Demining Management Tool: DMT Mobile

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1 Demining Management Tool: DMT Mobile Erik de Brun GICHD Consultant (Ripple Design) Consultant, Mechanical Systems, Operational Efficiency, and Technology Page 1

2 Demining Management Tool Background Building on work done for IMAS 09.50, the GICHD conceived of a software tool for assisting with the management of mechanical demining operations. The goal was a user friendly tool that enhanced the productivity and cost-effectiveness of mechanical demining operations. The tool would focus on performance and downtime The first versions of the tool were excel based and have been used in the field since Page 2

3 Demining Management Tool Background Purpose: enhance operational efficiency (i.e. increase productivity and costeffectiveness of mechanical, animal detection, and manual demining operations) Key Considerations: Simple, accessible tool that requires small time commitment Augment, do not replace existing recording and reporting procedures How: Record performance and downtime data daily Generate intuitive charts and graphs that show this data over time and relative to operational conditions and expected results Page 3

4 Operational Efficiency Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort and/or expense. Achieve Maximum Output when operating and Minimize Downtime Page 4

5 Demining Management Tool Background The initial excel tool was focused on mechanical operations, but based on feedback from the field the software was expanded to cover mechanical, animal detection, and manual operations. The most recent excel version of the tool also includes a machine GPS tracking module Page 5

6 Mobile Demining Management Tool Why Mobile? Mobile devices can be extremely useful tools for demining operations. They offer many benefits (internet connectivity, geolocation, cameras, intuitive user interface, etc.) As they become more ubiquitous they will also become more accessible to the mine action community. Page 6

7 Demining Management Tool Overview Setup (one time): Task and organizational information Description/identification of project assets (machines, manual deminers, animals) Inputs (daily): Environmental and weather conditions Operational information (hours worked, area processed, mines/erw found) Non-operational information (downtime hours and causes) Outputs (user selected time span): In depth reports that show downtime and performance versus conditions Reports are viewable in tool and can be exported as pdfs Page 7

8 Mobile DMT Walk Through Page 8

9 Task Definition & Organizational Information Add a new task and enter task and organizational info or select an existing task to edit Page 9

10 Asset Management Add a new mechanical, animal, or manual asset or edit an existing one Page 10

11 Daily Data Entry Mechanical Assets Once a task has been defined and assets entered data can be entered Select a task, go to data entry, then select a date and an asset to begin Page 11

12 Daily Data Entry Manual Assets Downtime categories vary between asset types Page 12

13 Daily Data Entry Animal Detection Assets Additional environmental properties can be recorded for animal detection assets Page 13

14 Reports - Mechanical There are three reports for each mechanical assets Page 14

15 Reports - Manual There are two reports for each manual assets Page 15

16 Reports - Animal There are three reports for each Animal assets Page 16

17 DMT Future Developments Incorporate photos and video into data recording Include additional reports and support for spot tasks Sync data with cloud server Develop web portal as additional access point Integrate with IMSMA Enable user defined daily reporting forms Develop NTS reporting module utilizing GPS Page 17

18 QUESTIONS? Page 18

19 DMT Potential Future Developments Media: incorporate photos and video (tasks, assets, and daily data) Cloud Sync: users can upload and access data from any device and access permissions can be set by organization Web: DMT web portal (web version of app) GPS: enable geo-location and GPS tracking Spot Tasks: support for "spot tasks" (new spot task report) Individual Deminers: support for individual deminers not just teams Timeline Report: new timeline report that shows all assets and usage over time IMSMA Integration: export data in mine action xml format Mapping: Integrate/interface with ArcGIS or other mapping tool NTS App: develop module or separate app in a similar style Flexible Data Input: allow data input customization Other new developments also in the works Page 19