SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING FLEET PERFORMANCE

• US 20180174246A1
• Filed: 12/21/2016
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: VARELA, Antonio, RAMOJU, Maheshwar
• Application Number:
  US15/386,882
• Publication Number:
  US 20180174246A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring fleet performance are provided. An exemplary system has an information collection portal to collect data relating to fleet performance from a plurality of work sites, each work site being associated with at least one fleet performing work at that work site. The system also has at least one processor configured to receive the data from the information collection portal and determine at least one fleet performance metric for each fleet. The processor is also configured to compare, for each fleet, the determined at least one fleet performance metric with a site goal to determine whether the site goal is met. The system also has an interface configured to display, in a tabular form, information of the fleets, the at least one performance metric for each of the fleets, and a performance indicator indicating whether the respective site goal is met for each of the fleets.

Claims

1. A fleet performance monitoring system, comprising:

an information collection portal configured to collect data relating to fleet performance from a plurality of work sites, each work site being associated with at least one fleet performing work at that work site;

at least one processor configured to;

receive the data from the information collection portal;

determine, based on the data, at least one fleet performance metric for each fleet; and

compare, for each fleet, the determined at least one fleet performance metric with a site goal to determine whether the site goal is met; and

an interface configured to display, in a tabular form, information of the fleets, the determined at least one performance metric for each of the fleets, and a performance indicator indicating whether the respective site goal is met for each of the fleets.

2. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fleet comprises a plurality of mining equipment.

3. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fleet performance metric includes a time-averaged physical availability of the corresponding fleet.

4. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the time-averaged physical availability includes at least one of a previous year average, a current year-to-date average, or a predetermined number of past months average.

5. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the at least one fleet performance metric includes at least one of a mean time between shutdown (MTBS), a mean time between failure (MTBF), or a mean time to repair (MTTR).

6. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine, based on the data received from the information collection portal, a plurality of factors that reduce fleet performance of at least one fleet, and

control the interface to display the plurality of factors in an order of their respective contributions to the reduction of the fleet performance.

7. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the plurality of factors are machine related.

8. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine, for at least one fleet, a trend of the determined at least one performance metric over a predetermined time period.

9. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the interface to display a trending chart showing the determined trend.

10. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to control the interface to display a trending indicator indicating the determined trend together with the performance indicator.

11. The fleet performance monitoring system of claim 1, wherein controller is further configured to store the received data from the information collection portal in a repository on an hourly basis.

12. A method for monitoring fleet performance, comprising:

receiving data relating to fleet performance from a plurality of work sites, each work site being associated with at least one fleet performing work at that work site;

determining, based on the data, at least one fleet performance metric for each fleet;

comparing, for each fleet, the determined at least one fleet performance metric with a site goal to determine whether the site goal is met; and

displaying, in a tabular form, information of the fleets, the determined at least one performance metric for each of the fleets, and a performance indicator indicating whether the respective site goal is met for each of the fleets.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one fleet performance metric includes a time-averaged physical availability of the corresponding fleet.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the time-averaged physical availability includes at least one of a previous year average, a current year-to-date average, or a predetermined number of past months average.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one fleet performance metric includes at least one of a mean time between shutdown (MTBS), a mean time between failure (MTBF), or a mean time to repair (MTTR).

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, based on the received data, a plurality of factors that reduce fleet performance of at least one fleet; and

displaying the plurality of factors in an order of their respective contributions to the reduction of the fleet performance.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the plurality of factors are machine related.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, for at least one fleet, a trend of the determined at least one performance metric over a predetermined time period.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

display a trending chart showing the determined trend.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

displaying a trending indicator indicating the determined trend together with the performance indicator.