Project Spotlight: Stockpile Inventory Measurement and Custom Reporting

Monthly Stockpile Inventory Measurement + Customized Reporting

Monthly Stockpile Inventory Measurement + Customized Reporting

Description of Work: Monthly drone image acquisition, photogrammetric processing and customized inventory reporting

Project Specs/Limits: DroneView’s MSHA trained and certified pilot and survey tech places requisite ground control points and collects aerial images from this 250 acre aggregates site. The roughly 1,000 images are photogrammetrically processed, stockpiles are delineated and volumes measured. Client’s product naming and material densities are added to facilitate customized stockpile volume and tonnage reporting.

Benefits of Drones for Stockpile Measurement:

Accurate

Equal to or better than LiDAR survey methods 

Affordable

Considerably lower cost than traditional survey methods 

Fast

Reports provided within 24 – 48 hours of inspection 

Safe

Eliminates the need to climb on stockpiles – significantly improves employee safety, MSHA compliance and reduces site insurance costs

Improve Decision Making and Planning

Having confidence in the accuracy of your volumetric data allows you to plan smarter and make better decisions with fewer end of year accounting adjustments.

Quick Data Collection

Save significant time and labor – collect an entire site’s data in hours not days

Frequency

Measure Daily, Monthly, Quarterly and/or Annually

Improve Operating Efficiency and Profitability

Lower internal labor costs and increase inventory knowledge in order to reduce costly stock outs. Utilize your company personnel for their highest and best use which often is not volumetric measurements.

Eliminate Inventory Adjustments and Write-offs

Frequent and Accurate Stockpile Measurements eliminates surprise adjustments

Reduce Capital Expenditures

Eliminate the need to purchase expensive survey measuring equipment

Improve Reporting to Banks and others

Accurate, documented material inventory readily available to support financing

Streamline Inventory Material Audits

Readily available, documented, independent third party inspection with audit history of all material inventories