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SAP Best Practices for Mining V1.607 for Australia

Overview

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Key trends shaping the Mining IndustryCapacityDigging deeperHauling fartherAging infrastructureAging workforceShrinking water suppliesRising fuel costsIncreasing traffic in pit and on haul roadsInfrastructure bottlenecks / 100% capacityVenturing into unstable regionsPrice volatilitySensitivity to environmental impactMedia coverage of mining incidentsTheft and increasing security risksContractual penalties on production delays or shortfallsCost of reclamationTechnological InnovationAutomation and roboticsEquipment for extreme environmentsUnderwater miningWater treatmentWaste and tailings processingGPS/3D for mine mappingWireless trackingExploration and detection equipmentSocial & EconomicPolitical & RegulatoryIncreasing fines and closuresIncreasing criminal trialsIncreased import / export regulationsIncreased resource nationalizationIncreased tax burden


Value Map 2015 for MiningEnable the Connected Mining EnterpriseOptimized Mine OperationsCommodity Supply Chain ManagementTechnology and Platform


Recent InnovationsDemand from other industries created the need to make solutions available outside of the Business Function Set for Mining

Bulk Transportation (Trader's & Scheduler's Workbench) The Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench (TSW) component provides functions for planning, scheduling and executing bulk shipments. The scheduler assigns Supply and Demand elements with Transportation units to the Distribution Schedule. The Distribution schedule is a preliminary transportation planning overview that will be converted into firm Nomination documents. The whole process is supported by the Stock Projection Worksheet, that calculates and shows the inventory forecast for a flexible time period and for combinations of materials and locations. At load & discharge, an official notice is sent by a partner, containing information about the product movement (so called Ticket). The ticket actualization automatically performs the logistics & financial postings.

Commodity Pricing (Marketing, Accounting and Pricing) The Marketing, Accounting and Pricing component of SAP for Mining covers market quotation based pricing as well as quality based penalty or bonus payment calculations as typically required in the mining industry. It allows to invoice the customer with a provisional invoice, based on provisional calculation rules, available market quotations and currency exchange rates, and initially measured qualities. Multiple adjustment invoices can be generated to reflect changes in available quotations and qualities. All adjustment invoices ( also called differential invoice) will only adjust the provisional invoice and will credit / debit the customer according to final calculation rules, quotations, and finally agreed qualities by negotiation with the customer or umpire.

Also available as Enterprise Business Function outside the BFS for MiningNew Solution for Commodity Management available as Enterprise Business Function outside the BFS for Mining


SAP for Mining & Business Function Set Mining (BFS Mining) component view

Based on the SAP Netweaver Platform, SAP delivers the Business SuiteSAP ERP contains many generic and industry specific processes & functionalityBFS Mining allows to activate additional Mining specific process content delivered within SAP ERPSAP Best Practices for Mining leverages processes based on generic and industry specific components (BFS Mining) of SAP ERP and SAP EHSM on the SAP Netweaver PlatformTechnical view on embedding the special SAP solution components for Mining


Support for Industry SolutionsContract to Cash for Commodities EAM Linear Asset Management 1SAP ERPSAP ECCSAP ERP Central Component 6.00With Enhancement Pack 7.

ONE Industry Business Function Set for MiningThe BFS contains multiple Business Functions which can be activated as needed.

Industry Business Function Set MiningEnterprise Business FunctionsSEVERAL Generic Enterproise Business Functions can be activated in combination with Industry Business Function set.

BF Commodities Management & Bulk Logistics

TSWTDWithin SAP ERP 6.0 the SAP for Mining Solution makes use of the Industry BFS Mining

Scenario Overview


Mining Best Practice AU V1.607 at a GlanceBased on SAP ERP 6.0 EhP 7Based on Baseline Version Australia => Industry independent ScenariosFor Mining specific, complex business requirements Out-of-the-box and ready-to-run solution2 End to End Value Chain Scenarios: Mine to Customer Bulk (Coal) Metal (Copper)


Mining Best Practice AU V1.607 Whats New?Re-use of proven Mining industry best practice scenarios from V1.606 versionMining Best Practice AU V1.606


Scenario Overview Best Practice for AU V1.607The following generic scenarios are delivered by the underlying Best Practices for Australia solution and can be used with Best Practices for Mining.

