System and method for monitoring and visualizing the output of a production process

A system for visualizing the output of a production process whose output materials or items are inspected by one or more inspection units, said system comprising:

• a communication module configured for receiving data from the one or more inspection units, wherein the received data is associated with parameter values of one or more parameters for each of a plurality of points, areas, sections or regions of each inspected material or item, corresponding to respective points, areas, sections or regions of other said inspected materials or items;
• a statistical calculation module configured for performing statistical analysis for at least one data set of said parameter values, wherein said parameter values of the or each data set are obtained for a respective set of corresponding said points, areas, sections or regions taken across said inspected materials or items, to generate statistical data associated with said respective set of said points, areas, sections or regions;
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• a computing device configured for generating a digital image of a said single material or item collectively representing said plurality of said inspected materials or items, wherein a corresponding point, area, section or region of the image representative of the or each respective set of said points, areas, sections or regions of the plurality of inspected materials or items is visually coded to indicate the said statistical data obtained by said statistical calculation module corresponding thereto.