AVEVA (Schneider Electric) Case Studies Real-Time Value Chain Optimization from Pit to Port

	Real-Time Value Chain Optimization from Pit to Port AVEVA (Schneider Electric)

Real-Time Value Chain Optimization from Pit to Port

AVEVA (Schneider Electric)

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries	Metals
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Inventory Management
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Roy Hill, a fully integrated 55 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, aimed to build a greenfield iron ore mine and mine process plant based on modern control room automation principles. The goal was to establish end-to-end visibility of the entire mining value chain from pit to port and create an organizational culture free from bureaucracy. The challenge was to avoid the organizational silos that many leading mining companies have evolved from and realize resource-to-market potential by avoiding hidden inefficiencies. The company also aimed to connect, automate, and control each component of the pit-to-port mining site from a control center located 1,300 km away from operations. Read More
About Customer	Roy Hill is a fully integrated 55 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The operation includes a greenfield iron ore mine, process plant, heavy haul railway system from mine-to-port, new port facilities and a Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Perth. The Roy Hill deposit has more than 2.4 billion tonnes of proven iron ore resource. At full capacity, Roy Hill will be mining almost 350Mtpa total movement, requiring 14 mining fleets. The company aims to meet a mining capacity of 55 million tons per annum. Read More
Solution	AVEVA partnered with Roy Hill to develop a tailored solution that included Demand Chain Planning and Scheduling (DCPS), Inventory Tracking and Quality Management (ITQM), Delay Accounting (DA), and Capacity Simulation Model (Pre-CAPEX Analysis). The DCPS solution enabled Roy Hill to optimize its end-to-end demand chain from pit to port, gaining greater visibility throughout its operating and asset lifecycles. Roy Hill tracked real-time inventory and high fidelity data through its ITQM solution, enabling the mining company to close the loop between actuals and the schedule (conformance to schedule), and between actuals and the plan (conformance to plan). For key financial insights into production slowdowns and outages, Roy Hill utilized AVEVA’s DA solution. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems

Applicable Industries

Metals

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Inventory Management

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Roy Hill, a fully integrated 55 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, aimed to build a greenfield iron ore mine and mine process plant based on modern control room automation principles. The goal was to establish end-to-end visibility of the entire mining value chain from pit to port and create an organizational culture free from bureaucracy. The challenge was to avoid the organizational silos that many leading mining companies have evolved from and realize resource-to-market potential by avoiding hidden inefficiencies. The company also aimed to connect, automate, and control each component of the pit-to-port mining site from a control center located 1,300 km away from operations.

About Customer

Roy Hill is a fully integrated 55 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The operation includes a greenfield iron ore mine, process plant, heavy haul railway system from mine-to-port, new port facilities and a Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Perth. The Roy Hill deposit has more than 2.4 billion tonnes of proven iron ore resource. At full capacity, Roy Hill will be mining almost 350Mtpa total movement, requiring 14 mining fleets. The company aims to meet a mining capacity of 55 million tons per annum.

Solution

AVEVA partnered with Roy Hill to develop a tailored solution that included Demand Chain Planning and Scheduling (DCPS), Inventory Tracking and Quality Management (ITQM), Delay Accounting (DA), and Capacity Simulation Model (Pre-CAPEX Analysis). The DCPS solution enabled Roy Hill to optimize its end-to-end demand chain from pit to port, gaining greater visibility throughout its operating and asset lifecycles. Roy Hill tracked real-time inventory and high fidelity data through its ITQM solution, enabling the mining company to close the loop between actuals and the schedule (conformance to schedule), and between actuals and the plan (conformance to plan). For key financial insights into production slowdowns and outages, Roy Hill utilized AVEVA’s DA solution.

Impact #1	Established an ROC (Remote Operations Center) that centralizes all roles and functions linking mining operations.
Impact #2	Created a fully integrated, greenfield mine to-port operation that’s controlled remotely.
Impact #3	Managed an ore reserve of 2.3 billion tons.

Impact #1

Established an ROC (Remote Operations Center) that centralizes all roles and functions linking mining operations.

Impact #2

Created a fully integrated, greenfield mine to-port operation that’s controlled remotely.

Impact #3

Managed an ore reserve of 2.3 billion tons.

Benefit #1	Mining approximately 1 million tons/day.
Benefit #2	Feeding approximately 73 million tons per year into crushing facilities.

Benefit #1

Mining approximately 1 million tons/day.

Benefit #2

Feeding approximately 73 million tons per year into crushing facilities.

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Real-Time Value Chain Optimization from Pit to Port

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