Steering digital transformation with technological intervention in mining operation, India’s Tata Steel Mining Ltd (TSML) has launched its ‘e-Log’ app – which it describes as a complete solution to all kinds of logistical needs in mining operations. The single integrated logistics platform will digitise processes and give real time data with actionable insights plus capture health records of truck drivers. The app will also facilitate traffic management within the mines, manage the fleet database and consolidate multiple document generation.
While formally launching the app, Chairman, Tata Steel Mining, DB Sundara Ramam said that, the platform will minimise manual intervention and possible errors while enhancing efficiency. “It has been our constant endeavour to ride the transformational journey through technology and digital interventions and ‘e-Log’ is another feather in our cap in this direction. The app will provide a single integrated platform for real time access to all points and reduce considerable time and efforts of manual entries and documentation.”
Chairman, Tata Steel Mining, DB Sundara Ramam
TSML has been managing a network of 35 touchpoints spanning 190 dispatch combinations involving over 160,000 truck journeys and 6,000 plus container exports each year. The entire supply chain of TSML includes three chrome ore mines, three depots, nine locations in three ports, nine ferrochrome plants and eleven door delivery points.
Buoyed by the successful implementation of Fasttrack, a previous initiative that digitalised ferrochrome and reductants’ road transportation, the management and supply chain team TSML opted to introduce this e-Log.
Managing Director, Tata Steel Mining, Pankaj Satija said that the new system will help remove the bottlenecks and will significantly lessen the turnaround time for each transport vehicle. To create a better sustainable process, this new digitised initiative will ensure a smooth and quicker movement of the transport vehicles while giving access to relevant information to the concerned teams.
The e-Log app has also a host of features for end clients which gives them access to a real time dashboard, anywhere and from any device, managing sales orders, gives instant trip details and monitors turnaround time. With its digital transformation journey, TSML says it has been helping to shape the mining landscape of India and paving the way for a sustainable future.
Tata Steel Mining is a 100 % subsidiary of Tata Steel. With the change of name from Tata Steel Alloys Limited to Tata Steel Mining Ltd, the company has redefined itself from a ferrochrome manufacturer to an integrated chrome value player. Tata Steel Mining is among the leading players in chrome ore mining and ferroalloys production in India.
Its capacity for high-carbon ferrochrome manufacturing has increased to nearly 500,000 t/y. Its manufacturing base includes two of its own ferrochrome smelting facilities in Odisha, Gopalpur and Athagarh, as well as six partner smelter plants spread across four states in eastern and central India. Its three chrome ore captive mines in Sukinda, Saruabil and Kamarda provide a reliable supply chain for its ferrochrome operations. The company has built a well-integrated value chain from mine to market using this infrastructure.