Metals Industry Trends
As suppliers of strategic raw materials the metals industry is vital to today’s global economy. Growing demand from emerging economies has created somewhat of a industry boom in recent years, although volatile mill production costs and an increasingly competitive marketplace are placing tremendous pressures on many metal manufacturers to improve capacity planning, improve mill optimization and reduce overall costs.
As demand drives the desire to grow; metal manufacturers are finding themselves in fierce competition for limited resources such as skilled labor. These external pressures are forcing companies in the metals industry to re-evaluate production processes and investigate new methods to improve mill optimization through more effective capacity planning or dynamic planning and scheduling.
Having developed capacity planning / planning and scheduling tools for leading metal manufacturers, Visual8 understands the challenges faced by the metals industry. With these challenges in mind Visual8 have set out to develop an array of planning and scheduling tools designed to enhance capacity planning, improve materials handling, and increase overall confidence in strategic planning.
Visual8 planning and scheduling tools are being used to improve:
- Convertor Aisles and Processors
- Integrated and non-integrated mills
- Finishing facilities
- Smelting and casting facilities
Mining planning and scheduling solutions
Visual8 planning and scheduling solutions harness powerful simulation technology allowing metal manufacturers to benefit from advanced predictive analytics. Operating with real time mill production and order data, our planning and scheduling solutions continually monitor mill production predicting the likelihood of process issues and providing potential solutions. Empowered with the ability to accurately predict the effects of changes to mill processes; metal manufacturers can quickly identify bottlenecks in production and conduct more efficient mill optimization.
After years of assisting clients in the metals industry, Visual8 have developed an array of simulation based planning and scheduling solutions, designed to support capacity planning and mill optimization:
- Smelting / Casting facility planning and optimization
- Optimize converters and processors
- Mill planning and scheduling
- Model and map both integrated and non-integrated mills
Companies across industry sectors are using Visual8’s decision support solutions to optimize operations, increase productivity and fine tune the supply chain, leading to increased flexibility and growth.
Learn more about how our Mining industry clients are benefiting from Visual8 planning and scheduling solutions.
