C O R P O R AT E B R O C H U R E
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SHAPE MATTERS
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THE SHAPE OF CHANGE 4
Shaping Smart Change
Hexagon at a Glance
The Shape of Hexagon
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Information Technology as a
Change Accelerator SHAPE MATTERS TO HEXAGON.
SHAPE CONVEYS FORM, APPEARANCE
AND CONDITION–LIKE WHAT SHAPE
Information Technology (IT)
Sphere of Influence THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
Our Solutions at Work
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THE WORLD IS IN. AND THAT KIND OF
SHAPE MATTERS TO HEXAGON.
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THE PATTERNS OF CHANGE SHAPING OUR WORLD
ARE SO POWERFUL THAT THEIR IMPLICATIONS GO
FAR BEYOND ANYTHING REMOTELY SIMILAR IN OUR
PAST. GLOBAL MEGATRENDS AND DISRUPTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES FUEL AND ACCELERATE SUCH
CHANGE. THE COMMONPLACE QUICKLY BECOMES
A THING OF THE PAST, WHILE THE PECULIAR AND
UNFAMILIAR QUICKLY BECOME COMMONPLACE.
SHAPING SMART CHANGE
If we take a look at the state of our planet, we arrive
at one indisputable conclusion: there’s work to be
done. Simply put, the task looks like this: on one side
we find WHAT IS, the current state of affairs. On the
other we see WHAT SHOULD BE. Hexagon and its
customers share a common purpose – to narrow the
chasm between the two; closing the gap between
WHAT IS and WHAT SHOULD BE.
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The distance between what IS and
what SHOULD be? CHANGE .
Our customers are at the forefront of change,
operating in industries essential to our existence –
agriculture, power, safety, infrastructure, surveying
and construction, aerospace, automotive, metals and
mining – to name a few. Their ability to effect change
critically depends on how well they leverage the
explosion of data and the disruptive disciplines that
make it invaluable – from private and public clouds
and real-time analytics to the connectivity of
virtually everything.
Hexagon is empowering its customers to harness
this huge potential.
That is what drives us.
That is what we call
S HA P I NG S MA RT C H A N GE .
We are establishing a dynamic new normal –
challenging the status quo – delivering fresh
ways to create new business models, value and
revenue streams.
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THE SHAPE OF CHANGE
WE ARE DRIVEN BY THE DESIRE TO ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION.
HEXAGON AT A GLANCE
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PROVIDER
Established leader in
information technologies
Solutions that drive productivity
and quality improvements
GLOBAL REACH
Broad range of vital industries served
More than 16,000 employees
in 46 countries
R&D FOCUSED
10-12% of net sales invested in R&D
3,400+ employees in R&D
Today, the world is connecting hundreds
3,200+ active patents
of millions of people, deploying billions of
sensors, tracking trillions of transactions
and creating unimaginable amounts of
STRONG FINANCIALS
3.0 bn EUR in sales
22.8% operating margin
data. Hexagon is at the nexus of this
disruption, channelling the critical
ingredient of human ingenuity. This is
mankind’s single inexhaustible resource,
VISION
MISSION
Hexagon aspires to play a leading role in the effort
Hexagon is dedicated to delivering actionable
to solve the challenges our world is facing by
information through information technologies
providing groundbreaking information technologies
that enable customers to shape smart change
that make a positive and lasting impact.
across diverse business and industry landscapes.
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and together with our customers, we are
driving world-changing ideas and charting
a course for a safer, more productive and
sustainable future.
Ola Rollén,
President and CEO, Hexagon
THE SHAPE OF CHANGE
THE SHAPE OF HEXAGON
THE SHAPE OF CHANGE
FUELLED BY INFORMATION
Information technologies are a driving force behind many of the transformative solutions shaping our future. These technologies require the
ability to generate, capture, store, analyse and distribute information
in innovative and sometimes unconventional ways that will improve
productivity and quality across virtually any industry.
Our portfolio of sensors and software shapes the information ecosystems we deliver to our customers.
Our geospatial sensors provide reality-capture solutions for digitising
the world – from laser scanners, airborne cameras and UAVs
(unmanned aerial vehicles) to monitoring equipment, mobile mapping
technologies and precise (satellite) positioning. Our software solutions
and apps in this area leverage map-based platforms to build all kinds
of information ecosystems whose applications span everything from
smart cities to smart mines.
