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One of the key challenges in the mining
industry today is maintaining throughput
in the face of ore grade quality that
has declined by 40 percent in the last
decade.
Seems simple enough doesn't it? It is most decidedly not. Indeed, one can make the case that--aside from uppermost management (or ownership)-- no one else in a heavy/high-tech manufacturing concern has more ownership of the company's everyday needs and necessities than the purchasing department.
The challenge facing OEM procurement
organizations is that the organizations
themselves need improving before they can be proficient in a cost reduction program.