The mine hoist at a Mosaic Potash mine and mill in Saskatchewan had the following performance measures

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The mine hoist at a Mosaic Potash mine and mill in Saskatchewan had the following performance measures during a month. Determine the utilization of the hoist.

Total available time = 24 hours a day x 30 days x 60 minutes per hour = 43,200 minutes

Scheduled hoist downtime ( due to planned maintenance) = 5,820 minutes

Unscheduled hoist downtime ( due to breakdown) = 1,530 minutes

Idle time due to upstream (mine) delays (mine bin empty)= 2,817 minutes 

Idle time due to downstream (mill) delays (mill bin full) = 4,578 minutes

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Operations Management

ISBN: 9781259270154

6th Canadian Edition

Authors: William J Stevenson, Mehran Hojati, James Cao

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