ENTERPRISE MINE PLANNING SOLUTIONS

RPM HELPS IT’S CUSTOMERS REACH THEIR PRODUCTIVITY TARGETS

RPM provides innovative software to assist it’s mining clients to meet and exceed their productivity targets.

Tight integration allows for continuous improvement. Miners can analyze production details and make changes to improve production performance and increase efficiency while reducing cost.

RPM HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE AREAS WHERE VALUE CAN BE CREATED FOR MINING CLIENTS.

1. Execution Planning

2. Production Scheduling

3. Operational Financials

4. Haulage Simulation

5. Integration Framework

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1EXECUTION PLANNINGMining organisations from any commodity have the opportunity to extract significantly more value out of their software investment by implementing XECUTE.

The ultra-short term schedule is connected with other systems, allowing for synchronization of production forecasts, maintenance plans, production schedules and the production actual from the pit itself. Mine planners can see the complete consolidated operational picture.

Enabling SolutionsUpdate ultra short term schedules with up to date informationUp to date and accurate production targets, maintenance outages and actual mining progress including current pit status and the location of excavatorsReal time planningThe short term schedule is always ready with the most current data, ensuring confidence in all that rely on the planFast analysisQuickly analyze the impacts and investigate scenarios that best achieve the daily or weekly targets for new operational conditions, reacting rapidly to changes in the mine as they occur

Business BenefitsRespond quickly to unplanned operational events: through constant communication with other systems, facilitates streamlined work practices allowing better control of mining’s inherent volatilitySingle source of the truth: eliminate disparate silos of informationStakeholder confidence: Board, Financial controllers, Managers, Engineers and Operators all have confidence that the day to day plan is precise and achievable

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2Mining organisations can address the skills shortage issue with RPM’s scheduling solutions. Mine schedules are fast to create, and are easily reproducible with the workflow driven solutions. Training and handover times are vastly reduced with the solutions advanced, robust and interactive scheduling tools. The commodity specific solutions, help engineers and managers understand and deliver the optimal mine plan.

PRODUCTION SCHEDULING

Enabling SolutionsCommodity specificScheduling functions tailored for each commodity and mining methodSeamless IntegrationTightly integrated with BLOCKAGG and HAULNET allowing dynamic updates of the mines progress and changes over timeWorkflow drivenUsers are guided through a logical process assisting new users, and reducing time for handover between staffProduct optimizationProduct specifications optimized by stock blending and schedules adjusted to meet the mines end customer requirementsEnterprise enabledData shared between RPM software, SAP and fleet management systems allows a deep understanding of the mining operation reducing cost of operation and maximizing production

Business BenefitsImproved resource efficiency: Train, share and handover mine details quickly, allowing greater staff utilizationUnleash the mines potential: Multiple ‘what if ‘scenarios can be generated very quickly, allowing engineers to uncover and implement what the mine is actually capable ofOptimized product: Product specifications can be met exactly, allowing improved blending and utilization of the mined product

“We want our engineers to spend their time planning

the mine, not managing multiple data sources or writing

complex scripts to build a mine plan. The Open Pit Metals

Solution puts everything in one place and automates data

consistency and validation in an off-the-shelf product. The

simplified user interface turns what is normally a complex

exercise into a swift, simple and iterative scheduling

process. Like many organizations, we have limited time

to make decisions. With OPMS we can now run multiple

scenarios in minutes rather than days and our engineers can

apply their expertise to making informed recommendations.” - Terence Jordaan, Manager Mining, Kolomela, Kumba Iron Ore, Anglo American

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Enabling SolutionsPlan Vs Actual analysisStore detailed planning information, and utilizing the tight SAP integration, gain deep visibility into the issues preventing the best economic value from the operationDynamic reforecastingTwo way integration between SAP and XERAS, means information is continually updated, allowing assumptions to be recalibrated and reviewed frequentlyConsolidated financial plansQuickly prepare and validate consolidated models to allow a total view of the future operational financial positionSAP integrationSeamlessly integrated with SAP to allow fast and robust data transfer between systems

Business BenefitsMake informed decisions: using insight and analysis of plan variances, evaluate reforecast scenarios and visualize future financial implicationsFast forecast updates: easily produce updated forecasts if something changes dramaticallyVisibility and control: Management have visibility into the impact of their decisions with the ability to drill down in to detail to understand underlying assumptionsSAP integration: reduces rework and double handling of data while validating plans and improving the productivity of the finance teams.

