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Mine Fleet Management System
A fleet management system for an open-pit mine: dump trucks and shovels report position and payload, a dispatch engine assigns loads, and a control room watches production live.
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What this diagram shows
- Trucks are assigned to shovels to minimise waiting
- Payload and cycle times are recorded for every load
- Fatigue sensors alert the control room
Prompt used
Open-pit mine fleet management: haul trucks, shovels and drills carry onboard units with GPS, payload sensors and driver fatigue cameras, connected over a private LTE network. A dispatch engine assigns each truck to a shovel and dump location to optimise production. A production service records every load and cycle time. The control room uses a live map and alerts. Maintenance data goes to the ERP.
Mermaid code
C4Container
title Mine Fleet Management
Person(disp, "Mine Dispatcher", "Runs the shift")
System_Boundary(fms, "Fleet Management") {
Container(obu, "Onboard Units", "Rugged computers", "GPS, payload, fatigue camera")
Container(de, "Dispatch Engine", "C++", "Truck to shovel assignments")
Container(prod, "Production Service", "Java", "Loads and cycle times")
Container(ctl, "Control Room App", "Web", "Live map and alerts")
Container(fat, "Fatigue Monitoring", "Python", "Driver alertness alerts")
ContainerDb(db, "Mine Operations DB", "SQL Server", "Loads, equipment, shifts")
}
System_Ext(lte, "Private LTE Network", "Pit-wide coverage")
System_Ext(erp, "ERP", "Maintenance and costs")
Rel(obu, lte, "Sends data")
Rel(lte, de, "Positions and states")
Rel(de, obu, "Assignments")
Rel(lte, prod, "Payload events")
Rel(lte, fat, "Camera events")
Rel(prod, db, "Writes loads")
Rel(fat, ctl, "Alerts")
Rel(disp, ctl, "Uses")
Rel(ctl, db, "Reads")
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