Grande Cache Coal manages effectively capital equipment with Dynaway EAM COMPANY DESCRIPTION
The Alberta-based coal mining company, Grande Cache Coal, operates both surface and underground mining operations, producing premium, low volatile, metallurgical coking coal for export to the world steel industry.
However, the Customer was not happy with their existing Dynamics AX implementation partner, so they decided to select a new partner to assist with the EAM implementation, requiring a team that could complete the implementation with minimal guidance from the Customer. The Customer was also not happy with the support of their AxMRO product, so asked for Avanade’s assistance in selecting an alternative EAMSolution.
THE SOLUTION
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CUSTOMER CHALLENGE
In preparation for taking over the management of currently outsourced aboveground operations at their mine, the Customer needed to implement an EAM system in order to effectively manage capital equipment.
Working with the Customer’s project manager, Avanade determined that upgrading the existing Axapta 3.0 installation to Dynamics AX 4.0 prior to implementing Dynaway EAM would provide the best platform for future growth. Avanade was engaged directly to assist with the upgrade to Dynamics AX 4.0. Although the upgrade to 4.0 from 3.0 is fairly standard, the challenge was to port the custom modifications made in 3.0 to 4.0. Avanade also re-installed, with modifications, a third party software (ReqLogic) within the 4.0 environment. Avanade worked with the Customer to select the Dynaway EAM solution to replace iSoft’s AxMRO solution.
Currently, maintenance schedules were mostly managed on a whiteboard or in a spreadsheet, and it was not uncommon for a piece of equipment (e.g. a conveyor belt) to run until failure which decreases plant output. The Customer had already selected AxMRO, a MRO solution from Microsoft ISV iSoft, a small, South African ISV. The MRO solution is designed to put a formal structure around the maintenance of critical equipment, schedules maintenance based on manufacturer’s and client’s best practices, and track work in progress.
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TECHNOLOGIES:
• Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 • ReqLogic Modification • Dynaway EAM
ABOUT DYNAWAY
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Dynaway is a privately held independent software vendor with an exclusive focus on providing valuable solutions for the Microsoft Dynamics® AX platform. Dynaway was founded in 2001 as a spin-off from one of the largest Dynamics AX VARs in Denmark. The intention of the spin-off was to create a software development powerhouse, capable of absorbing trends, ideas and partial solutions from the mother company and its end customers, and transform these into fullyfledged, high-quality software packages for the entire Microsoft Dynamics AX partner channel. One such high-quality package is the Shop Floor Control module, which has been a core focus area for Dynaway for over 9 years. Today, Shop Floor Control is provided by Microsoft to thousands of companies throughout the world as a standard module in Microsoft Dynamics AX, a clear recognition of the high development standards set by Dynaway.
RESULTS
This project enables the customer to:
• Manage
the maintenance and repair of their capital equipment when they take over management of their above ground operations. • Downtime caused by equipment failure is minimized. • Avanade is now also engaged to perform an Infrastructure Assessment for the Customer, and to help the Customer implement AX Master Planning for spare parts replenishment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: LAU JAKOBSEN Channel Manager +45 96 170 370 info@dynaway.com
BRIAN BROK JØRGENSEN Vice President of Sales +45 96 170 370 info@dynaway.com
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