In mining and civil operations, where teams and equipment are spread across vast distances, staying on top of the location of people and equipment is essential. For Adenco, which operates across Western Australia with a fleet of around 700 assets, the challenge wasn’t necessarily collecting data; it was connecting it.
From D8 dozers and 50-tonne excavators to smaller but critical tools like pumps and generators, Adenco needed an asset tracking solution for mining that could bring order to a diverse fleet and support safer, more efficient operations. The operations team also needed a single source of truth across several remote sites that spans hundreds of kilometres.
Adenco is partnering with Inauro to move from manual spreadsheets to a unified mining asset and equipment tracking environment. It’s a strong example of how integrated telematics, condition monitoring data and automated workflows can help reduce unplanned downtime and strengthen both preventive and predictive maintenance approaches in mining operations.
Let’s explore more.
The challenge:
Before its partnership with Inauro, Adenco relied on Excel spreadsheets to manage fleet data. Manually updated, this approach served a purpose, but there was a clear opportunity to streamline how data moved through the business.
At the same time, new mining client requirements from Rio Tinto and BHP meant vehicles needed advanced mining telematics and in-vehicle monitoring systems to detect drowsiness, behaviour and safety compliance. The data existed, but none of it connected cleanly into the tools the team relied on every day.
Key challenges included:
- no centralised mining equipment tracking system across a large and varied fleet
- limited visibility of live hours, kilometres and usage
- high-risk journeys across remote roads with no real-time oversight
- driver pushback due to excessive or noisy vehicle alerts
- no easy way to locate smaller items, leading to hours lost tracking equipment across sites
- manual processes and inconsistent accuracy across all data sources.
“Tracking and tracing was getting really frustrating,” says Damian Saraber, Adenco’s Equipment Manager. “We can spend days hunting for a small piece of equipment because our sites are spread everywhere.”
For Adenco, SafetyCulture had already become central to how field teams captured inspections and safety information. Bringing telematics data into that system – rather than managing it separately – was the missing piece.
Adenco didn’t need more devices. They needed a mining asset tracking environment that connected the data they already had. Damian, explains: “There are so many telematics systems out there, but the interlink with the systems made the decision to go with Inauro an easy one.”
The solution:
Inauro delivered an integrated asset tracking tool for mining by linking Adenco’s telematics devices directly into SafetyCulture via Perspio™, creating a single data flow for fleet, safety and operational insights.
By consolidating live telematics, behaviour monitoring and equipment condition data into SafetyCulture, Adenco has also laid the groundwork for deeper maintenance workflows. For organisations using CMMS platforms, this same data structure can support more advanced preventive and predictive maintenance.
A unified integration layer
Max Girault, Inauro’s Chief Commercial Officer, explains how Perspio™ brings it together, creating a conduit between hardware, software and inspections. “It’s the integration layer between the field force tool – in this case, SafetyCulture – and the telematics. It’s how the information comes together.”
This underpinning framework unlocked Adenco’s ability to use mining telematics fleet solutions consistently across the business.
Accurate, automated data flow
Hours, kilometres, location data and behaviour events now flow automatically into the Adenco systems, removing the reliance on manual entry and improving data trust.
“It simplifies data collection,” says Damian. “We get accurate information live, without relying on humans to provide it.”
Overlaying devices with SafetyCulture templates further improves accuracy. It’s a core advantage of asset tracking software for mining when environmental conditions can make manual reporting unreliable.
Real-time safety insights
Remote travel is one of Adenco’s highest risks. “Recently, one of our workers travelled 1,200 kilometres and I could monitor exactly where they were,” says Damian. “That’s a massive safety win for the business.”
Weekly reporting on phone use, seatbelt compliance and rough-terrain events supports cultural change. “We saw a lot of phone use at the start, but with weekly reports and warnings, the stats changed dramatically,” says Damian. “We’re mitigating risk.”
Continuous improvement and right-sized alerting
Rough terrain initially triggered numerous false accident alerts, but calibration resolved the issue. “There was a learning curve,” says Max. “And sensitivities needed adjusting, which we can do easily. As trust in the data increases, we tune it to reflect what’s actually happening.”
Scalable tracking across the fleet
Adenco began with over 100 tracked assets, with plans to expand tracking to smaller tools as part of future mining IoT solutions.
The impact:
Even as the system continues to scale, Adenco is seeing meaningful operational, safety and cultural improvements.
- A safer, more aware driving culture: Rough-terrain monitoring has changed behaviour.“People slow down because they know we get G-force monitoring. It’s helped people look after the equipment more,” says Damian.
- Real-time visibility across the entire operation: From remote travel to equipment utilisation, Adenco now has the foundations of an industrial IoT mining solution that delivers live insights.
- Reduced admin and higher-quality data: With automated data feeds, the team no longer spends time reconciling spreadsheets or chasing information.
- Less time spent locating equipment: This is especially valuable for small, high-impact items, a core use case for asset tracking software for mining. The unified data environment also gives the team earlier visibility of equipment issues and operating conditions. These are the building blocks needed to reduce unplanned downtime and support predictive maintenance over time.
- Stronger foundation for future automation and analytics: With Perspio™ shaping Adenco’s operational ‘source of truth’, the business is positioned to adopt more advanced mining IoT solutions and further automate workflows. “You’ve got to put the effort in at the start, but over time you work out other things it can do for you. There’s a lot of potential there,” says Damian.
The result:
Safer teams, better visibility, less wasted time and a data foundation ready for future automation and analytics. Adenco’s partnership with Inauro replaced disconnected spreadsheets with a unified, reliable asset tracking solution for mining built on integrated telematics, IoT data and operational workflows.
With high-quality data now flowing into a single platform, Adenco is also better positioned to explore predictive maintenance strategies and improve condition monitoring.
To explore what integrated asset tracking could unlock for your mining or civil operations, get in touch with us today.