Our industrial sensors include stationary and portable equipment for
measurement and process control in the manufacturing and engineering fields. They include contact and non-contact technologies – from
coordinate measurement machines to laser trackers and scanners.
Our software and apps in the area leverage 3D modelling, CAD
(computer-aided design) and asset information platforms to design
and build the as-planned, and in the process, ensure the as-built
aligns to plan.
We believe in empowering meaningful data and ideas to do their
greatest good. That requires human ingenuity – where knowledge
and imagination unite to make the impossible possible.
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INSPIRED BY INNOVATION
Ultimately, the future depends on empowering our customers to solve
problems much larger than any one of them can do alone – issues such
as resource scarcity, population growth, urbanisation and energy
demand. This kind of change is complex. It requires long-term
investment and commitment, which is why we’re focused on solutions
that transform entire industry landscapes while creating value and
resiliency for our customers and our business. Innovation is the
inspiration that drives this process.
Shaping our Business
Over the last 15 years, we’ve strengthened and expanded our core
business, shifting focus from our hardware-centric roots in measurement to a software solutions provider of information technologies.
We added a number of stand-alone, world-class brands along the way,
which have all contributed their industry-leading products, expert
insight and geographical reach. But just as the world’s economies
have become more related and interdependent, so have our brands
and technologies.
Today Hexagon stands as one company, the whole manifestly stronger
than the sum of the parts, with a shared understanding of the barriers
and opportunities to creating a collective innovation vision.
Our approach to innovation is perfect harmony –
where information access, smarter work
processes and shorter cycles prevail.
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Innovation Hub
Our innovation strategy is driven by the Innovation
Hub – designed to exploit cross-business synergies
and raise the innovation bar across all lines of
business. And while incremental innovation
remains a focus of our businesses, the
focus of the Hub is to capitalise on
expert insights and fuel disruptive,
breakthrough innovation across
our company.
The spokes of the Hub work
in close cooperation with
the business-specific
R&D teams across
Hexagon, underpinning
our commitment to
drive disruptive
innovation.
TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
PURPOSE
Systems integration and innovative R&D of select
Hexagon information technologies (hardware and related
software)
GOAL
Technology prep for the ‘the connectivity of everything’
era (the smarter the device, the stronger the connectivity)
FOCUS
Research and development of “smart-ready” technologies (embedded, operating-system agnostic software
application tools, communication ports, protocols, user
interfaces, etc.)
APPLICATION CENTRE
PURPOSE
Holistic view of technology synergies and integration
opportunities across Hexagon, supporting the interoperability of both Hexagon and third-party products
GOAL
We believe that within
every constraint lies an
opportunity, and that
innovation should be based
not on the direction we
believe the world is heading,
but in the direction we believe
the world should go.
Connectivity and business process optimisation (the
more integrated and intelligent the workflow, the greater
the value to the business)
HEXAGON VENTURES
FOCUS
INDUSTRIAL
Development of connectivity technologies and
platforms (think IoT) that support both Hexagon
and third-party products and provide advanced data
INDUSTRY: INFRASTRUCTURE/CONSTRUCTION
analytics algorithms to sophisticate connectivity
MANAGING MOBILE ASSETS
FOR BELO MONTE
CUSTOMER
Belo Monte Consortium
CHALLENGE
HEXAGON
VENTURES
Optimise the
use of operations
assets to achieve better results
Belo Monte Consortium, comprised of the 10 largest construction companies in Brazil, worked with Hexagon to monitor more than 900 mobile
assets used in constructing the third-largest hydroelectric plant in the
world.
Builders of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam on the Xingu River in Pará,
Brazil, were seeking ways to better utilise construction assets, increase
productivity, reduce costs, monitor equipment status in real time and
automate the construction process.
PURPOSE
SOLUTION
Business incubator acumen
for exploiting strategic and
Hexagon Smart Asset Control
opportunistic innovation pipeline opportunities The group implemented Smart Asset Control from Hexagon to optimise
the use of operations assets to achieve better results. By linking and
managing data during the project, Smart Asset Control helped save time,
money and resources by providing immediate information to workers
that better prepared them to make decisions, move resources and forgo
Bringing next-generation information technologies
delays.
