Port Throughput
Anticipate and solve choke points and bottlenecks along the critical last mile of logistics.
Port throughput is notoriously difficult to manage with traditional methods. From the load accuracy of rail cars to weather conditions at sea, there’s a complex matrix of variables to understand, forecast and control.
End-to-end, mine-to-market optimisation can generate an additional 10-15% EBITDA [1] and port throughput is a critical, central component. In a process carrying millions of tonnes of ore per year, eliminating just minutes of delay can mean millions of dollars in additional income.
DDM’s rapid scenario analysis and powerful visualisations simplify and accelerate optimisation while a robust audit trail ensures that decisions are transparent, auditable and understandable.
Each element can be addressed individually, but it’s only when you account for every interaction along the value chain that you gain the full benefit.
Working with you, our consultants will audit every link in your logistics chain – including road, rail, stock piles, port loaders, port scheduling and ship capacity – to build a comprehensive model of your port operation. Using our Dynamic Driver Modelling technology we will then run scenarios to quickly identify and resolve choke points and bottlenecks, ensuring that resolutions at one point don’t create problems further down the line.
Our solutions can help you:
Identify unseen opportunity
Dynamic Driver Modelling makes it easy to spot previously unseen opportunities for optimisation and quickly model the effect of changes.
Model complex interactions
Understand the frictions and performance potential of every process and interaction, such as rail/port unloading, stockpile organisation and ship loading.
Break down traditional siloes
Release the value trapped by traditional, step-by-step, silo thinking. Visualise throughput value as a seamless, end-to-end process.
Ease constraints and eliminate bottlenecks
Don’t let a solution here cause a problem over there. Optimise overall throughput with intelligent, end-to-end modelling.
Collaborate across continents
Create a single model of your port operation, then collaborate with your experts and stakeholders, wherever they are.
Ensure decisions are transparent
A full audit trail ensures decisions are transparent, auditable and understandable. It also lets you re-run and learn from past decisions.
Optimise your port operations, improve throughput and net income with our port throughput optimisation solution grounded in experience and built on advanced AI.
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