Achieving an Integrated Mining Operational Platform

摘要

According to an InfoBrief from IDC, successful enablement of the digital mine is only possible with an integrated mining operational platform. The InfoBrief, titled 'Transforming the Core of Mining Operations," understands that the challenges mining companies face are not new. Managing costs and variability, whilst optimizing resources, maximizing production and ensuring safety are all ongoing challenges for the mining industry. Today, technology and data can be used as an enabler to give companies a platform which will meet the demands of their operations in the next three to four years.In terms of top business priorities, 62 percent of mining technology leaders want to streamline operations, 51 percent want to reduce operational risk and 57 percent want to improve operational excellence, according to the InfoBrief. To achieve these business priorities, companies need to focus on creating a platform that optimizes processes and most importantly, eliminates the rigid data silos that exist across the mining value chain. In the current environment, there are colossal amounts of data being produced every day that remaintrapped within each department. To unlock the potential productivity and efficiency gains this data holds, requires it to be transfered across systems and departments seamlessly.