South African company adopts integrated mine planning and project cost management solution

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA–(Marketwired – Nov. 25, 2013) – CAE Mining and Hard Dollar (HD) software solution was adopted by EOH, a South African leader in technology and business services, which has become the first company in Africa to adopt the software. HD integrates seamlessly with CAE Mining’s leading underground mine design and scheduling system CAE Studio 5D Planner and EPS. Highly detailed, accurate cost models can be delivered instantly without the delays or transcription errors that can occur when manually managing data from the design and scheduling system to the financial model.

“At the end of the EOH implementation, we held our product launch for HD. It was rewarding to see our first local adopter of the system enthusiastically sharing their positive experience with other industry players,” said Jon Dadswell, Regional Leader for CAE Mining in Africa. “For users of CAE Mine2-4D or Studio 5D Planner, HD is a perfect enabler for technical services to deliver the bottom line financial figures quickly and accurately. Ease of use and speed will be major benefits for our end users.”

The software package adopted by EOH is comprised of CAE Mining Studio 5D Planner, EPS, SAP, MS Project, Primavera and Hard Dollar, to cover all aspects of Project Management, Mine Planning, Cost Engineering, Quantity Surveying and Supply Chain Management integrally.

“In less than three weeks, we implemented the CAE Mining and HD software solution in our group, including the establishment of a central cost database, user training and integration with our designs and schedules”, said Frans Bossert, EOH Executive – EOH Mining & Manufacturing. “EOH is now in a position to rapidly reflect the economic impact of a design or schedule change and we can run more scenarios at high levels of detail. It helps us truly understand the economic drivers of the project and respond quickly to changes.”