The customer is one of the largest mining companies in the world with significant operations in Australia. They were planning to open a new mine situated upriver from an ocean loading barge-vessel transshipment location. Materials handling logistics Business Function Mine planning Planning Function Simulation Product Significant decrease in throughput found with small variations in draft Throughput (MT) Draft (m) 10cm Draft vs Throughput CASE STUDY Using simulation to maximise throughput in a complex mining value supply chain The Customer The Problem The Solution The Benefits The customer needed to evaluate the materials handling throughput of a complex, tide bound river system. Transporting material using barges via a river to an ocean loading transshipment location was the only

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