Learning Seminar on
Mining Information Needs
Summary
University of Alberta
Learning Seminar
June 19-20, 2000
General Summary: Seminar Format
First Day: User presentations
Forum (1st Day):
Major Issues
Feedback to vendors
Second Day: Vendor Presentations
Applications
Shovel and truck innovations
Dispatch innovations
Maintenance information innovations
Q&A panel
Forum (2nd Day):
Next steps
First Day Forum: Major Issues
Communication is key
Decision-makers need appropriate information
Business case justifications
Integrated information systems
Organizational structure
Feedback to Vendors
OPEN SYSTEMS (!!!)
architecture / protocols / data formats
communications systems
sensing
UNDERSTAND OUR BUSINESS
Provide solutions to our specifications: more meaningful data
Data structures are of more use to vendors for warranties than to users
More product development advancement by vendors
Focus on technical benefits rather than marketing (Promises before purchase: reality after purchase)
Realization that there is no one-stop solution
Second Day Vendor Presentations
Applications (Matrikon: mobile equipment remote monitoring)
Shovel innovations (P&H)
Truck innovations (Caterpillar)
Truck and dispatch innovation (Komatsu/Modular)
Dispatch innovation (Wenco)
Maintenance information innovation (Honeywell Hi-Spec)
Vendor Viewpoints
Heard the message: solutions have to meet user functional and financial requirements
Have to define solutions together
Open systems & common standards
Practical tools for development and support
Next Steps
SMART endorsed a meeting of a working group on IT in Mining