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Fast and Fluid — Cloud ERP is Mining Companies’ Fuel in Uncertain Times
Never before has your mining company’s ability to be fast and fluid mattered so much. While the stay at home orders will eventually be lifted — business as usual is no more. It will no longer be...
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New Mining Technologies Deliver Increases In Productivity
While there are real costs associated with modernizing the back office, mining companies should consider framing the business case for a new mining ERP solution in terms of lost business opportunities, lack of agility and business risk.
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Mobile Mining ERP—Your Key To Unlocking The Latin American Market
Nearly three-quarters of the Latin America’s mobile subscribers – almost 350 million people – use their devices to access the internet, more people than do so in Canada or the US. In fact, mobile...
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Multi-Site Visibility for Global Mining Operations
What can Canadian mining operations do to secure and maintain visibility throughout their operations, both domestic and abroad? Here are five ways to eliminate blind spots and promote multi-site visibility throughout your global mining operation.
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Driving Continuous Improvement in Mining Operations
In 1950, a Formula 1 racing pit stop took an average of 67 seconds to do their job. Today a pit crew can send its car back out on the track in less than 12 seconds (the world record is 1.91 seconds!). New technologies, improved teamwork, and better resource utilization contributed to this arc of continuous improvement over the decades. Are there are lessons mining companies can learn from these highly efficient crews?
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Unearthing the Closure and Reclamation Phase
In an ideal world, mines would only close when their mineral resources are exhausted, but in the real world, there are many reasons when a mine may close prematurely—including economic conditions, geological factors and regulatory changes. Regardless of the cause, mining is inevitably a temporary activity—closure is a natural part of the mining lifecycle.
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