Excavator and haul truck operations are an integral part of open pit mining, and high production demands coupled with minimal downtime are a major focus in this environment. 

Both excavators and haul trucks provide a primary interface between transforming the raw material into product on a mine site. As a result, poor operator utilization has a direct impact on mine production. Equally, continuous truck overloads by excavator operators result in higher truck maintenance costs, early tyre failures and an increase in the number of rejected loads.  These effects can result in significant production losses and a substantial increase in maintenance costs over time, and can also impact negatively on machine availability.