As the resources industry rapidly digitalises, implementing technology that allows for digitally-enabled decision-making represents a major opportunity for the sector to improve operations. If a mining company has access to a digital map of a mine site, showing the location and quantities of equipment and materials, the whereabouts of personnel, and has access to enhanced communication, it can not only increase productivity but also improve health and safety outcomes on-site.
Merging location and tracking with the intelligence of AI, new technology from Australian-owned company, Contact Harald, provides mining companies with better methods to bring significant operational and process improvements, allowing workers to find equipment and locations with an interactive map of assets tagged with tracking technology.
This powerful combination also helps create a safer work environment as personnel can be located and tracked quickly by first responders if someone is injured, or in times of emergency. Such technology paves the way for companies to unlock the value of technology through integrated operations, enabling them to be more agile in their response to changes and to make informed operational decisions.
Ask Harry
Ask Harry is an intelligent digital assistant designed to streamline mining safety procedures and provide the industry with operational productivity gains. Using multilingual voice control as the main input, Ask Harry makes finding and reporting information simple. It can also be used by personnel to call for help, either by phone or two-way radio.
Find Harry
Find Harry is an integrated location and tracking system, designed for both real-time tracking and last-seen location solutions. It helps improve safety and efficiency by providing a clear picture of workers’ whereabouts and the precise location of tools, equipment, inventory and assets, at all times. Combining multiple technologies such as GPS, Bluetooth and Wifi, Contact Harald tailors cost-effective solutions to meet the unique scenarios and needs of its customers.
Merging technologies to transform the mining industry
Combining Ask Harry’s ease, speed and multilingual offerings with Find Harry’s location capabilities, provides mining companies with the tools needed to unlock value across the mine site by:
♦ Enhancing communication
♦ Providing faster access to information
♦ Enabling quicker, more accurate safety reporting
♦ Optimising inventory, equipment, asset and fleet management
With Harry’s network of beacons and tags, users can view a digital map of the mining site, showing the location of equipment, materials and the whereabouts of personnel.
Mining personnel can also access job information, directions and safety updates with a call to Harry, and upload reports on-site through their mobile phones or two-way radios. In the case of an incident, those nearby can call Harry to alert emergency personnel, and the location services provided by Harry can help early responders rapidly locate those injured.
Having produced innovative solutions over the past decade, and being the first to squeeze battery-powered Bluetooth tracking technology inside a credit card, Matt Denton, Contact Harald’s CPO, said Ask Harry and Find Harry build on the evolution of the company’s work to find new ways to provide effective answers for the challenges faced by businesses globally.
“Find Harry is the natural evolution of our work in location technologies over the past decade. We are expanding our products to include indoor, outdoor and proximity-based solutions,” Mr Denton said. “When you add Ask Harry in the mix you get location with intelligence, creating smarter ways to use your location data. Ask and Find Harry form a powerful duo to help create a safer work environment, plus increase productivity. “I’m certain that the sector is about to make great strides in productivity and worker safety.”
The Ask Harry and Find Harry solutions will launch toward the end of Q3 2022 in Australia, with offerings in the US to be made available around late Q4 2022. For more information, visit bit.ly/askharry-mm.
This Sponsored Editorial is brought to you by Contact Harald. For more information, visit www.contactharald.com.
