As the Asia Pacific Sales Manager for iVolve, I meet with a lot of people in the mining industry. Only a few years ago, the industry was booming and assessments of operational efficiency were not a top priority, because it felt like the boom would never end. The boom has ended and things have changed.
In open cut truck and shovel mines haulage accounts for 50 to 60 per cent of the total mining operation costs. Haulage includes the transport of both coal and overburden waste carried out by large rear dump haul trucks run predominantly by diesel engines. What are the cost benefits of tracking haulage? These large production
WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO: A current partnership with Jellinbah Mines has yielded great success. A site wide review of current practices identified significant cost savings would be achieved by implementing iVolve’s Plant Manager for lighting plants at Jellinbah Mine. The operation and maintenance of lighting plants is a costly, labour-intensive activity. Jellinbah Mine identified
Within the commercial reality of the modern business world, there are countless pressures on an engineering team that will lead to inevitable compromises. As an engineer with more than 30 years’ experience, I’d have to say that I have seen code that doesn’t even meet the basics. In order to meet deadlines, functionality is promised
Creating new products from nothing is a challenge. It requires planning and preparation, following step by step instructions, focusing creativity, being goal oriented, and often compromising between various design considerations. In the case of iVolve software as the product, our developers wrap up this process with a functioning software build and a feeling of satisfaction.