“From insight to disciplined adoption - a step by step journey to the top of the mining output class for your commodity.”
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How We Deliver
A practical four-stage approach for implementing and embedding the CLMS through effective adoption, disciplined execution, and full-site alignment.
Successful implementation requires more than diagnosis. It requires a disciplined path from insight to adoption. Synchronous Mining uses a four-stage approach to help mine operations embed the CLMS as an operating and management system—one that can support significant mine output gains within months, not years, when adopted effectively across the operation.
The four stages: Assess. Align. Transform. Sustain.
Assess
Begin with a structured on-site review of the operation. The goal is to identify the system constraint, understand its dependencies, and establish a practical fact base for change.
Outputs typically include an identified constraint grounded in data and observation, an opportunity list, and a conservative estimate of lost production due to poor schedule integration and discipline, and lost constraint time.
Align
Before implementation can commence, leadership alignment is essential. This stage establishes the case for change, defines the constraint-led operating approach, and clarifies roles, decision authorities, and management cadence. It’s where the CLMS is positioned not as an initiative, but as an operating and management discipline.
This stage creates the management buy-in and involvement commitment required to ensure consistent adoption across every function. One uncooperative department can weaken results across the whole operation, so leaders must hold their teams accountable for putting the CLMS into practice within their own functions.
Transform
Transformation is hands-on and site-based. This is where the CLMS is brought into daily management and operating practice through standard work, scheduling discipline, visual management, training, coaching, and the routines needed to protect the operation that governs output.
Performance indicator definitions, adherence measures, and Synchronous Time Model™ based trending measures are embedded so the CLMS becomes part of day-to-day operations.
Sustain
Results are only durable if the CLMS is adhered to after the initial transformation is concluded. This stage verifies that the routines, controls, and behaviours remain in place, prevents drift, and preserves the gains already made—it typically takes places 2-3 months after transformation.
Outputs typically include an adoption and adherence scorecard, findings on drift and root causes, and a targeted corrective action plan. The objective is not just to sustain improvement, but to ensure the CLMS becomes embedded deeply enough to remain the client’s own operating and management system and that it’s being used effectively to prioritize improvement initiatives.
What This Approach Makes Possible
This four-stage approach helps translate the CLMS into consistent operating and management practice—supporting faster uptake, stronger alignment, meaningful mine output gains, targeted continuous improvement, and the competitive advantage that comes with making the CLMS your own.
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If your operation is looking for a practical path to significant mine output gains, stronger alignment, and more durable results, reach out to Synchronous Mining through the Contact page. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how our Constraint-Led Mining System can help your mining operation move from fragmented execution to disciplined, system-wide execution.