Locations

A location is any place from which material is removed, or to which material is delivered. Examples are:

• a primary mining face
• a stockpile
• an ore pass
• a crusher/hoisting system
• a workshop
• a fuel point

Before material movements can be recorded, these locations must be configured using the Reference Data service.

In the case of ore movements, the flow type of a location should be categorised as either Primary (only a source of the material) or Intermediate (both a destination and a source).

Once locations have been configured, the inventory associated with those locations at the end of each shift is stored in the Materials Management database. The following information can be tracked:

• where material is being mined
• where material is being dumped
• the haul distances between locations
• where equipment is positioned at the start or end of a shift.

See: Add a location