Smart Tag
So, how much will it Cost the Goldcorp Inc to have a safe mining project using technology?
We have thought of two improvements that the organisation could use: Smart tag to locate personnel and resources within the mine and Smart Com which ensures communications with the resources.
Goldcorp Inc can improve safety by using Smart Tag to:
- Locate personnel in an emergency situation.
- Prevent accident between vehicles in the mine.
- Monitor restricted areas.
- Monitor time spent underground.
- It also improves production and reduces electrical costs.
Goldcorp Inc can improve safety by using Smart Com to:
- Provide two-way communication underground which means constant contact with miners throughout the mine.
- Ethernet over Smart Com enables safety systems such as gas sensor, seismic and resource tracking systems to be installed quickly and easily.
- Smart Com IS is certified to IS so it can be installed even in the most explosive areas of a coal mine.
- Improve Production: problem can be tackled quickly.
- Smart Com also supports CCTV video for applications where IP video is not suitable. (all this for less than $1000).
This is another interesting development of IT to respond to the company's mission and vision. Perhaps you should have related this development more strongly to the company's own strategies. You tackled well the issue of mission and vision, we also need strategy definition as a way of guiding any action or initiative. Defining strategies is not easy as they have to be broad enough but also well understood by everyone, so that they can align their activities to strategies.
ReplyDeleteGood and innovative thinking about the role of IT!
Regards,
JR
Good work. Especially the part where you mentioned about the possibility of using RFID tags to locate miners.
ReplyDeleteI think very relevant to mining industry considering high rate of accidents involved. I wonder why they are not using it…May be expensive?