Review of Key Performance Indicators for Process Monitoring in the Mining Industry

Paulina Gackowiec, Marta Podobińska-Staniec, Edyta Brzychczy, Christopher Kühlbach and Toyga Özver
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Paulina Gackowiec: Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Marta Podobińska-Staniec: Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Edyta Brzychczy: Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Christopher Kühlbach: Talpasolutions GmbH, 45327 Essen, Germany
Toyga Özver: Talpasolutions GmbH, 45327 Essen, Germany

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-20

Abstract: The sustainable development of an organisation requires a holistic approach to the evaluation of an enterprise’s goals and activities. The essential means enabling an organisation to achieve goals are business processes. Properly managed, business processes are a source of revenue and become an implementation of business strategy. The critical elements in process management in an enterprise are process monitoring and control. It is therefore essential to identify the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are relevant to the analysed processes. Process monitoring can be performed at various levels of management, as well as from different perspectives: operational, financial, security, or maintenance. Some of the indicators known from other fields (such as personnel management, finance, or lean manufacturing) can be used in mining. However, the operational mining processes require a definition of specific indicators, especially in the context of increasing the productivity of mining machines and the possibility of using sensor data from machines and devices. The article presents a list of efficiency indicators adjusted to the specifics and particular needs of the mining industry resulting from the Industry 4.0 concept, as well as sustainable business performance. Using the conducted research and analysis, a list of indicators has been developed concerning person groups, which may serve as a benchmark for mining industry entities. The presented proposal is a result of work conducted in the SmartHUB project, which aims to create an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform that will support process management in the mining industry.

Keywords: mining process; key performance indicators; process monitoring; mining industry; sustainable management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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