For several years now, there has been a very public conversation amongst mining leaders about the need for significant change in the industry to address systemic productivity and cost control issues. Even with the return to lower, more variable commodity demand, the irony is mining companies would still be realizing near record profits had they previously invested in productivity initiatives and technologies as other industries did. This is a core reason why the conversation about change in the mining industry has focused on looking at what other industries have implemented.
To realize their desired improvements, mining companies require greater agility in both business planning and mining operations management. Dassault Systèmes, which has played a key role in helping to introduce transformational change in 11 other industries, has responded by launching its first two Industry Solution Experiences for mining: Lean Mine Construction and Perfect Mine and Plant.
Lean Mine Construction unites mining companies and their engineering, procurement, construction, and management (EPCM) partners in an immersive collaborative universe for site infrastructure and processing plant design, project planning, procurement, and construction management. The design, collaboration, procurement, project management, and “intelligence” tools required are all available in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to help ensure mine sites are completed on time, on budget, and to specification.
With Perfect Mine and Plant, all levels of a mining organization collaborate to make the company more agile in response to operational performance variation, emerging business opportunities, and changing market conditions. Executives, planners, and mine managers use data from across the mining value chain, along with decision making tools, to optimize long-term plans, align financial objectives, and to ensure that all levels of the organization are synchronized for greater strategic control. At the operational level, integrated planning, maintenance, mining, plant activities, and their end-to-end visibility, enable high-impact, rapid adjustments to improve cost-per-tonne and keep productivity on track.
Visit Dassault Systèmes Natural Resources to learn more.
Mark Bese
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