Scenario IDScenario NameArea128Quotation for ProcurementMaterials Management / Procurement129Consumable Purchasing133Procurement Contract137Physical Inventory / Inventory Count and Adjustment156General LedgerFinance and Controlling157Accounts Receivable158Accounts Payable159Period End Closing Financial Accounting161Cost of Sales Accounting162Asset AccountingAsset Accounting164Asset Acquisition for Constructed Assets (Investment Orders)166Segment ReportingFinance and Controlling209External Procurement of ServicesMaterials Management / Procurement


Scenario Overview Mining Best Practice AU V1.607

Scenario IDScenario NameArea396Coal MiningProduction397Coal Blending398Copper Mining399Copper Concentrate & Cathode Production395Cost PlanningCostingD50Cost ActualsD51Rail Bulk TransportationInternal DistributionD52Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation FOBCommodity Sales, Bulk Transportation, QMD53Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation DAT incl. FreightD54Contract to Invoice Concentrate, Bulk Transportation, QMD55Contract to Invoice CathodeD56Corrective MaintenanceEnterprise Asset ManagementD57Preventive MaintenanceD58Rotable ManagementD61Linear Asset ManagementD59EHSM Incident ManagementEnvironment, Health & Safety ManagementD62EHSM Risk Assessment


Scenario 396 Coal MiningHighlights:

End-to end process from mine to stockpileUser friendly entry sheets (PI Sheet) to enter production data, truck relevant KPIs and quality characteristics.High level of integration to plant maintenanceAutomatic batch-to batch movementProcess Overview: Commodity: Coal

The mine production planner is creating a process order for loading and hauling of coal in an open pit mine. The hauled quantity as well as some truck related KPIs like fuel consumptions or operating hours will be confirmed on a PI Sheet by a production supervisor. The mined coal will be posted into inventory as a batch. The truck related KPIs will be stored in a measuring Document. The next process is the crushing of the mined coal. The process operator is recording the quantities as well as its quality characteristics for BTU, sulphur-, ash- and moisture-content on an easy entry PI-Sheet. The crushed coal of high grade will be moved as a separate batch to the stockpile. Integration:

Integration with Blending scenario (397) The crushed coal can also be transported by rail to the port as in scenario D51Costing integration (395, D50)PM measurement point integration (D57)


Scenario 397 - Coal BlendingHighlights:

User friendly entry sheets (PI Sheet) to enter the quantities to be blended and display of their quality characteristics Automatic calculation of blended quality characteristics in Simulation & ActualizationCosts can be trackedAutomatic goods movementsProcess Overview: Commodity: CoalCoal from various stockpiles is blended together into a medium grade coal at vessel or train loading using a process order. The activities are recorded by using a user-friendly interface, a PI Sheet, which also automates the postings of goods movements and order confirmations. The PI-Sheet displays the quality characteristics of the input batches and calculates the blended quality values according to the planned / actual stockpile quantities. This can also be used for simulation purposes. All necessary goods movements are done automatically in the background.Integration:

Coal blending is the next process step after mining (396)Blended medium grade coal can be used in sales processes as in D53 (Contract to Invoice Bulk DES incl. Freight Costing)


Scenario 398 - Copper MiningHighlights:

End-to end process from mine to stockpileUser friendly entry sheets (PI Sheet) to enter production data, truck relevant KPIs and quality characteristics.Batch specific unit of measure for metal contentStandard Cost Estimation for CopperProcess Overview: Commodity: CopperThe mine production planner is creating a process order for loading and hauling of ore in an open pit mine. The hauled quantity as well as some truck related KPIs like fuel consumptions or operating hours will be confirmed on a PI Sheet by the operation supervisor. The mined ore will be posted into inventory as a batch. The truck related KPIs will be stored in a measuring document. The next step includes the crushing of the mined ore to fine ore. The process operator is recording the quantities as well as its quality characteristics for copper-, arsenic-, sulphur-, gold- and moisture-content on an easy entry PI-Sheet. The crushed copper will be moved as a separate batch to the stockpile. Valuation can now be done for the copper ore.Integration:

Integration with Copper Concentrate Scenario (399)PM measurement point integration (D57)


Scenario 399 Copper Concentrate and Cathode ProductionHighlights:

