Operational Dashboard for Multi-Site Mining Operations
Real-time production, safety and equipment data from 6 mine sites in a single unified dashboard. Replaced weekly spreadsheet reports with live operational visibility.
Multi-site mining operator — production and maintenance
A mid-tier mining company operating 6 sites across Western Australia. Each site ran its own production tracking, safety reporting and equipment maintenance systems — a mix of spreadsheets, legacy databases, and paper-based logs.
The Perth head office received weekly reports by email. By the time data was compiled, it was days old. Executive decisions about production targets, maintenance scheduling and safety resourcing were based on stale information.
What needed to change
Six sites, six different systems, zero integration. Production data lived in spreadsheets at each site. Safety inspections were paper-based (later digitised — see our field safety app project). Equipment maintenance was tracked in a legacy MS Access database at two sites and manually on others.
The weekly reporting cycle was killing decision speed. By Wednesday, the ops manager had last week's numbers. By the time issues were identified, they were already 7–10 days old. Reactive was the only mode available.
No single source of truth. Different sites measured things differently. Tonnage calculations varied, downtime categories were inconsistent, and comparing performance across sites was a manual, error-prone exercise every month.
What we built
A unified operational dashboard pulling real-time data from all 6 sites — production, safety, equipment and workforce metrics in a single view with drill-down by site.
Data Integration Layer
Connectors pulling data from each site's existing systems — spreadsheet imports, database connections, API integrations and manual upload fallbacks for sites with limited infrastructure.
Production Dashboard
Live production metrics — tonnes processed, crusher rates, stockpile levels, shift output. Drill-down from company-wide to individual site to specific operation.
Safety & Compliance View
Aggregated safety data — inspection completion, open incidents, overdue items, lost-time injury rates. Integrated with the mobile inspection system for real-time updates.
Equipment & Maintenance
Fleet and heavy equipment status, scheduled maintenance, breakdown tracking and utilisation rates. Alerts for overdue services and recurring failure patterns.
How it works
Data flows in from each site
Automated connectors pull production, safety and equipment data from each site's systems on a scheduled basis — hourly for production, real-time for safety, daily for maintenance.
Normalisation and validation
Incoming data is standardised into consistent units, categories and formats. The system flags anomalies — missing data, outliers, format errors — for review.
Dashboard renders current state
The operations team in Perth sees a live company-wide view. Traffic-light indicators highlight sites requiring attention. Drill-down by site, operation or metric.
Alerts trigger on thresholds
Configurable alerts fire when metrics breach thresholds — production below target, safety incidents reported, equipment downtime exceeding limits.
Weekly executive report auto-generated
End-of-week reports compile automatically from dashboard data. No more manual spreadsheet consolidation — the report is a snapshot of already-validated live data.
Measurable outcomes
For the first time, I can see what is actually happening across all our sites right now — not what happened last week. That changes how you make decisions.
How we delivered it
Discovery & Data Mapping
2 weeksAudited data sources across all 6 sites. Mapped which data lived where, how it was collected, and what transformations were needed for consistent reporting.
Integration Development
4 weeksBuilt connectors for each site's systems. Handled the variety — some sites had APIs, others had databases, two required CSV import workflows with validation.
Dashboard Build
4 weeksBuilt the unified dashboard with role-based views for operations, safety, maintenance and executive teams. Embedded drill-down navigation and threshold-based alerting.
Testing & Rollout
3 weeksValidated data accuracy by running parallel with existing manual reports for 3 weeks. Trained site teams and Perth operations staff. Phased rollout across all sites.
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