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EPS (Enhanced Production Scheduler)

EPS sets the industry standard for mine production scheduling and forecasting. Short for Enhanced Production Scheduler, EPS addresses the shortcomings of traditional project scheduling and spread sheet based solutions by providing a logical and unified approach to mine scheduling.  Integrated with many design tools such as Mine2-4D and EPSViz, users can interactively update schedules, rules, dependencies other features as they toggle between design, schedule and visualisation.

With EPS, you get:

  • Gantt chart capability, with associated time-based crosstab or histogram reports.
  • Many familiar project management and scheduling tools, yet fully customized for the needs and complex issues of mining operations.
  • A modern user interface, making it extremely easy-to-learn and easy-to-use application.

Integrated with Mine2-4D and EPS Viz

Major EPS Features Include

Project Setup

  • Import data from (or export data to) external spreadsheet sources, such as Microsoft Excel
  • Create user-defined physical properties such as grade, tonnage, meters, and cost 
  • Define labour and equipment resources and assign these to specific activities 
  • Specify resources as either rate, duration, or effort driven
  • Import data from (or export data to) external spreadsheet sources, such as Microsoft Excel

Tasks 

  • Specify Tasks as either rate or duration driven 
  • Colour-code activities to allow quick and easy differentiation on a user-defined basis 
  • Set target ranges for all user-defined properties for production planning 
  • Change the rate of a task over time 
  • Record actual start and finish dates, and track percentage-complete for activities 
  • Change the Gantt Chart display to show date bars, cross tab values, or both
  • Specify Tasks as either rate or duration driven 

 

Dynamic 3D Visualization—EPSViz

  • Link the EPS schedule with 3D graphical data to provide dynamic animations of the schedule 
  • Interactively select 3D activities 
  • Distribute visualizations and schedules to non-licensed users of the software using the free 
  • Viewer versions available for download from the web

 

Calendars
  • Maintain separate scheduling and reporting calendars, with the ability to report data over any given time period 
  • Schedule holidays and shut-down periods, and display these in the Gantt Chart area 
  • Assign calendars to activities and resources

 

Operation

  • Edit the bar chart period values in-line in a similar manner to a spreadsheet
  • Capture notes on project, tasks, and resources, and add hyperlinks in the notes fields
  • Indicators (icons in the information column) indicate the status of Tasks and Resources
  • Create filters to build customized views in the Gantt Chart area and to use in Cross tab reporting
  • Filter and sort tasks on any field or combination of fields
  • Automatically generate Task filters based on unique field values
  • Link tasks (create dependencies) and automatically calculate the schedule from these dependencies.
  • Colour these dependencies based on dependency groups
  • Create histograms in the Cross tab for graphical representation of data
  • Build basic financial plans through revenue and cost fields
  • Track revenue and costs over time

 

Resources

  • Define resources as either equipment or labour, and assign them to activities 
  • Build a Resource Based Schedule and change availability and cost over time 
  • Level resources using the improved levelling algorithm, which takes into account resource calendars and provides for multi-resource utilization on a single task 
  • View resources and tasks assigned to them on the assignment bar chart