To keep your organization’s intricate web of operations on track, it is essential to identify where you’re going and what you are aiming for – in short, your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These data-driven metrics serve as beacons to operational excellence and sustainable growth. But before KPIs can shine, there’s a crucial step that is…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedInIs your mine site making sense of the chaos that a shift in mining brings? Is there a team that consistently produces while other teams are falling further behind? Typically, during a “good shift” (when shovel headings are in place, and equipment reliability is high), the difference between teams is primarily…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedInWhen attempting to increase the efficiency of a mine site, most sites set up a dispatch office equipped with a dispatcher and a chosen fleet management software suite. This gives the mine-site a central hub to analyze data and improve the effectiveness of their fleet through allocations of trucks to shovels.…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedIn“There is only one way to eat an Elephant” is a great way to describe an insurmountable task. The answer is “one bite at a time.” This speaks to breaking down the problem or goal into smaller, individual tasks that will have a cumulative effect. In mining, saying we want to…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedInA time-on-tools study gained its roots in around 1910 when a concept called time-and-motion was designed for production assembly workers. The idea of tool time studies when applied to hourly maintenance workers is to measure what percent of that worker’s time is spent on actual work.  Travel time, job planning, getting…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedInWork prioritization continually changes based on the evolving needs of the business. A component of prioritizing work is Equipment Criticality. A Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a criticality rating based on potential risk and consequence of failure. Why is criticality analysis important?Criticality plays a role in nearly…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedInFiguresOver the years I have noticed that the most successful teams have several things in common. They simply do the “basics” very well. These basics are: Effective supervision and leadership. Appropriate skill levels for the required tasks. Clear business process and expectations. Short and long-term plans that people understand. Effective control…

Posted By: Connect on LinkedInAyant travaillé pendant de nombreuses années dans les secteurs de l’exploitation minière, de la transformation et de la logistique, je peux pleinement apprécier l’importance de fournir les bonnes données au bon moment et aux bonnes personnes. Dans le domaine minier, de bons processus de planification et d’ordonnancement permettent d’exploiter une mine…