End-to end production process from copper concentrate to cathodeUse of handling unit for individual cathode bundle tracking.Use of process orders for productionProcess Overview: Commodity: CopperFirst high and low grade copper are blended to produce a medium grade of concentrate before it will be used for the production of copper cathodes. The produced batch for concentrate is updated with the information about moisture-, copper-, arsenic-, silver- and gold content as soon as the assay results are known. Copper Concentrate is the input for the following smelting & refining process. The cathodes produced are assigned to handling units to allow individual tracking through the supply chain. The cathode batch is updated with the copper content after assay results are known.Integration:

Integration to copper mining scenario (398)Integration to copper concentrate and copper cathode sales scenarios (D54, D55)


Scenario 395 Cost PlanningHighlights:

Typical cost center & cost element set-up for an open pit mine incl. auxiliary cost centers, cost allocation1 Truck assigned to 1 cost center, detailed planning per truck for recovering actual costs, summarisation of all planned costs in a hauling cost centre for generation of a rate to be used in planningCost Center, Equipment & Product Cost PlanningCO-ABC technology incl. Template allocationProcess Overview: Commodity: All/Open CutMining of ore is a very cost intensive process. Operating costs in mining consist of the amortization of the capital costs of the equipment and mine establishment, and the operating cost itself. As an example, costs for a truck are planned in detail. This includes e.g. planning of Labor to operate, Fuel, Lubricants, supplies like tires. Overhead costs from cafeteria, HR cost centers etc. will be allocated based on defined cost drivers like headcount, no. of PCs. Costs will be aggregated to planned costs for the fleet / hauling cost center. Costs are planned for the period of typically a month for the cost centers, equipment and finally the standard costs for a ROM produced at the mine.Integration:

Mine Production integration (396, 398)Cost Actuals (D50)


Scenario D50 Cost ActualsHighlights:

Primary cost postings to cost centers, actual assessment cycle for overheadsRecording of operational costs (e.g. for truck)Cost Center, Equipment & Product Cost Actuals KPI reporting on Plan / Actual ComparisonCO-ABC technology incl. Template allocationProcess Overview: Commodity: All/Open CutMining of ore is a very cost intensive process. Actual primary costs for the period are posted to FI GL and the corresponding cost centers. At the end of the period, overhead costs from cost centers like canteen, HR, are assessed in the same way as in cost planning through to the production cost centers based on their cost drivers like head count, Number of PCs. Operational costs for the period like fuel, energy, maintenance, labor, tire supply costs are settled to the corresponding cost centers. For the cost centers and equipment, a plan vs. actual comparison of costs can be done and variances will be analyzed.Integration:

Cost Planning (395)Maintenance costs from settled Maintenance Orders (D56, D57)Mine Production integration (396, 398)


Scenario D51 Rail Bulk TransportationHighlights:

Schedule train transport with TSWElectronic communication (simulation) between mine and rail carrier to request and confirm train capacitiesSPW to analyze and locate the available inventoryProcess Overview: Commodity: CoalThe mine company ships coal from the mine to the port by train. The railway line is operated by a rail carrier. A stock transfer order is created and the transport will be scheduled using the Traders and Schedulers Workbench. The nomination schedule and quantity is communicated to the rail carrier, who adjusts and finally confirms the schedule. The ticketing process executes the transport and creates shipment and delivery documents. The Stock Projection Worksheet reflects the material movements in planning, scheduling & after execution at the mine and at the port and shows its impacts on the stock.

Integration:

Integration to Mine Production & Stockpiles in 396Blending at Port in 397 and Sales from Port in D52, D53Creation of IDOC's to communicate between transport planner and rail company


Scenario D52 Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation FOBHighlights:

Contract definition incl. quantity schedules (IS-Mining)Commodity Pricing (CPE + CPF) for quotational pricing and price adjustments (Bonus / Penalties) based on actual vs. contractually agreed product specificationsBulk Transportation Scheduling & ExecutionNew Provisional and differential InvoicingProcess Overview: Commodity: CoalA long term contract for multiple deliveries of coal has been signed with the customer. This includes details for total quantity, the (monthly) quantity break down, the requested quality of the coal, the agreed coal price and pricing details for any bonus and penalty payments for the breach of the contractually agreed coal specifications. After a monthly delivery has been called off by the customer, the distribution scheduler schedules the shipment. In an FOB scenario, the customer has to nominate the vessel. The coal is loaded from stockpiles onto the vessel and upon departure, the actual quantities are booked. A provisional invoice is created based on the actual quantity and quality of coal, followed by a differential invoice, taking any quality adjustments into account.Integration:

