Grande Cache Coal, which holds coal leases covering more than 29,000 hectares containing more than 300 million tonnes of coal resources in the Smoky River coalfield located in west-central Alberta, wanted a system that managed its plant and assets over their life cycle, its maintenance superintendent of surface and underground mines Luc Robitaille said.

“It was important to find a solution that easily aligned with our current and best practice maintenance approaches to safely manage and maintain the organization’s plant and mobile operating assets throughout the entire life cycle of activities, from asset acquisition through asset disposal,” he said.

“TabWare will help us ensure our equipment functions at the highest level possible in order to maximize asset performance.”

AssetPoint offers flexible deployment options, including a Cloud computing solution (SaaS) or on-site for companies who want TabWare on their own servers, AssetPoint executive vice president of sales and marketing Paul Crist said.

“Our TabWare computerized maintenance management software/enterprise asset management solution has rich functionality that is easy to use and easy to learn, and our proven experience in the mining industry will certainly bode well towards the success of this project,” he said.

“Tracking equipment is crucial for mining operations, and TabWare makes it easy, letting maintenance workers increase their wrench-time while reducing keyboard time. We look forward to working closely with the GCC team as they commence their implementation of TabWare.”