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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 Mining Simulation Capability

Mining Demand Chain Simulation

Cyclical demand in commodities, rapid expansion phases for mining operations and competitive supply chain environments are becoming increasingly common. This complexity requires a more detailed analysis of the mining value chain for asset configuration and operating philosophy to ensure plans translate into reality.

Traditionally, supply/demand chain simulation analysis is carried out in house, typically on spreadsheets, or by consulting organisations that generate report-based scenarios for investment decisions. The client rarely has access to the detail of the model, making it difficult to validate results and inefficient to change and re-simulate under differing operating and financial assumptions.

Accurately modelling the supply/demand chain for mining operations is critical for assessing throughput capacity, capital expenditure, and risk. The utilisation of SolveIT Software’s APS and SCNO applications for integrated “resource to ship” simulation allows users to change assumptions, parameters, business rules, and/or constraints to generate multiple scenarios. Assets (e.g. mine stockpiles, process plant modules, rail infrastructure, and port components such as stockyard rows, ship loaders etc.) can be added within minutes to run multi-time horizon simulations. The simulation capability of our APS and SCNO applications can also be augmented by our proprietary, non-linear optimiser, which allows for optimisation of the simulation model parameters.

SolveIT Software combines the requirement for simulation and production ready integrated planning, scheduling and optimisation in one demand chain model. This results in a flexible, accurate and client managed software environment for both simulation and production planning usage without the need for disparate applications for each requirement, or costly third party relationships. Mining companies can migrate the simulation environment used for early investment analysis into production with the same application.