OZ Minerals operates the Prominent Hill copper-gold-silver mine located in the central north of South Australia, 130 kilometers south-east of Coober Pedy. Prominent Hill, which has been operating since 2009, is transitioning from an open-pit mine to an underground operation and has a mine life to 2028. OZ Minerals is also developing one of Australia’s largest copper-gold resources at Carrapateena in South Australia, and has a pipeline of local and international exploration projects.
Background
We spoke to the Systems Administrator at OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill operation about their workforce and environmental management and their journey from requirements gathering to selecting the right solution and finally reflecting on the outcome of this.
When asked about the software they were using to manage their workforce and environment, they outlined that they had individual software/spreadsheets in place for:
- Flight and accommodation requirements
- Risk management
- Incident reporting
- Environmental obligations
- Online training requirements
- Stakeholder communications
- Each system ran independently of each other and required a separate System
- Administrator. Keeping personnel records in each system up to date was a challenge with the multiple systems
Each system ran independently of each other and required a separate System Administrator. Keeping personnel records in each system up to date was a challenge with the multiple systems.
Background and requirement
Having identified the need for company-wide management of training, competencies, learning, health, safety, incidents, stakeholders, obligations, communications, medical surveillance, legal compliance, travel, flights, accommodation and rosters, a solution was sought to provide:
- An integrated and centralised solution that replaced their disparate systems and documents
- Site wide control and management
- Flexibility and configuration to adapt to ongoing legislative and business changes
- Simplification of normal work activities and business processes
- The latest data to be available at all times
- Enterprise level reporting
- Responsive performance when capturing and retrieving data
- Multi-language support
- Seamless integration with existing systems (e.g. MS Office, MS SharePoint, intranet, ERP, workflow systems)
- Improved business efficiency
The process
Prominent Hill originally went to market through a formal tender process to identify suitable candidates for a training solution, for which INX InTuition was selected.
Since then, they have tendered for other requirements such as travel, flights, roster and accommodation management for which INX InFlight was selected.
“The benefits quickly became obvious for implementing a system that linked our competencies and compliances as a site requirement prior to any flights being booked.”
They then went to tender again some 18 months later to replace their risk management, environment reporting and health management solutions.
“INX again impressed with being able to offer an integrated system without compromising on specific module functionalities.”
Our solution
Prominent Hill selected INX Software for its proven track record and operations on a global stage, which sees over 500,000 users being managed by one or more of its products. Whilst Prominent Hill is using a range of INX solutions to manage its diverse workforce and environmental needs, it is important to note that these all benefit from a single database source so that information and data is automatically updated across all solutions where relevant. This means no more double data entry, reduced human error, greater visibility, improved reporting and overall compliance.
INX Software successfully implemented the following INX Software solutions at Prominent Hill:
- INX InControl and INX InControl Mobile
- INX InTuition
- INX InFlight and INX InFlight Mobile
- INX InForm
- INX InHealth
- INX+BI