GOAL
RESULT
Increased transport and construction
productivity
to market
With access to real-time information, the project saw a 56 per cent
increase in transport equipment productivity, a 32 per cent increase in
construction productivity and 23 per cent reductions in loading and unHolistic view of how technologies might transfer toloading
otherqueues and in the transport equipment fleet.
FOCUS
business areas and markets, creating new business
models, value and revenue streams
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GEOSYSTEMS
Reality-capture solutions used to record
distance, monitor movement, capture Earth
images, create 3D models of landscapes,
infrastructure or entire cities, guide machinery
and much more.
GUIDED BY LEADERS
Our businesses serve three primary landscapes –
manufacturing, engineering and geospatial. Each
is committed to pioneering innovations in business
processes, value chains and information exchange.
POSITIONING INTELLIGENCE
Satellite positioning and correction solutions for
land, sea and air.
AGRICULTURE
Smart agriculture production solutions for
automating and improving resource utilisation
– whether water, pesticides or machinery –
for crop planning and management for
optimum yield.
GEOSPATIAL
Geospatial data management solutions that
leverage the power of mapping to enable a
holistic understanding of change.
MANUFACTURING
ENGINEERING
GEOSPATIAL
MINING
Integrated, digital mine solutions for smarter,
safer, more productive mines – used to bridge
the gap between planning, operations and safety
and make analytics and business intelligence
holistic and universal.
MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE
Manufacturing solutions that integrate
sensing, thinking and acting capabilities –
from people to machines – where quality
drives productivity.
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PROCESS, POWER & MARINE
Enterprise engineering software solutions that enable
smarter design, build and operation of large-scale
construction – speeding up project completion and
ensuring safer, more productive facilities.
SAFETY & INFRASTRUCTURE
Geospatial-based solutions that streamline
operations, accelerate information flows,
optimise resources and deliver greater
insight to enhance the vital functions of
government, public safety, utilities and
transportation organisations.
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WE BELIEVE IN EARLY SIGNALS AND PROACTIVE
AND ADAPTING – TO INFLUENCE THE PRESENT AND
MEASURES. CHANGE SHOULD OCCUR NOW, IN REAL
EFFECT THE FUTURE. WE NARROW THE CHASM
TIME. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MOVING BUSINESS
BETWEEN WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD BE.
AND INDUSTRY BEYOND PREDICTING, PREPARING
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THE SHAPE OF PROGRESS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AS A CHANGE ACCELERATOR
Today, the conditions that make for a profitable business and sustainable future are speed and agility. Timing is less about balancing supply
and demand or forecasting. It’s become real-time “nowcasting,” with
faster-moving targets that challenge an organisation’s ability to
proactively effect change, rather than just adapt to it.
THE SHAPE OF PROGRESS
The fact is, we face a future that is data rich, yet information poor,
connected, yet siloed, and predictable, yet uncertain. But the world that
we want to build is ours for the making, provided we have the right lens
through which we can shape change – smart change – and ultimately
change the world.
Inevitably, change drives progress. Which is what makes information
technologies fundamental to closing the gap between what is and
what should be – where change is smarter and more achievable
when supported by three key ingredients: data, connectivity
and relevance.
DATA
Data is inexhaustible. The intrigue behind it is its promise to transform
the way a business or industry operates. It provides rich context and
significant opportunities for advancement. But more data doesn’t mean
better insights. Data must be processed into information that is useful,
combined with human knowledge and expertise.
CONNECTIVITY
Connectivity is a necessity. It is the basic foundation for anywhere
access and automation. It accelerates discovery and defines how
swiftly business insight can be applied. But despite the connectivity
of everything, there is a lack of information flow across business and
industry. These silos cost an organisation in responsiveness and agility
and must be removed.
RELEVANCE
Whether information provides usable insight or costly distraction
depends on whether it’s situationally appropriate and contextually
relevant. While the future will never be 100% predictable, the right
layers of integrated information can convert uncertainty into known
risk. Risk that can be embraced or even leveraged, rather than avoided
and survived.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
WE BELIEVE THAT A CONNECTED WORLD SHAPES A
THRIVING WORLD. CONNECTIVITY COMES NOT FROM
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT, BUT FROM HUMAN
INGENUITY—WHERE KNOWLEDGE AND IMAGINATION
UNITE TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.
