While working through some ideas to build as I work on a new playthrough using the Trithorne Cluster as a base, something came to mind that I do not recall ever seeing in mods or scripts so far.
It is quite possible it is hidden in something I've used before, but I never learned of it.

Idea:
A method to slap a display screen on a refinery or assembler that displays current work status.

Of course, various additional ideas spring to mind to go with it, depending on desired details.
A few that come to mind in the moment are machine inventory, ETA to complete current work, ETA to complete current machine work, possibly refinery ETA estimate of connected inventory, and so on.

This is distinct from inventory management, as it is focused on the individual machine referenced for a given display.
It also allows one to set up a control center where these displays are gathered in one area to manage an entire facility, among other things.

If someone does know of a tool like this out in the wild somewhere, please give me a name, as I was thinking of a refinery complex with each machine's current workload as part of the visual design.