Mining Magazine August 2020 | Page 175

RISING TO THE COLLABORATION CHALLENGE
175 has been the key to success . “ The site adopts a modular and flexible approach to rapidly test and deploy new innovations . It ’ s very much a plug and play philosophy , more analogous with what Japanese industry in other sectors does like Toyota , for example . Every piece of equipment that they ( MSC ) have in their operation is bristling with sensors . They measure what they do and because of the modular scenario , they can quickly test new opportunities without impacting production . A technology can be quickly implemented or rejected if it ’ s not working . It ’ s a ‘ lean pivoting ’ approach .”
RISING TO THE COLLABORATION CHALLENGE
Dr Adair points out that historically there ’ s been something of a standoff
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