Einstein believed imagination is the source of genius.
His famous quote, “Imagination is more important
than knowledge,” has been debated for decades.
But we believe both have enormous influence, and
when linked together in a continuous loop, they
create the sphere of influence necessary for
channelling our inexhaustible and most valuable
resource: human ingenuity.
ALIVE
ADAPTIVE
The wrong answer immediately? The right answer too
late? A “sufficiently correct” answer “soon enough”?
The ability to drive insight and actionable conclusions from data is only as good as the data itself.
Data must be timely, with appropriate latency.
Only one thing is certain – things change and rarely
go according to plan. Even today’s success formula
can rapidly become tomorrow’s liability.
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The IT sphere of influence is an eccosystem of sensors
and software, custom built for the challenge it is to
solve. It is through this lens our customers are able
to shape change – smart change – across the world.
The IT sphere of influence is:
The IT lens offers a blend of sensors and software.
Together they keep information up to date in an
integrated digital environment. The sensors continually capture the world, the software creates new or
interprets captured data. When digital depictions
accurately represent real-world circumstance, the
actions taken, whether human or machine-driven,
are smarter and more effective.
Fusing the real
and digital worlds,
sensors (reality
capture) and software
(planning and analysis)
provide a feedback loop
custom built for the challenge
at hand – where dynamic and actionable information enables customers
to better manage and ultimately effect change.
Our information technologies connect and accelerate
this process – fusing the real and digital worlds into
the process to create a powerful feedback loop that’s
touching every aspect of our lives – the IT sphere
of influence.
Every improvement starts with a plan. But you can’t
manage for improvement if you can’t measure
progress according to plan. Maintaining alignment
increases productivity, improves quality and
reduces risk.
The IT lens offers decision makers the ability to
measure just how well the as-is or as-built aligns
to the as-planned or as-designed. Clarity that can
save time, money and resources.
The IT lens offers the insights to successfully
operate in a state of continuous flow, in response
to ever-changing demands.
ACCESSIBLE
Organisations are under great pressure to integrate
disparate functions and siloed information.
The IT lens enables the sharing of information across
departments, organisations, and geographies. Information that is optimised for specific use, accessed
from anywhere, by anyone. The same information.
Today. every business is a digital
business – each with its own set of
information assets just waiting to be
unleashed. With the IT sphere of influence, it doesn’t really matter how
“big” data is, but rather how
intelligently we utilise it.
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TODAY, RIGHT NOW, OUR WORK IS SHAPING CHANGE
OUR SOLUTIONS AT WORK
ACROSS MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING, AND
Our solutions provide forward-thinking organisations the information
they need to evolve traditional ways of managing their business – it’s
not what our technology does, but what our customers do with
our technology that makes our world a better place to live.
GEOSPATIAL LANDSCAPES – WITH INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES EMPOWERING MEANINGFUL DATA
AND IDEAS TO DO THEIR GREATEST GOOD.
Together with our customers, we
are transforming clouds of data into
bright ideas and smart solutions. We
tip the scales in the favor of progress.
Possibility shapes our thinking.
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SAFETY & INFRASTRUCTURE
HELPING EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT HELP THOSE IN NEED
AGRICULTURE
SWEET RESULTS WITH SMART
AGRICULTURE SOLUTION
Hexagon’s Smart Agriculture solution helped Guaíra Sugar Mill in Brazil
increase its sugarcane crop yield and optimise the performance of
workers and machines through improved production and plantation
designs based on available land, topography and ideal planting time.
The Smart Agriculture solution not only optimises the utilisation of land
and water, but fertilisers, pesticides, seeds and other farming resources. Through Hexagon geo-processing software and steering solutions,
Smart Agriculture keeps farmers abreast of crop management and
production with digital workflows created from geo-enabled data.
