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- Title
Employing operation excellence to optimize underground haulage systems.
- Authors
Sun, Y.; Sidhom, J.; Fourie, W.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the fundamentals of operational excellence (OpEx) used by the Japanese manufacturing company Komatsu, based on process of define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) to optimize underground haulage system in mining industry. Topics discussed include, limitation of traditional room-and-pillar mining, use of real time data analysis and management information system (MIS), and chart on machine availability sensitivity analysis.
- Subjects
KOMATSU Group (Company); COMPUTERS in the mineral industries; MINERAL industry automation equipment; MINERAL processing; INDUSTRIAL productivity; MANAGEMENT information systems; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Mining Engineering, 2017, Vol 69, Issue 12, p31
- ISSN
0026-5187
- Publication type
Article