Blending order in 397 (execution) Rail Bulk Transportation from Mine to Port D51 (execution)


Scenario D53 Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation DAT incl. FreightHighlights:

Contract definition incl. quantity schedules (IS-Mining)Commodity Pricing (CPE + CPF) for quotational pricing and price adjustments (Bonus / Penalties) based on actual vs. contractually agreed product specificationsDetailed Bulk Transportation Scheduling & Execution incl. stock in-transit, gains & lossesFreight Costing & settlement for shipment incl. multiple service providersProcess Overview: Commodity: CoalA long term contract for multiple deliveries of coal has been signed with the customer. Pricing details in contract definition as well as in invoicing are similar to the D52 scenario for FOB coal sales. In an DES scenario, the seller has to nominate the vessel. Therefore, the distribution scheduler works closely with one or more carrier companies to identify the best available vessel. The scheduler may schedule demands from several customers onto one vessel. The coal is loaded onto the vessel and becomes stock in transit. At the discharge port, the coal is discharged and ownership changes to the customer. Freight costs are calculated and settled with different service providers (e.g. carrier, port agent, insurer).

Integration:

Blending order in 397 (execution) Rail Bulk Transportation from Mine to Port D51 (execution)


Scenario D54 Contract to Invoice Copper, Bulk Transportation FOB incl. QMHighlights:

Contract definition (IS-Mining) incl. quotational pricing for various metal contents & penalty calculations using Commodity Pricing Quality Management for assay analysis incl. automatic inspection lot creation and lab results recordingDifferential Invoicing Process Overview: Commodity: Copper ConcentrateA long term contract for multiple deliveries of concentrate has been signed with the customer. Pricing is done based on an average of LME copper quotations. In addition, other metal contents like Silver and Gold are priced. Penalties for Moisture or Arsenic contents that are out of the agreed range will be subtracted; same for treatment and refining charges, based on the metal contents. Assays analysis is performed by the vendor at the load port and the provisional invoice is based on the assay analysis and the various metal contents. There are also further inspection lots for the assay analysis at discharge port to be analyzed by the surveyor, the customer, the vendor and in case of any disputed by the umpire. The final invoice is based on the agreed specifications.Integration:

Concentrate Production in 399


Scenario D55 Contract to Invoice Copper CathodeHighlights:

Spot Sales Contract definition incl. quotational pricing using Commodity Pricing Freight Liner offer & Demand to Freight Offer PeggingBatch Determination (FIFO/Quality) & Handling Unit ManagementProcess Overview: Commodity: Copper CathodeA spot sales contract of copper cathodes has been signed with an overseas customer. Pricing is done based on an average of LME copper cathode grade A quotations. One of the freight liner carriers has send a freight offer with detailed route and timetable information. The Scheduler schedules the spot sales order on the best available freight offer. Shortly before vessel loading takes place, delivery papers are printed, indicating the batch to be taken whereby the oldest batch on stock is taken first (FIFO). The copper cathode bundles are selected by the warehouse staff and loaded into the container. Pick quantities are adjusted accordingly. A provisional invoice is created after loading is finished.Integration:

Cathode Production & Batch and Handling Unit Management in 399


Scenario D56 Corrective MaintenanceHighlights:

Shows the corrective maintenance process from request to cost settlementIncludes approval activitiesIs the most fundamental process containing most of the process steps required to execute the other maintenance scenariosNetweaver Business Client as user interface utilizing maintenance rolesProcess Overview: The corrective maintenance scenario contains the fundamental steps followed whenever maintenance is performed. The corrective maintenance process demonstrates how and when:A SAP user logs a notification to request maintenance to repair defective equipmentA planner creates, plans, and schedules a maintenance work orderThe materials management process issues stocked spares and procures non-stock itemsAn artisan performs the maintenance work having received the work order, and captures the feedbackAn authorised person approves and completes the workThe maintenance costs are reflected on the order and settled to the relevant cost centerIntegration:

Indicates the points where the preventive maintenance notifications and work orders enter the processLinks to the materials management processesIntegrates to actual costing scenario D50


Scenario D57 Preventive MaintenanceHighlights:

The three preventive maintenance processes, time-, usage-, and condition based, are describedGenerating a cost report for time- and usage based preventive maintenance is shownProcess Overview: The preventive maintenance scenario demonstrates three preventive maintenance processes. It describes how to create and schedule a maintenance plan based on elapsed time and/or on usage and how to generate a planned cost report. It further describes how maintenance is trigged based on the condition of a unit.Maintenance based on elapsed time: Since time does not provide the optimal schedule for maintaining equipment that requires maintenance due to operational wear, it is usually used to schedule inspection activities and periodic testing (e.g. pressure vessel tests)Maintenance based on the usage of plant and equipment is a common and important maintenance strategy to enable the optimization of the maintenance frequencies. Maintenance requirements are generated from equipment usage information, i.e. engine hoursCondition based maintenance is the third method used to drive the creation of preventive maintenance work. Requests for maintenance are generated from condition readings entered into SAPIntegration:

Indicates the points where the preventive maintenance notifications and work orders enter the processLinks to the materials management processesIntegrates to actual costing scenario D50


Scenario D58 Rotable ManagementHighlights:

The rotable management scenario includes all the processes that are typically followed to refurbish damaged equipmentRotables are not viewed/defined as assetsRotable inventory is fully valuedProcess Overview: The rotable management scenario consists of five independent sub-scenarios or processes. Each time a damaged rotable or repairable piece of equipment needs to be processed one of the five processes must be selected. Each sub-scenario or process is a complete process managing the repair, replacement and/or scrapping of the damaged equipment. The five rotable management sub-scenarios or processes are the following:Equipment exchange processInternal refurbishment/repair processExternal refurbishment/repair processReplacement processScrapping processIntegration:

The corrective or preventive maintenance scenario (D56, D57) initiates the rotables management scenario when a damaged rotable is replacedStock valuation in MM & FI


Scenario D61 Linear Asset ManagementHighlights:

Usage of new Linear Asset Management functionality.Segmenting a linear asset and maintain different segment properties.Identifying the exact position along a linear asset with respect to a marker where the leak has occurred.Process Overview: In this scenario, a monthly inspection is scheduled for a 125km long slurry pipeline. The following is an overview of the technical object structure for the pipeline network.The pipeline inspection is partially confirmed by the work crew on the first day up to the 56km mark. Two damaged support block are identified. The crew create two new notifications for the damaged support blocks and then continue the remainder of the pipeline inspection the following day.In response to the damaged support blocks, the maintenance planner creates a work order with two tasks to correct the damage. The job is allocated to a work crew who then perform the corrective actions and confirm the work order.

Integration:

Integrates to actual costing scenario D50Maintenance work can be executed similar as in scenario D56


Scenario D59 EHSM Incident ManagementHighlights:

Usage of incident reporting in EHSM 5.0Extensive use of workflowsRole based system access using Netweaver Busines ClientEasy data capturing and status update in work listsProcess Overview:

This Operational Risk Management scenario starts with the capturing of an accident on a mine site during which a truck got damaged and its driver got injured. The reporter just captures basic information before submitting the report to a manager who starts the investigation and capturing of data to complete all relevant information. At the end maintenance notifications are triggered to initiate the repair of the damage equipment and measures to avoid the risk of happening again.

Integration:

This scenario triggers maintenance notifications which can be processed/continued as in scenarios D56 (corrective maintenanceMaster data integration into Plant Maintenance


Scenario D62 EHSM Risk AssessmentHighlights:

Usage of Risk Assessment in EHSM 5.0Extensive use of workflowsRole based system access using Netweaver Busines ClientEasy data capturing and status update in work lists

Process Overview:

The risk management process centers around putting barriers or controls in place to keep hazards from resulting in negative consequences.This scenario starts with the process for creating questions for safety control inspections, creating the inspection itself, and then conducting the inspection. The results of the inspection automatically update the control effectiveness and trigger an update of the applicable risk assessment where corrective action can be taken.