CUSTOMER
Guaíra Sugar Mill
CHALLENGE
Increasing crop yield and
optimising resources
SOLUTION
Smart Agriculture
RESULT
Guaíra Sugar Mill achieved an average
productivity of 82.4 tons/ha, 23 per cent
higher than 68.29 tons/ha, the average
Brazilian productivity in sugarcane for
the same period
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CUSTOMER
SDIS 34 Fire and Rescue
CHALLENGE
Providing immediate aid
to flood victims
SOLUTION
Hexagon’s computer-aided
dispatch system
RESULT
Fast and efficient information sharing
among emergency response agencies
Parts of southern France were devastated by floods in September 2014
that left the city of Montpellier under water and resulted in a disaster
declaration for 60 municipalities. A record 300 millimetres of rain fell
in 36 hours, flooding cities, roads and railways.
Hexagon technologies helped SDIS 34, the fire and rescue department
for Hérault, respond quickly and efficiently to this natural disaster.
Supported by Hexagon’s computer-aided dispatch system, fire and
rescue personnel worked tirelessly to aid citizens in need.
The Hexagon solution enabled information sharing between the
main command-and-control room, local response centers,
mobile command posts, equipment and staff.
Deployed just four months earlier, the system
helped the agency manage a record number
of incidents during the flooding, including
13,000 emergency calls.
Smart Agriculture helped Guaíra Sugar Millmap land for electricity and
waste management in a geo-referenced database with precise representation of field limits, water resources, roads and infrastructure.
The topography of the land was optimised to create manageable
farming areas.
Planting lines should follow the topography of the terrain to guarantee
a proper water supply for the sugarcane. Smart Agriculture helped the
mill’s designer create multiple line alternatives and select the best set
of lines to be sent to the autopilots. By integrating with the automatic
pilot, Guaíra Sugar Mill was able to increase the number of lines for
crop rows, increasing the amount of sugarcane produced.
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GEOSYSTEMS
SAFEGUARDING HISTORIC
PADDINGTON STATION
CUSTOMER
Crossrail
GEOSPATIAL
INFORMATION SHARING
OF SEISMIC PROPORTIONS
In Norway, the two biggest industries are fishing and oil and gas,
and it is of national interest to maintain a sustainable exploitation
of these resources.
Both industries use the same offshore acreage, creating the potential
for area conflicts. The ability to share information between these
industries is key, and Hexagon is providing the means by contributing
to a web-based map solution developed by its partner Norconsult.
CUSTOMER
EPIM
CHALLENGE
Improving information sharing among
fishing, oil and seismic industries
SOLUTION
GeoMedia WebMap
RESULT
Improved working relationships and
collaboration among target groups
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Norconsult, in collaboration with the non-profit organisation EPIM and
industry representatives, developed the map solution SAM-X to assist
Norway’s fishing, oil and seismic industries. SAM-X provides a platform
for sharing efficient, timely and accurate activity information between
important stakeholders including authorities, fisheries, operators,
suppliers and seismic vendors. The result is more optimised and
sustainable operations for these segments.
Hexagon is delivering back-end support through its GeoMedia
WebMap technology, which adds robust toolkits and interactive
developer communities that allow EPIM to build effective custom
web enterprise solutions.
CHALLENGE
Measuring changes in ground movement
and deep excavation impact
SOLUTION
Leica GeoMoS
RESULT
Accurate, definitive data that allows
decision making and action
Crossrail, London’s major railway line, is Europe’s largest infrastructure
project, and a new station under construction at Paddington will be a
key hub on the East-West route.
As work progresses within this densely built area of the capital, the
largest automated monitoring network in the world is continuously
measuring the impact on buildings in the vicinity. A 24-hour monitoring
system, using up to 52 robotic total stations from Hexagon, measures
changes in ground movement caused by
deep excavation works alongside the
historic London site.
Meticulous planning by engineering
surveyors included innovative installation
techniques in positioning the network
of automatic total stations to provide
uninterrupted 3D measurements of
buildings. Digital levels provided another
layer of information to provide a definitive
picture of ground movement over time.
The integrity of the
data is under constant
scrutiny as it is received
and processed through
Hexagon’s Leica GeoMoS
monitoring software
Out-of-tolerance
measurements trigger
alerts so engineers
can take fast,
corrective action.
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MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE
PUTTING QUALITY
IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT
CUSTOMER
Volvo Car Gent N.V.
