# MiningFMS
> Independent, free resource for mining Fleet Management Systems. 12 articles, 8 categories, 18 vendor profiles.

## Knowledge Base
### GPS & Positioning
Full text: [llms-full-gps-positioning.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-gps-positioning.txt)
- [Understanding Satellite Positioning](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/gps-positioning/how-gps-works/): How GNSS satellite positioning works, what affects accuracy in mining, and how position data feeds into fleet management systems. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### Dispatching
Full text: [llms-full-dispatching.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-dispatching.txt)
- [Optimising Shovel-Truck Fleet Matching](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/dispatching/shovel-truck-matching/): How truck allocation works in open-pit mining: cycle components, match factor, and why operations shift between over-trucked and under-trucked throughout a shift. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### Time Models
Full text: [llms-full-time-models.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-time-models.txt)
- [Time Usage Models in Mining](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/time-models/time-usage-in-mining/): How time usage models classify every minute of equipment time in mining, why the categories matter for KPIs and budgets, and where most sites get the design wrong. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### Grade Control
Full text: [llms-full-grade-control.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-grade-control.txt)
- [Grade Control Fundamentals](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/grade-control/grade-control-fundamentals/): The theory behind grade control: what grade means across different commodities, cut-off grades, block models, dig blocks, and material classification. (Updated: 2026-04-14)
- [FMS Grade Control in Practice](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/grade-control/fms-grade-control-practice/): How fleet management systems execute grade control: the GPS and arm geometry workflow, dig block assignment, material destinations, and what determines whether it works. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### Equipment Monitoring
Full text: [llms-full-equipment-monitoring.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-equipment-monitoring.txt)
- [Payload Management](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/equipment-monitoring/payload-management/): How payload accuracy drives production value, the 10/10/20 rule, the 600-metre overweight metric, and the operational discipline that separates good mines from great ones. (Updated: 2026-04-14)
- [Payload Measurement Systems](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/equipment-monitoring/payload-measurement-systems/): How Caterpillar TPMS, Komatsu PLM, and Hitachi EH systems measure payload: static vs dynamic accuracy, calibration procedures, and FMS integration. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### System Architecture
Full text: [llms-full-system-architecture.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-system-architecture.txt)
- [Cybersecurity for Mining FMS](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/system-architecture/cybersecurity/): Why mining fleet management systems are prime cyber targets, what recent attacks reveal, and what every mining professional needs to understand about the risk. (Updated: 2026-04-14)
- [FMS Network Security](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/system-architecture/fms-network-security/): How to segment, monitor, and defend mining FMS environments. Purdue model mapping, IEC 62443 zones, vendor security relaxations and compensating controls, Zero Trust for OT, and incident response. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### Implementation
Full text: [llms-full-implementation.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-implementation.txt)
- [Change Management for FMS Projects](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/implementation/change-management-fms/): FMS deployment touches every department on site. Here's how to manage the technology, people, process, organisational, and MOS changes that come with it. (Updated: 2026-04-14)
- [Business Case for Fleet Management Systems](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/implementation/financial-justification-fms/): How to build a financial business case for FMS investment: real costs, quantifiable savings, and the frameworks that get approval. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

### Integrated Operations
Full text: [llms-full-integrated-operations.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-integrated-operations.txt)
- [What is Integrated Operations in Mining?](https://miningfms.com/knowledge-base/integrated-operations/what-is-integrated-operations/): How Integrated Operations breaks down departmental silos to run the mine as one system: the business case, Mine-to-Mill gains, IOCs, and the cultural shift that makes it work. (Updated: 2026-04-14)

