ERP system for the mining industry

You can take advantage of the ALMA enterprise resource planning system in many ways for asset management and maintenance planning in the mining industry. Combine mining industry processes, data management, equipment, maintenance, and people into a seamless asset management solution using the ERP system particularly well suited to the needs of your industry.

The value of the Finnish mining industry is approximately two billion euros, and the industry employs more than 5,000 people. The mining industry has given rise to internationally successful companies and considerable research expertise in Finland.

The growth and development of the mining industry is likely to continue, as there are still ample opportunities for finding vital minerals in Finland’s bedrock, which we need, for example, to develop green technologies and stop climate change.

Over the decades, mining industry expertise significant on the global level has accumulated in Finland. Naturally, it is also reasonable to produce mining goods in a country where we invest increasingly more in responsibility, occupational safety and technologies protecting the environment. 

Digitalisation of the mining industry is part of the field’s continuous development. Because of this, for the mining industry, investing in an efficient enterprise resource planning system especially suitable for asset management related to the industry is a good idea.

Why is ALMA a good enterprise resource planning system for the mining industry?

The mining industry is a very capital-centred industry. The operation requires many kinds of assets for all the different processes, the plants and machinery are bulky, and the operation often takes place in a geographically extensive area. This creates major demands on the management of the whole.

● In the mining industry, extraction often takes place over a geographically large area. This means that the power supply and ICT networks must also be extensive, perhaps kilometres long. Such networks are the lifeline of the mining industry. For this reason, the networks must be modelled and documented well, and their maintenance must be seamless to ensure that necessary repairs can be made and backup connections created quickly.

● In addition to quarries, there may be a concentration plant at the mining site where the extracted ore is concentrated before forwarding. Thus, in the mining industry, it is also necessary to ensure the compatibility of vastly different processes. In the process industry, this usually requires high-quality data management and maintenance planning.

● In the mining industry, because of the extraction and concentration operations, the equipment fleets are rather diverse. The fleet includes a lot of heavy machinery. The large and diverse equipment require continuous preventive maintenance, which in turn requires efficient data management.

● The processes taking place at quarries and concentration plants place high demands on the safety of the personnel, safety of the area, process safety, and environmental safety.

● In particular, chemical processes usually need to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. This places great demands on the maintenance of the facilities.

● In the mining industry, the investment process is ongoing. In order to manage changes, reliable data must be obtained from the equipment fleet to support efficient and accurate decision-making. 

The ALMA enterprise resource planning system solves these challenges by facilitating ERP and data management of mining industry facilities throughout the entire life cycle of the facility. ALMA consists of five standard product modules, which we will configure for our customers to be ready for use.

DocALMA

document and data management software designed to meet industrial requirements

MaintALMA

for maintenance planning and management

FieldALMA

for ICT, electrical and automation circuit design and the related data management

ProjectALMA

takes care of investment project data and documentation management in a centralised manner

EhsqALMA

combines the processes of environment, occupational health, occupational safety, and quality control

ALMA’s features render it suitable for asset management in the mining industry:

 

  • You can document an entire mine into a database already in the design or construction phase
  • You can classify the facility’s various equipment, processes, systems, human resources, and quality and safety functions under their own subdivisions
  • With the help of clear asset classification, you can create a seamlessly integrated system representing the entire facility in the database
  • A clearly visualised and documented integral system facilitates trouble-free use of the system and ensures that data are not isolated in silos
  • Preventive maintenance and planned care are easier to arrange if the entire plant has been clearly documented
  • You can gradually develop your company’s electricity and automation data management towards a managed and integrated entity
  • Reaction to malfunctions is accelerated as the data can be found and are forwarded to the right people without obstructions
  • Ongoing necessary investment projects are more profitable if implemented based on high-quality and up-to-date data
  • Inventory management for raw material flows, production equipment spare parts, and moving forward in the processing chain

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Keep the production of your mining company up and running and manage the changes caused by ongoing investment projects. Learn more about the ALMA® enterprise resource planning system and ask our experts for a presentation.