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Mining & Metals
Finding the one bottleneck that limits the entire mine output.
Mining operations are complex systems with natural constraints — ore grades, processing capacity, equipment uptime. TOC helps mines maximize throughput from existing assets before investing in expansion, and coordinates shift scheduling around the true constraint.
15-30%
throughput increase from constraint focus
40%
reduction in idle equipment time
Typical constraints in this sector
→Processing plant capacity below mine extraction rate
→Haul truck availability limiting ore transport
→Equipment maintenance windows not aligned with constraint
TOC tools applied
DBR for mine schedulingTOC Throughput AccountingThinking Processes for strategy