With the push towards operational excellence at all levels, coal mining organizations face unique and difficult challenges to ensure geological modeling and mine planning processes are completed accurately and at the right time. To achieve best practices in mine planning, organizations need:
- Accuracy & Speed
- Mine planning systems and processes should help create the most accurate plans and provide constant feedback for more rapid remodeling.
- Collaboration & Automation
- Key staff should have access to relevant parts of the mine plan and tasks should be automated.
- Integration & Redundancy
- Planning data and analysis should be available to the people and systems that need it. System security should protect against downtime.
Companies that can effectively integrate operational excellence in all into all aspects of their mine modeling, planning, scheduling and field operations will decrease costs, optimize production and maximize profitability.
This interactive assessment tool is designed to help coal companies quickly identify how their mine planning processes align with best practices and contribute to operational excellence.