CHALLENGE
Increasing quality and safety standards
SOLUTION
HP-L laser sensor and PC-DMIS
software
RESULT
Increased accuracy of part dimensions
and reduced measuring times
Since its beginnings, Volvo has led the field in vehicle safety. To further
its high standards in safety and quality, the company looked to Hexagon
to assist with tighter tolerances on parts that affect its metrology team.
Metrology is most important for the weld lines in Volvo’s “A-Shop,” the
workshop where body-in-white units are produced. The welding
process makes it difficult to keep dimensions under control and fluctuations are extremely common. This is where most inspections are
carried out to compare actual measurements against specified values.
MINING
Among the features to be checked are the positions of welded studs
that are used to attach specific parts in a pre-determined position.
They are measured with Hexagon’s optical laser sensor and PC-DMIS
software compares the measured data with the CAD data.
In earlier days, measuring systems were placed in a measuring room.
The vehicle bodies had to cover a greater distance in comparison to the
new in-line concept. The whole procedure could take a full three hours.
Today, after 20 minutes, the sensors reveal the positions of the more
than 170 connecting pins on a Volvo car body. With the in-line system
and the optical sensor, the procedure is nine times quicker.
Where conventional optical sensors may struggle to gain accurate
readings on certain material types or in poor ambient light, these
factors have no influence on the accuracy of the Hexagon sensor.
OPTIMISING GOLD
PRODUCTION
CUSTOMER
African Barrick Gold
CHALLENGE
Improving productivity while
reducing costs
SOLUTION
Leica Jigsaw Mine Management
RESULT
Improved equipment usage and efficiency
Faced with rising energy costs and tightening profit margins, productive mines are seeking smarter mining solutions. African Barrick Gold
looked to Hexagon to systematically manage 70 per cent of its production fleet at North Mara mine, a high-grade, openpit gold mine in Tanzania with the potential to process 8,000 tonnes of ore per day.
North Mara’s scale and size presented challenges that included production spread across several large pits 15 kilometres apart. Supervisors could not be present in every pit to constantly monitor all fleet-related activities, so North Mara implemented Hexagon’s Leica Jigsaw
Mine Management Solution on the majority of its production fleet to
improve time management, increase production and reduce costs.
Leica Jigsaw’s introduction reduced average collection time of the first
load truck and shovel cycle times by a third. North Mara’s hourly output
of 2,000 tonnes was boosted by an additional 450 tonnes per day. The
tools used to complete this analysis satisfied one of the major goals
set by North Mara dispatch supervisors – to produce up-to-the minute,
end-of-shift reports and loading details.
Within six months of adopting the Leica Jigsaw Mine Management
Solution, North Mara mine reported a marked improvement in equipment usage and efficiency.
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POSITIONING
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
CUSTOMER
NASA Goddard
CHALLENGE
Finding accurate data to help
predict hurricane intensity
SOLUTION
Synchronised Position Attitude
Navigation (SPAN) technology
RESULT
Improved measurement accuracy
and highly accurate attitude and
positioning data
When a hurricane makes its way to shore, the damage it brings can be
devastating. While technology may provide plenty of warning when a
hurricane is on the way, it’s more difficult to predict how intense the
storm will be once it arrives.
NASA Goddard has taken steps to help analyse this issue by using its
Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System to help study storm intensity.
These robotic planes can fly up to an altitude of 20,000 meters, making
them perfect for studying hurricanes that develop far from shore.
NASA equipped a Global Hawk with Synchronised Position Attitude
Navigation (SPAN) technology from Hexagon to obtain accurate navigation and Doppler radar data that will allow scientists to better predict
how intense a hurricane will be once it makes landfall and what factors
cause it to intensify. The aircraft’s HIWRAP (High-Altitude Imaging Wind
and Rain Airborne Profiler) maps 3D winds and precipitation within hurricanes and other severe weather events. A Hexagon receiver located near
the HIWRAP instrument helped improve measurement accuracy and
easily obtained the most accurate attitude and positioning data possible.
Knowing what causes hurricanes to intensify will eventually help
improve hurricane forecasts, potentially reducing their damage and
the lives they take.
