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Queue Management

Reduce wait times and congestion by optimizing fleet deployment with real-time data

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Queue Management

Overview

Frequent mining equipment breakdowns are common with harsh operating conditions and heavy loads on-site. However, when these breakdowns are poorly managed, they leave a knock-on effect in the load and haul process with traffic congestion and queues at various loading points. The consequences of these long queues add up quickly, compounding in delays and reduced efficiency across your mining operations.

Effective communication with dispatchers, comprehensive mine planning, training for equipment operators, and analysis of real-time data are crucial ingredients to coordinating load and haul processes to manage long queues.

With sufficient contingency planning and risk mitigation to account for scenarios including weather conditions, equipment breakdowns and uneven distributions of material at loading points, mine operators can more proactively prevent congestion and manage queues.

Key Client Challenges

What technologies or systems can help optimize queue management and reduce congestion and waiting time at loading points?

How can we improve communication and coordination between dispatchers, operators, and maintenance personnel to streamline the load and haul process?

How can we leverage real-time data and analytics to make data-driven decisions and improve queue management?

How YCP Unison Can Help

To optimize queue management on your mine, training and skills development for equipment operators are important for both their safety and the efficiency of your load and haul process. Beyond implementing these safety protocols, sustainable behavior changes are needed to ensure that protocols are followed consistently at every organizational level.

Our experts at YCP Unison work with your team to implement the systems, processes, and real time controls needed to monitor the performance of your equipment operators. With the right performance metrics and KPIs in place, along with new routines embedded into your organization’s processes, queues and delays can be mitigated effectively.