“Yancoal prides itself on being one of the world’s most innovative coal companies. We see enormous

business benefits in using technology such as XERAS for Enterprise to enable us to setup a best of

breed integrated forecasting system that ensures complete financial visibility from our boardroom right

across all of our operations. The solution provides us with a level of control and trust in the planning

process that we have never had before, giving us the confidence to make the right operational

decisions” - Reece Margetts, Head of Commercial Operations at Yancoal’s Moolarben

With seamless integration to SAP, XERAS for Enterprise gives you complete financial visibility across the entire mining organisation. XERAS for Enterprise allows mine managers, finance departments and CFOs to see how their costs are tracking, comparing inputs and outputs across sites to enable timely intervention and action. It uses a streamlined process to provide consolidated budgets, plan vs. actuals analysis, dynamic reforecasting and a future view of the total financial position of your mining business.

OPERATIONAL FINANCIALS

4HAULAGE SIMULATIONHAULSIM is a powerful tool to model, visualise, analyse and optimise the mine haulage network. It provides confidence and accuracy in mine plans, and ensures operations will run efficiently while maximising production.

With an increased focus on cost control, it is essential to operate mines as efficiently as possible. HAULSIM utilises data from the past and the present to accurately simulate the mines potential.

Miners from all commodities and mining methods are able to justify new capital expenditure by simulating haulage options prior to production.

Enabling SolutionsIdentify optimum fleet optionsTest fleet numbers and various loader and truck types that will optimally meet production targets.Test haul networkSimulate and identify required haulage network changes such as one way sections, passing bays and intersections

Business BenefitsCost control: Justify new equipment with quantitative analysis. Production gains versus equipment cost is optimizedProductivity maximized: Test scenarios to understand the mines potential. Haulage options rigorously tested prior to production. Production possibilities optimized.

“We implemented HAULSIM as a tool to model how our pit will

operate day to day, and answer the ‘what if’ questions that are

asked during the feasibility process. We are impressed with how

quickly and easily the simulations are to set up and maintain, given

the complexity of our models. Thanks to HAULSIM, we are able to

optimise haulage systems, evaluate challenging mining strategies

and visually communicate outcomes to stakeholders in a reliable

and accurate 3D interface” - Stephan Esterhuysen, Manager Innovative Mining, Iluka Resources

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Enabling SolutionsData shareSeamless, automatic interchange of production and maintenance plans, financial forecasts, financial forecasts and actual resultsEnterprise enabledRPM products use SAP’s MII middleware to provide secure and robust integrationTwo way data shareData can be transferred between SAP and the external systems,Action changes immediatelyUsers are alerted when enterprise updates are available, ensuring plans and forecasts are constantly in line with reality

Business BenefitsCombined expertise: Combining SAP’s “above the line” corporate financial management expertise with RPM’s 40 years of “below the line” mine planning and operations experience creates solutions focused on the mining industry’s unique requirements.Data silos eliminated: SAP is empowered as the one source of the truth for mine planning, production and maintenance

“RPM is a very advanced solution provider when it comes to enterprise mine planning software

and together with them, we are delivering unsurpassed value to clients. Our people on the

ground are working closely with RPM’s development teams to further advance our complimentary

offerings.” - Eckhardt Siess, Global Vice President IBU Mill Products & Mining, SAP

RPM’s Enterprise Planning Framework, delivers enterprise strength solutions for mine planning, financial forecasting and operational management.

The Enterprise Planning Framework opens seamless communication channels between scheduling, financial planning and mine planning systems, and unlocks these data models for use in SAP and BI tools, giving complete visability across your organisation.

INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK

ENTERPRISE PLANNING FRAMEWORK

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VALUE POTENTIAL FOR THE MINING INDUSTRYWith an emphasis on productivity and reduced cost of production, the mining industry must innovate and implement new strategies to maintain profitable operations.

■ Maximize equipment utilization: incorporate accurate maintenance plans into the mine schedule, including last minute maintenance changes

■ Meet production targets: day to day schedules more closely align with sales and marketing orders

■ Plan Vs Actual analysis: Continuously improve the operation by incorporating changes concluded from variance analysis

Reduced idle time of excavators, loaders and dump trucks1Improved

production efficiency

■ Improve forecast costs with detailed planned versus actual analysis

■ Uncover and implement areas for cost improvement by acting on conclusions from variance analysis

■ Reduce under utilization of equipment and idle time with clear communication channels between maintenance and planning

Reduced cost of operation by implementing improvements uncovered by detailed plan versus actual analysis

2Reduced cost of operation

■ Eliminate silos of information and constrained communication channels by streamlining data share and seamless integration between independent solutions

■ Encourage feedback and communication by allowing consolidation of data, and wider use of data resources

■ Different departments can be confident they are using correct, validated and published versions of data

Improved data share and collaboration between departments

3Improved communication