Fleet management systems for mining
Your FMS should be producing tonnes, not just data.
TBOS finds where your fleet management system, dispatch practice and operating data are losing production. We quantify each loss, then work to recover it with the people who run the pit.
- Fleet capability
- Tonnes moved
QueueingWaiting at shovels and dumps
Three trucks queued at one shovel while another loading unit waits for trucks.
How TBOS recovers production
Audit, quantify, optimise, sustain.
- 01
Audit
Configuration, dispatch logic, delay coding, data and practice, checked against what is actually happening in the pit.
- 02
Quantify
Each loss sized in hours and tonnes from your own data wherever the data allows, then ranked by value and effort to recover.
- 03
Optimise
Configuration, allocation rules, KPIs and routines corrected with the site team, one measured change at a time.
- 04
Sustain
Site champions, coaching and short-interval control so the gain survives after the consultants leave.
See what a review produces: an example ledger and ranked register
Problems we solve
If this sounds like your operation, there are tonnes to find.
- Trucks queue at one shovel while another loading unit waits for trucks.
- Dispatchers override the optimiser because they no longer trust it.
- Operations and maintenance publish different availability figures.
- Delay codes say "other", so nobody knows where the hours went.
- A new FMS went live but never reached steady state.
- The FMS runs, but nobody on site owns making it better.
Services
Six ways in, each tied to the losses it recovers.
Most engagements start with an FMS Performance Review. Its findings decide which of the other services, if any, the operation needs.
- 01FMS Performance ReviewA fixed-scope diagnostic of your fleet management system, dispatch practice and data, with each loss sized in hours and tonnes wherever the data allows.
- 02Dispatch OptimisationTruck allocation, queueing and shovel coverage tuned so the optimiser and the dispatchers work the same plan.
- 03FMS Implementation and RecoverySelection, deployment and rescue of fleet management systems, run around the operating model rather than the go-live date.
- 04Operational AnalyticsTime-usage definitions, delay coding and short-interval control that turn FMS data into decisions during the shift.
- 05Mining Technology StrategyA roadmap for fleet, dispatch and connected-mine technology, built around operating value rather than vendor features.
- 06Capability DevelopmentRole-based training, in-seat coaching and site champions so improvements survive after the consultants leave.
Why TBOS
The specialist you call when an expensive system is underperforming.
- Years of combined mining experience
- 30+
On the mine's side
TBOS advocates for the operation in FMS decisions and projects. We represent the mine in the room, not the product.
Field-led
Mining engineers with hands-on experience deploying, configuring and training on fleet management systems, not analysts working from exports alone.
Evidence before advice
Findings come from your data and from observing shifts. Every finding is sized in tonnes or hours where the data allows, and we say so where it does not.
Built to be kept
Changes are made with the people who will own them, so they are built to outlast the engagement.
Start with your own operation
Two free tools, and what each tells you.
Both give a preliminary answer in minutes. Neither replaces measurement: a review works from your cycle-by-cycle FMS data.
FMS health check
Twelve statements on configuration, data and coding, dispatch practice and ownership.
You get: your likely leak points on the tonnes ledger, and the first five things a review would check.
Take the health checkQueue cost calculator
Your own FMS averages: fleet, payload, loading units, cycle, queue and load times.
You get: the truck-hours and tonnes your fleet spends queueing, and its truck-to-loading-unit match factor.
Run your own numbers
Technology
On the mine's side of the table.
TBOS represents the operation, not the product. The losses are rarely in the software itself; they sit in how it is configured, coded, connected and used.
Where value leaks on each platformA review follows each loss through every layer:
- Dispatch and optimisation
- Positioning and guidance
- Network and communications
- Machine health
- Production data and reporting
- People and routines
How an engagement starts
A scoped review, not an open-ended consultancy.
- 1
Tell us what you are seeing
A short request: your operation, system and the problem.
- 2
Scoping call
We agree what the review covers, what data and access we need, and who is involved.
- 3
Review and read-out
Your tonnes ledger and a ranked improvement register, presented to the site team.
Where is your FMS losing tonnes?
Tell us what you are seeing. TBOS will come back with a scoped review, what it would examine first, and what we need from site.