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	Cerro Vanguardia Improves Management, Streamlines Access to Documents and Boosts Information Security with SE Suite

Cerro Vanguardia Improves Management, Streamlines Access to Documents and Boosts Information Security with SE Suite

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Metals Mining
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Quality Assurance
Services	Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration
Challenge	Due to the company's organizational structure, the number of employees and different departments, there is a high volume of documents circulating around the mining company. Several different procedures were created, prompting Cerro Vanguardia to seek a solution that could help it manage its documents, making them easier to find and facilitating their traceability. Furthermore, the mining company needed a specific software solution to help it ensure continued compliance with the Environment, Health and Safety System and with the ISO 14001:2004, ISO 9001 and OHSAS18001:2007 standards. Read More
About Customer	Cerro Vanguardia is a gold and silver deposit with a mining concession covering approximately 512 km2 of surface. Located in the province of Santa Cruz in Argentina, it is one of the country's main precious metal mines. The mining company processes 980,000 tons of iron ore per year and produces an annual average of 6.8 tons of gold and 68 tons of silver during the entire operation. The final product consists of bars containing 10% gold and 90% silver, which are refined abroad to be used in applications such as jewelry, watches, electronic devices, coins and decorative objects, among others. Read More
Solution	After doing some market research, SoftExpert Excellence Suite (SE Suite) stood out from its competitors and was chosen as the best solution for controlling and managing documents. With the SE Document solution, Cerro Vanguardia is able to automate the creation and revision of documents during all their phases (editing, consensus, approval and acceptance), ensuring the complete monitoring of all actions affecting documents throughout their entire lifecycle. SE Document also guaranteed a high level of standardization and organization of the document archive based on the operating rules defined by the company (nomenclature, safety, document temporality, etc.), providing an effective mechanism for document identification, recovery and control. This ensures that Cerro Vanguardia will have updated versions constantly available for the right people whenever required. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Metals

Mining

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Quality Assurance

Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

System Integration

Challenge

Due to the company's organizational structure, the number of employees and different departments, there is a high volume of documents circulating around the mining company. Several different procedures were created, prompting Cerro Vanguardia to seek a solution that could help it manage its documents, making them easier to find and facilitating their traceability. Furthermore, the mining company needed a specific software solution to help it ensure continued compliance with the Environment, Health and Safety System and with the ISO 14001:2004, ISO 9001 and OHSAS18001:2007 standards.

About Customer

Cerro Vanguardia is a gold and silver deposit with a mining concession covering approximately 512 km2 of surface. Located in the province of Santa Cruz in Argentina, it is one of the country's main precious metal mines. The mining company processes 980,000 tons of iron ore per year and produces an annual average of 6.8 tons of gold and 68 tons of silver during the entire operation. The final product consists of bars containing 10% gold and 90% silver, which are refined abroad to be used in applications such as jewelry, watches, electronic devices, coins and decorative objects, among others.

Solution

After doing some market research, SoftExpert Excellence Suite (SE Suite) stood out from its competitors and was chosen as the best solution for controlling and managing documents. With the SE Document solution, Cerro Vanguardia is able to automate the creation and revision of documents during all their phases (editing, consensus, approval and acceptance), ensuring the complete monitoring of all actions affecting documents throughout their entire lifecycle. SE Document also guaranteed a high level of standardization and organization of the document archive based on the operating rules defined by the company (nomenclature, safety, document temporality, etc.), providing an effective mechanism for document identification, recovery and control. This ensures that Cerro Vanguardia will have updated versions constantly available for the right people whenever required.

Impact #1	By using SE Document, Cerro Vanguardia was able to boost employee efficiency and productivity. The documents became easily available and could be located more quickly, since they are accessible to the entire company.
Impact #2	Due to the functionality of document control, the mining company is now able to check the history of changes and approvals, as well as to control the revisions made. The content is now more organized and the projects/documents can be appropriately monitored.
Impact #3	SE Document improves process transparency and visibility for employees. Another point highlighted by the analyst is the fact that the solution helps the company administer compliance with quality management standards focused on document management.

Impact #1

By using SE Document, Cerro Vanguardia was able to boost employee efficiency and productivity. The documents became easily available and could be located more quickly, since they are accessible to the entire company.

Impact #2

Due to the functionality of document control, the mining company is now able to check the history of changes and approvals, as well as to control the revisions made. The content is now more organized and the projects/documents can be appropriately monitored.

Impact #3

SE Document improves process transparency and visibility for employees. Another point highlighted by the analyst is the fact that the solution helps the company administer compliance with quality management standards focused on document management.

Benefit #1	Processes 980,000 tons of iron ore per year.
Benefit #2	Produces an annual average of 6.8 tons of gold and 68 tons of silver.
Benefit #3	Covers approximately 512 km2 of surface area.

Benefit #1

Processes 980,000 tons of iron ore per year.

Benefit #2

Produces an annual average of 6.8 tons of gold and 68 tons of silver.

Benefit #3

Covers approximately 512 km2 of surface area.

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Cerro Vanguardia Improves Management, Streamlines Access to Documents and Boosts Information Security with SE Suite

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