Hitachi Announces Rapid Maturity Assessment and Improvement Services for Pit Operations

Services allow companies to address key aspects of pit operations optimization

DALLAS and RICHMOND, British Columbia, Nov. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hitachi Consulting, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd (TSE: 6501) and a leading provider of IT consulting and management consulting solutions and services, today announced that it is teaming with Wenco International Mining Systems (Ltd) to announce a new joint service for pit operations.

This new service is in response to clients' request to know how their operations compare and contrast with their peers, and guidelines on which parts of the operations they should improve. The service includes a maturity assessment of the overall pit dispatch/fleet management operation against an industry benchmark, as well as an improvement support service to help pit operations teams raise their overall performance:

• The dispatch operations maturity assessment tool provides sites with a prioritized list of improvement activities to improve pit operations. The assessment is not limited to any brand of fleet management systems software or mobile equipment.
• The dispatch operations maturity improvement service offers a configurable support service to mine support teams to improve the activities that inhibit overall production performance. Clients have the choice of selecting specific services to complement their own internal capabilities.

The assessment and improvement services allow companies to address one or more of the eight key aspects of pit operations optimization:

1.    Measurement systems

2.    Fleet management software systems

3.    Data quality

4.    Dispatch function management

5.    Shift operations management

6.    Pit operations optimization

7.    Asset reliability management

8.    Integration with downstream processes

"Pit operations are dynamic environments that are really hard to keep optimized," said Gerhard van Niekerk, Vice President of Metals and Mining at Hitachi Consulting. "Due to this complex environment, knowing which of these parts of the operation are inhibiting the overall pit performance still relies on perceptions today. Holistic operational assessments like ours make it possible for operations management to know where to focus effort to improve shift operations, asset productivity, and, consequently, increased production output."

To set up an overview of this new service, please contact Gerhard van Niekerk at 832.434.3630 or [e-mail].

About Hitachi Consulting Corporation
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About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society's challenges with our talented team and proven experience in global markets. The company's consolidated revenues for fiscal 2013 (ended March 31, 2014) totaled 9,616 billion yen ($93.4 billion). Hitachi is focusing more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes infrastructure systems, information & telecommunication systems, power systems, construction machinery, high functional materials & components, automotive systems, health care and others. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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