Services allow companies to address key aspects of pit
operations optimization
DALLAS and RICHMOND, British Columbia, Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi
Consulting, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd (TSE: 6501) and a leading
provider of IT consulting and management consulting solutions and
services, today announced that it is teaming with Wenco
International Mining Systems (Ltd) to announce a new joint service
for pit operations.
This new service is in response to clients' request to know how
their operations compare and contrast with their peers, and
guidelines on which parts of the operations they should improve.
The service includes a maturity assessment of the overall
pit dispatch/fleet management operation against an industry
benchmark, as well as an improvement support service to help
pit operations teams raise their overall performance:
- The dispatch operations maturity assessment
tool provides sites with a prioritized list of
improvement activities to improve pit operations. The
assessment is not limited to any brand of fleet management
systems software or mobile equipment.
- The dispatch operations maturity improvement
service offers a configurable support service to
mine support teams to improve the activities that inhibit overall
production performance. Clients have the choice of selecting
specific services to complement their own internal
capabilities.
The assessment and improvement services allow companies to
address one or more of the eight key aspects of pit operations
optimization:
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1.
Measurement systems
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2.
Fleet management software systems
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3.
Data quality
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4.
Dispatch function management
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5.
Shift operations management
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6.
Pit operations optimization
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7.
Asset reliability management
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8.
Integration with downstream processes
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"Pit operations are dynamic environments that are really hard to
keep optimized," said Gerhard van
Niekerk, Vice President of Metals and Mining at Hitachi
Consulting. "Due to this complex environment, knowing which of
these parts of the operation are inhibiting the overall pit
performance still relies on perceptions today. Holistic operational
assessments like ours make it possible for operations management to
know where to focus effort to improve shift operations, asset
productivity, and, consequently, increased production output."
To set up an overview of this new service, please contact
Gerhard van Niekerk at 832.434.3630
or Gerhard.Van.Niekerk@hitachiconsulting.com.
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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501),
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan,
delivers innovations that answer society's challenges with our
talented team and proven experience in global markets. The
company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2013 (ended March 31, 2014) totaled 9,616 billion yen ($93.4
billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social
Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure systems,
information & telecommunication systems, power systems,
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