The recent researches main focus in planning and operational mine management is the automation and technology implementation to support the decisions-making. In this context, practical experiences shows that big mining companies invests substantial quantities of resources on the purchase and implementation of software packs to manage their mine operations. These actions itself, generally doesn ́t ensure the expected results. This paper presents a study related to mining operations management with a successful application example at a phosphate mine located at Araxá, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. To this, it was applied a so-called Model PDCA 90-10 of planning and operational mine management. This proposal complements the state-of-the-art in technology and TI for the integration between planning and mine operation. In the end, are presented conclusions and discussions related to the implementation viability of this management model in mining chain of processes.
OM Forum—Some Lessons on Operations Management Model Implementation Drawn from the RAND Fire Project
