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“ That project is really about us learning how to do the automation journey , so we ’ ll be able to then take what we ’ ve learned about how the organization adjusted to automating equipment , to apply it to other equipment and this benefits safety ,” he says .

“ It has been accepted very well by the work-force , and the drillers , who you would think , if their equipment is being automated , would be quite resistant to it , but they ’ ve been a great help . I think that ’ s a testimony to the management team there , in how they ’ ve implemented it .”

This is echoed by Van Wyk , as she feels that value is and will always be quantified at the business level by shareholder returns and employee engagement . “ So , it ’ s the right answers at the right cost point and doing it very safely ,” she says . “ It ’ s not just a singular problem you ’ re solving and in using Operational Excellence tools and a value-based approach to show the value , you can achieve many goals across all levels of the organization .”

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