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WHAT IS KEY FOR AIRPORTS WHEN WORKING WITH DATA?

It’s long been said that data is gold, the new oil. But that’s only true to a certain point; it’s what you do with data that makes it important.

Disclaimer: This text was originally written in English and translated using AI.

article summary

The value of airport data depends not on the volume collected but on how effectively it is used, with visualisation playing a central role in turning raw information into actionable insights.
Dashboards provide operators with a foundational view of baggage handling performance, but deeper insights emerge when additional analytical layers translate data into strategic KPIs and overall equipment effectiveness.
Advanced tools such as digital twins and decision‑science models elevate data usage further, enabling predictive insights, enhanced understanding of system behaviour and more informed operational decisions.
When airports combine data with visualisation technologies, they unlock new ways to optimise baggage handling systems and drive smarter, more efficient decision‑making—turning data into true operational “gold.”

By BEUMER Group

The value of data can be maximised through visualisation, explains Per Engelbrechtsen, Business Development Director at BEUMER Group. Different levels of data visualisation will provide users with different levels of knowledge.

For baggage handling operators for example, Engelbrechtsen says, data can be displayed in dashboards that provide a picture of what’s happening in the baggage handling assets. But dashboards will give you only certain knowledge. He explains:

“By applying more layers, data can be taken further and translated into strategic KPIs and overall equipment effectiveness to gain deeper understandings on how different areas of the baggage handling process are performing.”

And with the use of digital twins and decision science, data can be taken to still higher levels.

Data is just the foundation. But when used with visualisation tools, it can enable decision making and utilisation of the BHS in different ways. Then, indeed, data becomes gold.