Maximizing productivity & profitability through best cost shift schedules

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:414917

Coleman, R ^[1]

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1. Coleman Consulting Group, Inc., Ross, CA (United States)

If you have the right equipment and employees at the right place, the fight time, and the right cost, you have the perfect business schedule. But, if you`re like most mines, you can probably improve your schedule, improvements that will reach all the way to the bottom line. And unlike adding employees, materials, or capital equipment, better scheduling is a cost-free way improve profitability. A good schedule can save millions. A bad schedule will cost money every year. A shift schedule is not a day off pattern or shift length. A shift schedule is a complete system deploying personnel and capital equipment. Most mining schedules are either copied from another operation, based on tradition or the result of a contract negotiation made far from the mine site. Unfortunately, most mine managers don`t give much thought to schedules until a crisis develops; at which point the tendency is to implement the first solution that comes along as quickly as possible. Costly mistakes are made.

• OSTI ID: 414917
• Report Number(s): CONF-960460--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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