a factory that uses a SCADA system to monitor machines. Every day, you need to create reports showing how many units each machine produced during different shifts.This helps the factory manager see which machines are working well and when.

🎯 Goal: Create a simple program that stores machine production data, sets a shift time, calculates total units produced during that shift, and then prints the report.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary called machine_production with exact machine names and units produced

Create a variable called shift with the exact value 'morning'

Calculate total units produced during the shift using a loop

Print the total units produced in the shift with a clear message

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Factories use SCADA systems to monitor machine output and generate reports for daily and shift production. This helps managers make decisions about maintenance and staffing.

💼 Career

Understanding how to collect, process, and report production data is key for roles in industrial automation, operations, and DevOps for manufacturing systems.

1

Create machine production data

Create a dictionary called machine_production with these exact entries: 'MachineA': 120, 'MachineB': 150, 'MachineC': 100

SCADA systems

# Create the machine_production dictionary with exact values
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces {} to create the dictionary and separate each machine and units with commas.

2

Set the shift variable

Create a variable called shift and set it to the string 'morning'

SCADA systems

machine_production = {'MachineA': 120, 'MachineB': 150, 'MachineC': 100}
# Create the shift variable and set it to 'morning'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use simple assignment with the exact variable name shift and value 'morning'.

3

Calculate total units produced

Create a variable called total_units set to 0. Then use a for loop with variables machine and units to iterate over machine_production.items(). Inside the loop, add units to total_units

SCADA systems

machine_production = {'MachineA': 120, 'MachineB': 150, 'MachineC': 100}
shift = 'morning'
# Calculate total_units produced during the shift
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Start with total_units = 0. Use a for loop with machine, units to get each machine's units. Add units to total_units inside the loop.

4

Print the total units report

Write a print statement that outputs exactly: "Total units produced during morning shift: 370"

SCADA systems

machine_production = {'MachineA': 120, 'MachineB': 150, 'MachineC': 100}
shift = 'morning'
total_units = 0
for machine, units in machine_production.items():
    total_units += units
# Print the total units produced during the shift
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use an f-string to include the shift and total_units variables in the printed message.