Project:
Increase ore carrying trucks throughput rates
Result:
Recommendations on strategic (long term) and tactical (short term) decisions to improve throughput and reduce turn around time.
1. Problem Statement
- Develop a mine layout that has improved flow and sufficient parking capacity while adhering to safety and environmental constraints;
- Improve congestion and safety by separating movement of yellow machines, civilians and trucks through proposed layout options;
- Proposed layout must meet current and future throughput demands;
- Increase truck throughput and decrease time spent on site;
- Identify areas for improvement and bottlenecks in the current process;
2. Solution Approach
- Process mapping of the current outbound logistic system;
- IOT use to track transporters through the system to gather processing times;
- Analysis of IOT data;
- Use of Lean and TOC to analyse the current system and expose the bottlenecks as well as waste processes;
- Development and validation of a simulation model of the current system;
- Scenario testing involving layout, operational and automation changes;
3. Project Outcomes
- Recommendations on strategic layout and automation implementation alternatives as well as short term tactical changes that can be made to improve throughput and turn around times to meet required demand.
