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CMC's
IMMS covers all functions and operations,
enabling mine managements to exercise
better control over resources
The
product
IMMS:
Integrated Mine Management System
An ERP-based integrated mine management
system, covering all the functions of
a large opencast mine
The
client
Northern
Coalfields Limited (NCL), Singrauli
A subsidiary of Coal India
Limited (CIL), India's largest coal mining
company
NCL
produces around one-sixth of India's coal.
It has 12 opencast mining projects controlled
by 9 mining areas/districts spread over
an area of around 100 sq km.
Project
details
At NCL, IMMS has been implemented in two
phases. The first phase covers the headquarters
and two mining projects, with around 60
concurrent users. The second phase includes
the remaining 10 more sites. The first phase
has been operational for the past 3 years,
and the second phase has been recently
completed in March 2005 with around 200
concurrent users. CMC is already implementing
a communication and networking infrastructure
project in order to increase the efficiency
of the existing system.
Modules
implemented
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Production |
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Maintenance |
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Finance |
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Materials |
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Payroll |
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HRM |
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Coal dispatch and billing |
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Corporate
management information system (MIS) |
Technical
architecture
Hardware
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One centralised server: Intel Xeon-based
server with 2 GB RAM |
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11 area servers: Intel P-III-based
server |
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200 clients: Intel PCs with Windows
2000 as operating system |
System
Software
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Servers: SQL 2000 Enterprise on Windows
2000 Advanced Server |
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Clients: Windows 2000 |
Benefits
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Procurement cycle time reduced |
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Real-time availability of stock position
and LPP across all areas |
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Faster sales billing cycle |
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Online
dispatch monitoring |
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Working
capital reduction |
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Accounts
receivable |
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Inventory |
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Accounts
payable |
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Improved
cash control |
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Ready availability of information,
allowing faster and better decision-making. |
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Reduced maintenance costs through
better periodic preventive maintenance |
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Increased
availability of HEMMs |
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Reduced transaction-processing costs |
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Cutting down on low / non-value-added
work |
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Online availability of MIS reports |
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Online financial statements: balance
sheet, profit & loss account,
cash flow and various schedules |
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Online integration of inventory, sales,
purchase and production stock with
finance |
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Online
integration of maintenance with production,
material and purchase |
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Online budgetary control: Cost centre-wise,
general ledger (GL)-wise, authorised
for expenditure (AFE)-wise |
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Online fixed assets (FA) monitoring
and control: Unique FA ID, FA register,
FA location, depreciation calculation
and various FA-related reports |
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