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Mr Benno Giuliani

" We selected SolveIT Software for Integrated Planning of the NCA demand chain..."
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"We selected SolveIT Software for Integrated Planning of the NCA demand chain as they are experienced in optimising complex and dynamic logistics processes. The NCA coal chain is a key asset in the Xstrata Coal Australia portfolio and is set for significant expansion in coming years. Ensuring we exceed customer expectations through optimisation of value, quality, quantity and cost of XCQ's coal products is our primary goal, and logistics optimisation initiatives across our systems landscape is a key driver for improved commercial and operational outcomes."
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Transport and Logistics Manager
Xstrata Coal
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Mr Stuart Spicer

" SolveIT Software has a proven track record of dealing with complex supply chains, and has delivered on time and on budget for our implementation requirement..."
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With the rapid ramp up in throughput achieved to date and expansions underway to increase production to 155 million tonnes per annum, Fortescue required an integrated planning, scheduling and optimisation capability that could deliver one view of the enterprise for supply chain planning and scheduling. Given the requirement to manage moving bottlenecks during multiple growth phases, and a dynamically changing operating environment around factors such as weather, production variability, and market demand, we needed an enterprise system that could handle this complexity while being highly user friendly for a range of stakeholders from the mine, rail, and port operations of our business. SolveIT Software has a proven track record of dealing with complex supply chains, and has delivered on time and on budget for our implementation requirement.
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Manager of Integrated Planning
Fortescue
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Mr Peter Bates Xstrata Copper

" We recognize the world-best optimisation science upon which SolveIT Software's planning & scheduling applications are based..."
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We recognize the world-best optimisation science upon which SolveIT Software's planning & scheduling applications are based, along with the deep domain knowledge they bring to the table in a multitude of complex, vertically integrated, push/pull supply chains. For these reasons, Xstrata Copper and Xstrata Zinc have selected SolveIT Software for optimising the end-to-end copper, zinc, lead, and magnetite supply chains in Australia, from mine planning all the way through to ship loading.
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CIO
Xstrata Copper

SolveIT's Mine Optimisation Software & Mining Solutions

Integrated Planning, Scheduling & Optimisation for Mining Organisations

Mining organisations are adopting integrated planning and optimisation frameworks in similar ways to manufacturing 20 years ago. Barriers to this adoption have been many, but the primary reason is the variability and uncertainty at all levels of planning in mining supply/demand chains. Probabilistic information abounds, from the primary asset in-situ resource to the inventory quality throughout the value chain. This variability and the unique operational requirements of mining have resulted in the development of in-house custom applications and the proliferation of spreadsheets to fulfill planning and scheduling requirements.

Optimised integrated planning and scheduling requires synchronisation of data from multiple sources, both within and outside operational systems that manage the traditional supply chain network of mine, process plant, transport network, port and trading desk. The broader organisational influencing factors on an optimal plan or schedule may include workforce variability, market conditions, maintenance and asset management, accommodation and staff resourcing, and market factors. This complexity, and the importance of drawing information from all of these functional silos to achieve an accurate integrated plan illustrates the criticality of a centralised planning and scheduling horizon in a mining application blueprint as illustrated in the example below:

Mining Solutions Mine Optimisation

SolveIT Software's award-winning applications for Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and Supply Chain Network Optimisation (SCNO) provide mining organisations with a "One-Version-of-the-Truth" enterprise environment for integrated planning & scheduling for mine optimisation. No other mining solutions provider can match SolveIT Software's depth of domain knowledge in mining supply chain optimisation, planning, and scheduling. Our customers include BHP Billiton Iron Ore, Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Rio Tinto Simandou, BMA Coal, Fortescue Metals Group, Xstrata Copper, Xstrata Zinc, Pacific National Coal, and Xstrata Coal, among others.

SolveIT Software's enterprise applications enable faster, more holistic strategic and operational decisions for:

Mine planning & scheduling (including open pit and underground)
Mine-to-Port logistics (including rail, stockpile, and port planning & scheduling)
Concentrator, smelter and refinery planning & scheduling

Implementing SolveIT Software's enterprise applications for integrated planning, scheduling, and optimisation delivers seamless decision support across your organisation, with one system linked to all departments and time horizons, capturing as many planning functions as possible. This centralised optimisation horizon means that the impact of decisions made in one part of the business can be immediately measured against others.