FINGER ON THE PULSE
“ High and healthier levels of growth frequently result in lower levels of productivity (…) A ‘ production at any cost ’ mentality prevails ” means to make sense of it quickly in order to maximise productivity and operational effectiveness .
Automation of processes and equipment , together with the underpinning technologies that enable this are key to long-term and sustainable productivity improvement in the mining industry .
Automation is driven by data availability , analysis and action . For most contemporary miners there is no lack of available data , as it is available from their business applications , such as the Pulse Mining ERP , various geological , survey and blasting software packages , and increasingly from the mining machinery itself .
Insightful analysis to enable effective actioning of this data is another matter . This is where the range of tactical and operational visualisation
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