## Vendors
- [Beijing Soly Technology Co., Ltd.](https://miningfms.com/vendors/beijing-soly/): Beijing Soly, affiliated with Shougang Mining, provides fleet management and autonomous rail haulage systems for the Chinese domestic market with international deployments. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Carlson Software](https://miningfms.com/vendors/carlson-software/): Carlson Software provides CAD-based fleet management and machine guidance solutions for surface mining operations including coal, limestone, phosphate, and quarrying. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Caterpillar MineStar](https://miningfms.com/vendors/caterpillar-minestar/): Caterpillar MineStar is the integrated mine management technology suite from Caterpillar Inc., covering fleet management, machine guidance, safety systems, and autonomous haulage. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Deswik](https://miningfms.com/vendors/deswik/): Deswik, acquired by Sandvik, provides mine planning software with operational management capabilities for both surface and underground mining, deployed at 1,330+ mining operations. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [EACON Mining Technology](https://miningfms.com/vendors/eacon/): EACON Mining Technology is an autonomous haulage provider with over 2,300 trucks automated across 25+ projects, including two 400+ truck deployments at Guanghui Energy mines. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Epiroc](https://miningfms.com/vendors/epiroc/): Epiroc offers the 6th Sense platform for mining automation and fleet management across surface and underground operations, using Mobilaris technology for real-time positioning and LinkOA for OEM-agnostic autonomous haulage. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Groundhog Apps](https://miningfms.com/vendors/groundhog-apps/): Groundhog Apps offers a tablet-based FMS platform with AI-powered dispatch, designed for rapid deployment. (Updated: 2026-02-22)
- [Haultrax](https://miningfms.com/vendors/haultrax/): Haultrax offers a SaaS-based fleet management system with 15-minute user training and operation in poor communications environments. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Hexagon Mining](https://miningfms.com/vendors/hexagon-mining/): Hexagon Mining, part of Swedish technology group Hexagon AB, provides an integrated suite of planning, operations, and safety solutions for surface and underground mining. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [iVolve](https://miningfms.com/vendors/ivolve/): iVolve, acquired by Komatsu in December 2023, provides OEM-agnostic fleet management solutions targeting small to mid-tier mining operations, quarries, and construction sites. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Micromine Pitram](https://miningfms.com/vendors/micromine-pitram/): Micromine Pitram is a fleet management and mine control system deployed at 60+ mine sites across 14 countries, supporting both surface and underground mines. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [MineLink (SNC Technologies)](https://miningfms.com/vendors/minelink/): MineLink, developed by SatNetCom (SNC Technologies), is a fleet management system focused on the Indonesian mining market. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Modular Mining Systems](https://miningfms.com/vendors/modular-mining/): Modular Mining Systems provides fleet management for surface and underground mining, with the DISPATCH system deployed at over 250 mine sites worldwide. Acquired by Komatsu in 1996, the company introduced the first computerised truck dispatch system. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [MST Global](https://miningfms.com/vendors/mst-global/): MST Global (Mine Site Technologies) is an Australian technology company specialising in underground mining communications, tracking, and fleet management through the HELIX platform. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Sandvik](https://miningfms.com/vendors/sandvik/): Sandvik provides underground mining automation and fleet management solutions, with AutoMine, OptiMine, and Newtrax covering automation, fleet management, and IoT tracking. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Symboticware (SYMX.AI)](https://miningfms.com/vendors/symboticware/): Symboticware, operating under the SYMX.AI brand, provides IoT-enabled fleet management and equipment monitoring with AI-powered analytics. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [TORSA Global](https://miningfms.com/vendors/torsa-global/): TORSA Global, headquartered at the Technology Park of Andalusia in Málaga, Spain, provides fleet management, collision avoidance, and cloud-based analytics for open-pit mining. (Updated: 2026-03-07)
- [Wenco International Mining Systems](https://miningfms.com/vendors/wenco/): Wenco International Mining Systems, owned by Hitachi Construction Machinery, offers an open-architecture FMS platform for multi-fleet surface mining operations. (Updated: 2026-03-07)

## Blog
Full text: [llms-full-blog.txt](https://miningfms.com/llms-full-blog.txt)
- [The Next Step Change Is Activity Dispatch](https://miningfms.com/blog/the-next-step-change-is-activity-dispatch/): Activity-based dispatch is coming to open-pit mining inside five years. The FMS becomes the execution layer for every planned task, the dispatcher runs Short Interval Control across the entire pit, and most sites will fumble the operating model change underneath it. (Published: 2026-05-08, Updated: 2026-05-10)
- [The Dispatch Ceiling](https://miningfms.com/blog/the-dispatch-ceiling/): Every mine blames the dispatcher when queue time climbs. But dispatch has a hard ceiling, and everything above it belongs to planning and supervision. (Published: 2026-04-22, Updated: 2026-04-22)
- [The Most Expensive Underinvestment in Open-Pit Mining](https://miningfms.com/blog/the-most-expensive-underinvestment-in-open-pit-mining/): Mining control rooms are chronically under-resourced. The cognitive load on dispatchers exceeds air traffic controllers, and administrative task creep is destroying your FMS return on investment. (Published: 2026-04-10, Updated: 2026-04-10)
- [Welcome to the MiningFMS Blog](https://miningfms.com/blog/welcome-to-the-miningfms-blog/): Introducing the MiningFMS blog — where we share insights, commentary, and updates on fleet management systems in mining. (Published: 2026-04-05, Updated: 2026-04-05)

## Tools
- [Fleet Planner](https://miningfms.com/tools/fleet-planner/): Match factor analysis, truck-loader compatibility scoring, and optimised loader assignment for mixed fleets.
- [Fleet Saturation Simulator](https://miningfms.com/tools/fleet-saturation-simulator/): Monte Carlo simulation of fleet saturation curves, event-driven losses, dispatch recovery, and the planning/supervision gap.

## Machine-Readable Index
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- [About](https://miningfms.com/about/): About MiningFMS