---
title: "See which plant reports never arrived | Certant"
description: "Certant turns the tables in your plant operating reports into data you can query, and shows each plant and period where no report was received."
url: "https://certant.ai/use-cases/production-report-gaps"
---

For plant managers and reporting leads

# See which plant reports never arrived

Certant turns the tables in your daily and weekly operating reports into data you can query, and shows each plant and period with no report.

[See it on your documents](https://certant.ai/contact-sales?topic=use-case) [See how Strata works](https://certant.ai/strata)

Works from the reports your plants already send.

Weekly operating reports, weeks 40 to 44, 2026Example

| Plant | Week 40 | Week 41 | Week 42 | Week 43 | Week 44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laverton | Received | Received | Received | Received | Received |
| Morwell | Received | Received | No report | Received | Received |
| Echuca | Received | Received | Received | Outside threshold | Received |

_Each cell is a report that arrived, or one that didn't._

The problem

## Missing weeks go unnoticed

Each plant sends a weekly operating report. When one doesn't arrive, the summary spreadsheet has a blank cell, and the monthly average is quietly worked out from the weeks that did come in.

Nobody chases the missing week because nothing flagged it.

The documents

## What Certant reads

Once the tables are read, you can ask questions across plants and weeks in plain English and get a table back.

| Document | What it supplies |
|---|---|
| Operating reports | The tables in each daily or weekly report: output, scrap, downtime and whatever else your plants record. |
| Reporting calendar | Which plant is expected to report, and how often. |
| Approved thresholds | The limits for each metric, from your operating plan or targets document. |

The result

## Read the coverage grid

Weekly operating reports, weeks 40 to 44, 2026Example

| Plant | Week 40 | Week 41 | Week 42 | Week 43 | Week 44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laverton | Received | Received | Received | Received | Received |
| Morwell | Received | Received | No report | Received | Received |
| Echuca | Received | Received | Received | Outside threshold | Received |

### Detail for Morwell, week 42

- No report received.
- Last report heldweek 41, received 12 Oct 2026.

### Detail for Echuca, week 43

- Scrap rate reported **6.8%**. Approved threshold **5.0%**.
- Report sourceEchuca weekly report, week 43 · table 2 · page 4
- Threshold sourceOperating plan 2026 · table 7 · page 22

_The grid shows a missing report and a reported breach as two different cells._

The approval

## Each exception goes to a person

A missing report or a breached metric becomes an exception with its source attached. Certant drafts the follow-up, and the reporting lead approves it before the plant hears about it.

Proposed follow-upExample

**To**

Morwell plant manager

**Draft**

"We haven't received Morwell's operating report for week 42. Weeks 41 and 43 are on file. Could you send it, or let us know if the plant didn't run that week?"

Waiting for approval · Operations reporting lead

Scope

## What setup involves

We agree the reporting calendar and the metric definitions with you first, because plants often name the same measure differently. Then we load a recent run of reports and check the grid against what you know was missing.

| Area | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Source | Certant reads reports and exports. It doesn't take a live stream from sensors or control systems. |
| Metrics | Thresholds come from your approved documents, using definitions agreed at setup. |
| Decisions | It reports gaps and breaches. It doesn't optimise yield or schedules, or control anything in the plant. |

Related

## Related use cases

### Quality deviation review

Batch results checked against the approved specification.

[See the use case](https://certant.ai/use-cases/quality-deviation-review)

### Stock threshold alerts

Stock below the minimums in your own approved tables.

[See the use case](https://certant.ai/use-cases/stock-threshold-alerts)

### Regulatory return gaps

Sites and periods missing from the returns you hold.

[See the use case](https://certant.ai/use-cases/regulatory-return-gaps)

[See all use cases](https://certant.ai/use-cases)

## Bring a month of reports

Send us a month of operating reports from two or three plants. We'll show you the coverage grid and any metric outside its threshold.

[See it on your documents](https://certant.ai/contact-sales?topic=use-case) [See how Strata works](https://certant.ai/strata)

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