By defining data standards, organizations can make more effective use out of their operational assets. Data standards enable data to be captured in a consistent format and then synthesized and aggregated for other uses, such as reports and analytics. An example of this in action is Gemcom's mine performance management system, Gemcom InSite.

InSite extends the standardisation of corporate IT systems to mine production information systems through open-standard integration with enterprise business support systems. With InSite, managers have a system that provides standardised data capture and allows them to define reporting practices that can be uniformly applied at all mine sites.  InSite also protects the integrity of data used in reports by integrating strong security, logging all user activity and maintaining version control.  By providing the “data of record,” InSite helps mining companies adhere to increasingly stringent reporting requirements with reliable, auditable production reports to meet even the strictest regulations.

Consistent reporting of data and performance metrics across the mining operation allows each functional group to better understand its impact on the operation, and the role it plays in enabling process improvement.