Forge - December 2008
The Services AdvantageMaptek Services can help mines improve their asset utilisation with minimal capital investment in resources.
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Value-added services ensure mines get more from their investment
In this unprecedented market downturn, liquidity and capital are as scarce as any mineral. Companies have to clear ever-increasing financial hurdles to acquire the capital that they need to operate their business.
As a result, the most attractive projects are those that target improving the efficiency of already financed assets and investments. Simply, mines are trying to eke out more from the investment made in the boom times. One of the best ways to do that is to use Maptek™ Services to improve efficiency, processes and results.
Maptek consulting, training, integration, and outsourcing services are ideal for making the most of the investment in systems, hardware and personnel that mines have already paid for.
Consulting services
Maptek combines a wealth of mining expertise with the application of our products to deliver unique workflow solutions.
Design your mine in a quarter of the time!
An engineer at one mine dedicated more than 4 months developing a mine scenario design in Maptek Vulcan™, based on a commodity target price, and then a mining schedule based on that design.
By engaging Maptek consulting to complete this task, the mine received a timely report, including multiple schedules from each design, as well as commodity costing information based on the new design. All in 1 month instead of 4!
Get important data faster!
Maptek I-Site™ consultants deliver similar benefits. Time and again, a better and more accurate process and methodology for measuring stockpiles allows Maptek to deliver end-of period stockpile reports in half the time, taking advantage of the laser scanning methodology as well as improved reporting workflow.
Training services
Training helps our users to better understand how Maptek applications can fit their business.
Save over 5 hours on triangulations!
One underground client had a team of engineers spending 4-6 hours each day fixing triangulations. After completing a dedicated training course, the team was able to complete the task
in 30 minutes. This shows how a mine
can derive significant value from the applications they are already using by implementing the appropriate training.
Integrating IT systems
Integration of IT systems is an often quoted but seldom understood term. Maptek has real and specific experience developing and supporting applications throughout
the mining enterprise.
Our speciality is bringing together mining and production data to allow an operation to view the ‘big picture’. For example, one client was able to recognise thousands of tonnes of production, days earlier than using their previous systems.
Millions of dollars of additional production can be sold, shipped,
accounted for and billed to the customer quicker and more accurately.
Outsourcing services
Outsourcing is another way to increase utilisation of resources. By engaging Maptek consultants and technical services to do specific tasks, mines can free up resources for other, more critical projects. Outsourcing also gives mines flexibility to complete tasks when required rather than only when internal resources are available.
Maptek outsourcing can also help expand the capabilities of a mine. Our expert geologists and engineers relish a challenge. Maptek staff possess an impressive range of skills, gained from working on projects throughout the mining process, from drilling analysis and modelling to production and volume reconciliation at the port or smelter.
Gaining better value
Maptek Services aims to optimise a mine’s investment value - showing how to use the same systems, personnel and investments better, more efficiently, and productively. Our value-added services will continue to help mining operations to gain an advantage from working tighter and smarter.
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