SAP for Mining

[Former Member]

Hi!

Who has implemented SAP for Mining?

Share experience.

What problems will we meet?

What are main features?

What about PP and CO?

[Former Member]

Hi!

There are some problems with identifyng what is IS-Mine? Is this a tool that helps implement mining-specific processes or it is preconfigured business processes of solution for Mining industry?

Looking forward for your replies

[LeonardoAraujo]

Preconfigured Mining is called Best Practice IS Mining 1.6...

IS-Mining is an industry solution provided by SAP, in other words, new business processes and functionalities to support Mining industry. Think of it as a new SAP ERP flavor...

See below the functionalities available in IS Mining (High level).

Main features:

TSW - Traders and Schedule Workbench - Help the creation nominations. It is a tool to help you process the 3-way pegging "Demand vs Stock vs equipment(vehicles"".

RLM - Remote location management - Some tools to support MM PM to manage the location (mine) remotely (from the company's office);

In Logistics, you can use batch specific Unit of measure to monitor/control moisture. You can also apply some similar things for other contents (contaminants and other metals).

Commodity pricing and F&A (formula and average pricing) add to standard functionality some very nice and powerful tools to create very complex pricing schemas.

Bulk transportation

Take a look at :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/fa/92d93fc811ee06e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Leonardo De Araujo

[LeonardoAraujo]

Main features:

TSW - Traders and Schedule Workbench - Help the creation nominations. It is a tool to help you process the 3-way pegging "Demand vs Stock vs equipment(vehicles"".

RLM - Remote location management - Some tools to support MM PM to manage the location (mine) remotely (from the company's office);

In Logistics, you can use batch specific Unit of measure to monitor/control moisture. You can also apply some similar things for other contents (contaminants and other metals).

Commodity pricing and F&A (formula and average pricing) add to standard functionality some very nice and powerful tools to create very complex pricing schemas.

Bulk transportation

Take a look at :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/fa/92d93fc811ee06e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Leonardo De Araujo

[hnmuralidhara]

Hi,

I have closely associated with couple of Mining Industry implementation in Eastern parts of India (Asia).

The main issues are Logistics Movement with transit loss, commodity pricing, Connectivity at remote location and interface with weigh bridge..

In Mining Industry, we don't have fixed BOM. Therefore, PP and CO is very challenging and difficult to convince top management for variance analysis.

Bye and all the best,

Muralidhara

[Former Member]

We have learned Best Practice, but we can't see specificity of Mining.

May be you have additional information or literature.

What are implementation or project begun from?

[LeonardoAraujo]

We have implemented for our customer.

Take a look at the best practices Mining 1.60. You will find some interesting info there.

Leonardo De Araujo