Spot surfacing queue bottlenecks before they back up the lab
Every hour, WebRun opens Ocuco Innovations, reads the count and wait time of jobs sitting in the surfacing queue and the stages around it, compares them to your normal thresholds, and alerts your lab leads in Microsoft Teams and Slack when a queue is backing up so they can rebalance before jobs miss their promised dates.
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How do I automatically detect surfacing queue bottlenecks in my lab?
WebRun reads the surfacing queue depth and wait times in Ocuco Innovations every hour and compares them to your thresholds. When a stage backs up, it alerts your lab leads in Microsoft Teams with the count and jobs at risk of a late ship, and posts an hourly Slack snapshot, so leads rebalance operators before promised dates slip.
- Backups surface within the hour instead of at end of day when jobs are already late
- Leads see which adjacent stage has spare capacity to rebalance operators
- Fewer jobs miss their promised ship date because queues are managed proactively
Built for optical lab managers · lab production leads · operations managers · wholesale lens labs
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.ocuco.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Ocuco Innovations - read surfacing queue depth
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WebRun opens Ocuco Innovations to read surfacing queue depth. - Open Ocuco Innovations and review the work-in-progress by production stage
- Capture the number of jobs waiting in surfacing and the oldest job's time in queue
- Compare surfacing depth to the coating, edging, and finishing queues to see where work is piling up
- Flag any stage where the count or the oldest wait time exceeds your set threshold
Done when The current depth and oldest wait time for surfacing and adjacent stages are captured and compared to thresholds.
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Microsoft Teams - alert lab leads to a backup
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WebRun opens Microsoft Teams to alert lab leads to a backup. - When a stage crosses its threshold, post an alert to the lab leads channel in Microsoft Teams
- State which stage is backing up, the job count, the oldest wait time, and how many jobs are at risk of missing their promised date
- Suggest the adjacent stage that has spare capacity so leads can rebalance operators
Done when Lab leads have a Teams alert naming the backed-up stage and the jobs at risk whenever a threshold is crossed.
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Slack - log the hourly queue snapshot
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WebRun opens Slack to log the hourly queue snapshot. - Post a short hourly snapshot of queue depth by stage to the operations Slack channel
- Show the trend since the previous hour so a slow build-up is visible early
- Keep the snapshot brief so it reads at a glance
Done when Operations has an hourly Slack snapshot of queue depth and trend by stage.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Is it safe to run this unattended all day?
Yes. WebRun only reads queue data in Ocuco Innovations and posts to your internal Teams and Slack channels. It never touches a job or contacts an account, so it runs safely without supervision.
How does it decide a stage is a bottleneck?
It compares each stage's job count and oldest wait time to thresholds you set. When surfacing or an adjacent stage crosses the line, it alerts and names how many jobs are at risk of a late ship.
Will it alert on every small fluctuation?
No. It only sends a Teams alert when a stage crosses your threshold. The hourly Slack snapshot shows the trend so a slow build is visible without alarm noise.
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