Integration:

This scenario triggers maintenance notifications (corrective actions) which can be processed/continued as in scenarios D56 (corrective maintenanceMaster data integration into Plant Maintenance

Solution Architecture


Mining V1.607 Best Practice Landscape & Components OverviewSAP NetWeaver 7.40Mining Best Practice AU V1.607SAP ERP on HANA (SAP ECC 6.00 EhP7), EHSM 5.0Best Practice Baseline AU V1.607 17 Mining specific Scenarios delivered as content on top of SAP ERP & Baseline AU


Best Practice Baseline AU V1.607Business Scenarios available within Baseline AU V1.606 package:AccountingMaterials Management & ProcurementServices Scenarios typically replaced by Mining specific scenarios:SalesManufacturing

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Configure your solution based on SAP Best Practices for MiningLets assume, you need the following (Use Case 1): Start with the main requirements in a Lean VersionBasic Accounting and Costing for your RegionBasic Materials ManagementMaintenance for your MinesProduction Execution for your Mines In a 2nd project phase leverage into Extended VersionContract to CashBulk TransportationQuality ManagementEHSMProject Preparation: Project team reviews and selects scenariosMining Best Practices AU V1.607The building block concept enables you as our customer or partner to install and deploy only those scenarios and solution areas of SAP Best Practices for Mining that you really need!


Mapping Scenarios to Building Blocks Mining Best Practices AU V1.607

Scenario IDScenario NameAreaBuilding Block ( related for Mining)396Coal MiningProduction393, 394 397Coal Blending398Copper Mining399Copper Concentrate & Cathode Production395Cost PlanningCosting393, 394 D50Cost ActualsD51Rail Bulk TransportationInternal Distribution393,394,D45,D43, D44 D52Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation FOBCommodity Sales, Bulk Transportation, QM393,394,D45,D43, D44, D48 D53Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation DES incl. FreightD54Contract to Invoice Concentrate, Bulk Transportation, QMD55Contract to Invoice CathodeD56Corrective MaintenanceEnterprise Asset Management393,394,D45, D46, D49D57Preventive MaintenanceD58Rotable ManagementD61Linear Asset ManagementD59EHSM Incident ManagementEnvironment, Health & Safety ManagementD46, D47 D62EHSM Risk Assessment


Extended Version:Sales & Distribution, Transportation, QMEHSMBuilding BlockBuilding BlockSAP Best Practices for Mining Flexibility Through Building BlocksBuilding BlockLean Version:Financials, ControllingPlant Maintenance, Material Mgmt., ProductionD44

TSWD43

SDD45, D46, D49 PM393Delta FI&COD48

QM394Delta MM/PP/Master Data101Baseline Org.Structure104BaselineMM.

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393Org.StructureD47

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Easy Installation of your SolutionBest Practice Solution Builder and Implementation Assistant support the installation of BP Mining.

All the technical objects need to be installed are loaded into Solution Builder.

Guided Procedure to install your solution, incl. some manual steps. Your selected solution or the whole solution can be installed within short time frame. System Installation: Basis administrator implements selected scenariosMining Best Practices AU V1.607


Value of Mining Best practice solution to non Australian Partners & CustomersAutomatic Solution Assistant driven Installation works only based on AU baseline versionHowever, there is high value also for non- Australian companies as of our guiding Design Principles: Focus on typical & global industry processes rather than local Australian requirementsLogistics & Supply Chain processes designed globallyFI / CO set up with group currency & local currencySandbox only installation incl. AU Baseline to familiarize with scenariosConfiguration documents delivered to allow manual installation on alternative base (other baseline, existing implementation, etc.)Potentially further localized versions from SAP or packaged All in One solutions offered by PartnersMining Best Practices AU V1.607


Value of Mining Best practice solution to non Australian Partners & Customers

Localization mainly on interface between logistics and financials necessaryDocuments can be taken as basis for a Blueprint to shorten implementation timeBest Practice system incl. AU Baselines can be used as quick validation system or early training system

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***To be credible you need to understand the key trends that are shaping the industry.

Demand is continually increasing as the BRIC countries continue to grow and modernize. However, our mineral deposits, our Ore is a finite resource, and many of the best, high quality and cost effective deposits have or are in the process of being consumed. As such, remaining viable deposits are now deeper or in more remote areas. Recent startup mines that are within the artic circle are classic examples.

One of the other key trends is an ongoing march towards automation with Autonomous haul trucks from Caterpillar and Komatsu being deployed in the Pilbara region of western Australia, New Mexico and Latin America. Whilst other industries such as car manufacturing have had robotics for years, mining is only now moving into this area. This is because the harsh conditions and uncontrollable aspects of the mining environment are very different to the controlled environment of manufacturing facility.

Finally, of course, never forget to mention the ever increasing focus on safety, both personal safety and public safety. Loss of license to operate and bankruptcy is a real risk if operational and corporate risks are not managed properly.

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