Reshaping Industry: Digitalization & Collaboration
As drone hardware and software continuously improve, and as the cost of use declines, the economics of scaled drone use is increasingly feasible. However, at the same time, the utility of the data created by drones is often elusive. Hangar’s Autonomous Mission design and execution software enables drones to capture precision data, consistently and repeatedly, at a frequency and fidelity previously impossible to attain.
The 4D data provided by Hangar’s autonomous mission software is industry agnostic, and already creating immediate and long-term value in many industries eager for transformation. We’ve classified four primary areas, grounded in non-hypothetical applications, where 4D drone data offers immediate benefits to Industry and our customers.
Digitalization & Collaboration
For earlier adopters, even in industries historically slower to implement new technology, drone data provides a means to digitize, analyze and share insights. This has proven to have rapid, meaningful returns on investment that are seldom experienced in industries like engineering and construction. Benefits of digitalization are shared across all teams, project phases and processes. Before Hangar’s enabling technology, enterprises often struggled to measure vital aspects of their business; like work progress, labor productivity, asset inventories. With the introduction of Hangar’s high resolution 4D drone data, collected and made available at regular intervals, enterprises now have a quantitative method to manage operations.
Access Visual Data
4D drone data is already transforming early adopters in the Engineering and Construction industry. It’s important to note that there’s a big difference between collecting manually flown drone data, and autonomously collected, precision captured visual data that can be collected over a period of time. Furthermore, there’s also the challenge of having access to project data in real-time, across your existing teams and software.
When collecting visual data, you should consider the following -
- Can all project data be accessed from one centralized location?
- What does the permanent repository of 4D project imagery look like and how does it work?
- How does updating and sharing of data fit into your existing workflows and how will your organization ingest and leverage the data to get value?
- Is your data delivered to the field purpose-built to be high velocity streaming that delivers a fantastic experience on mobile in the field?
Fact: Up to 30% of initial data created during design and construction phases is lost by project closeout. -Emerson
Manage Projects
Currently, across many industries, performance management is hard to do consistently well. Crucial decisions must be made without up-to-the-minute data, risk is not shared across all stakeholders, and responsibility is difficult to assign. Hangar’s autonomous Robotics-as-a-System shifts this paradigm, making it possible to request, collect and view 4D data as necessary, and share pertinent information as soon as it becomes apparent.
As you integrate visual data into your project management workflows, ask yourself -
- Can you request precision data from various locations from one simple interface?
- Can your team intuitively view and track project progress over time?
- How easy is it to index and geo-tag project snapshots?
- Is it possible to indefinitely store a repository of all project data?
Fact: The construction industry is one of the least digitized industries across any sector. -McKinsey Global Institute
Communicate & Share
For many industries, planning between the field and the office is disconnected, and still done on paper. Digitalization of project data helps teams connect and share information about progress in real time.
When distributing project data, you should weigh the advantages of the following -
- How easily can you distribute visual data with internal and external teams?
- Can you search all projects, across all phases of development?
- Do you have the ability to issue notifications, create visual tags, and distribute insights across teams?
- Does your software encourage or discourage information flow between firms and teams?
- Will your data accelerate regulatory approvals and permits?
Fact: U.S. companies risk $135 million for every $1 billion spent on a project, and $75 million of that $135 million is due to ineffective communications. -Project Management Institute
Measure
Lastly, due to a lack of digitalization and collaboration, many supply-chain practices remain simple and efficient. Drone data offers a new perspective of operations, and give enterprises a feasible way to quantify previously unknown variables.
Here’s a few questions to ask when thinking about what can be measured -
- Will your project imagery help you track contract / compliance task completion accuracy?
- How will be able to accelerate regulatory approvals and permits?
- What new perspectives will better measure project data facilitate?
- Can you compare high-res 3D imagery across time (4D data)?
Fact: Applying digital technologies comprehensively and efficiently can reduce overall project costs 45%. -McKinsey Global Institute
For digitalization and collaboration to work in practice, drone software and services must be integrated with existing software, data must be accessible on the go, and the request and viewing of data must be simple and intuitive. If setup properly, the long-term benefits are substantial. Enterprises that embrace drone data will have an added ability to plan and track resources at a frequent cadence, report and view progress, and collaborate across stakeholders and experts.
At Hangar, we’ve solved all of the challenges above. We’ll pair you with the right software, partner technologies and team to make your adoption of new drone data a success. If you’re interested in leveraging 4D data for your enterprise, we’d be happy to walk you through our world-class autonomous robotics and precision data capture system. If you really want to win at this new game be sure you have the right contender on your team.
