Machines to be Equipped with Third Party Radio System (TBD) Minestar Fleet Commander onboard hardware consists of onboard

display,GPS and HIM

Key Process

DLR Technician provides the Expertise to Carry Out the Recommendations report back results to Service Manager.

Repair made at the pre-determined time.

HIM Module/ Communicator

VIMS Underscore files

Minestar FC, events, payload, channel polling, location for Rosemont take action on application or operational issues.
Work Order Generated and Assigned
VIMS underscore files sent by the HIM box are placed into a unprocessed folder on the Minestar Server. MQ file transfer program is installed to send copies of the files to the Dealer/Caterpillar? This has to be decided? All Downloads will also be saved on a back up file at the mines server.

HIM is part of the hardware sold with Minestar FC that are added to the truck. HIM is programmed to download and transmit VIMS underscore files to the Minestar Server. The frequency of downloads needs to be determined?

Key Process
CMS merges new files received every hour

Caterpillar CMS Server

CMS allows multiple dealer users to see the same dataset for validation of recommendation

Service Mgmt meet daily on planning and prioritization of recommendations.

Service Manager communicates technician findings to CM that validates repair process.

Dealer Condition Monitoring Analysis of multiple elements of CM are turned into recommendations. Learning from failures will be logged for Continuous Improvement.
DEALER Condition Monitoring also tracks completed jobs and identifies Best Practices

DEALER NAME
Condition Monitoring
Condition Based Reporting

Automated Reports will be Generated and delivered to help plan PMs and schedule Work Orders.

Key Process

Upcoming Plan and Job Completion

Developing a plan for most efficient utilization of equipment, parts and resources.

Customer

VIMS 3G Electronic Data Flow Interim & To Be Process

Cell Modem Amp + Antenna Cell Tower

Interim Process
Affected Products 793F,795F,797F

Corrected Process

CMS Server

Dealer FTP or M* Server

FTP to FTP File Transfer MQ File Transfer

Interim Process
Laptop running the VIMS3G download script in Peoria. This is temporary until Communicator/ XIM functionality is imbedded within VIMS3G. Est. Oct 2010

Corrected Process
Upon release of New VIMS3G Est Oct 2010 with imbedded Communicator/HIM functionality will allow push or pull to any server internal or external. Just like the previous VIMS versions with Communicator/ XIM does today.

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