PROCESS, POWER & MARINE
DIGITISING FACILITIES FOR
IMPROVED INFORMATION ACCESS
CUSTOMER
Eskom
CHALLENGE
Improving information access in the
Matimba Power Plant, South Africa
SOLUTION
Hexagon high-definition laser scanning
and SmartPlant Fusion software
RESULT
Better productivity and efficiency
among plant workers
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To help unlock the power of information in its brownfield operations,
Eskom, the largest electricity producer in Africa, turned to Hexagon
to help transform unstructured engineering documents into a fully
digitised information asset.
The project took place at the world’s largest dry-cooled generation
facility, Eskom Matimba Power Plant in Ellisras, South Africa. and
heavily leveraged technologies from Hexagon’s geospatial and
industrial enterprise solutions.
Hexagon’s high-definition laser scanning technology was used to
capture the “as-is” plant configuration and SmartPlant Fusion software
was used to rapidly capture, organise, augment and link unstructured
engineering documents. The documents and laser scan were fused into
an electronic engineering information portal, allowing plant workers to
quickly and intuitively access all relevant plant information to support
their daily work processes.
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VENTURES
MANAGING MOBILE ASSETS
FOR BELO MONTE
CUSTOMER
Belo Monte Consortium
CHALLENGE
Optimise the use of operations
assets to achieve better results
SOLUTION
Hexagon Smart Asset Control
RESULT
Increased transport and construction
productivity
Belo Monte Consortium, comprised of the 10 largest construction
companies in Brazil, worked with Hexagon to monitor more than 900
mobile assets used in constructing the third-largest hydroelectric
plant in the world.
Builders of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam on the Xingu River in
Pará, Brazil, were seeking ways to better utilise construction assets,
increase productivity, reduce costs, monitor equipment status in real
time and automate the construction process.
The group implemented Smart Asset Control from Hexagon to optimise
the use of operations assets to achieve better results. By linking and
managing data during the project, Smart Asset Control helped save
time, money and resources by providing immediate information
to workers that better prepared them to make decisions, move
resources and forgo delays.
With access to real-time information, the project saw a 56 per cent
increase in transport equipment productivity, a 32 per cent increase
in construction productivity and 23 per cent reductions in loading and
unloading queues and in the transport equipment fleet.
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We are committed to moving
business and industry beyond
predicting, preparing and adapting–influencing the present to
affect the future and ultimately
narrowing the chasm between
what IS and what SHOULD be.
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S H AP E MAT TER S TO H E X AGO N
S h a p e c o n v e y s ff oo rr m
m ,, aa pp pp ee aa rr aa nn cc ee aanndd ccoonnddi it ti ioonn—
–
LIKE WHAT SHAPE THE WORLD IS IN.
And
that
kind
of
shape
matters
to
Hexagon.
T H E PAT T E R N S O F C H A N G E S H A P I N G
O U R W O R L D A R E S O P O W E R F U L
that their implications go far beyond anything remotely similar in our
past. Global megatrends and disruptive technologies fuel and accelerate such change. The commonplace quickly becomes a thing of the past
while the p e c u l i a r a n d u n f a m i l i a r q u i c k l y b e c o m e c o m m o n p l a c e.
W E A R E D R I V E N BY T H E D E S I R E TO A CT I V E LY
PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION.
We believe in early signals and proactive measures. Change should occur now,
in real time. We are committed to moving business and industry beyond
predicting, preparing and adapting – to influence the present and affect the future.
WE NARROW THE CHASM BETWEEN
W H AT I S A N D W H AT S H O U L D B E .
THE SHAPE OF CHANGE.
We believe that a connected world shapes a thriving world. Connectivity
comes not from
from technological
technological advancement,
advancement, but
but from
from human
humaningenuity—
ingenuity–
THE SHAPE OF PROGRESS.
W H E R E K N O W L E D G E A N D I M A G I N AT I O N U N I T E
TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME.
TODAY, RIGHT NOW, OUR WORK IS SHAPING CHANGE
SHAPING SMART CHANGE. HEXAGON.
across manufacturing, engineering and geospatial
l a n d s c a p e s – w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g i e s
E M P O W E R I N G M E A N I N G F U L D ATA A N D I D E A S
TO
D O
T H E I R
G R E AT E ST
G O O D.
W e c a l l t h i s t h e s h a p e o f c h a n g e .T h e s h a p e o f p r o g r e s s .
The shape of things to come.
sh apin g sm a r t cha nge.
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