Materials Management Configuration

Materials Management configuration takes place at the time of installation and will be ongoing for the life of the project. Much of this work is undertaken by the Pitram Administrator using the Reference Data service.

Elements are defined. Each element has a measurement attribute. For example, the element Gold has a measure attribute = ppm.
Material may be defined as High Grade Ore, Low Grade Ore, Road Base or Backfill. Each material has a type attribute: for example, Ore or Waste.
By default, Grade Types are configured in order of precedence. If a grade type has not been defined when entering the grade for a transaction, the order of precedence is used to define the grade type.
The Depletion Model (Weighted Average, FIFO or LIFO) attributed to a location determines how depletion at that location is quantified.
If a transaction is submitted without a source or destination, the location configuration is used to determine a default location for that transaction.

Flow Types

For example, Primary, Intermediate, and Surface. Go to Groups | Configuration Items | Locations | FlowType. See: Flow Type

Envelopes

For example, Stock1 is a stockpile. Go to Groups | Pitram | Locations | Location, check out the group and open the token Stock1. For the Stock1 Envelope attribute, select Stockpile. Save and Publish your changes. In Movements on the toolbar, Stock1 will be shown as a member of the Stockpile envelope. See: Envelopes

Depletion Models

For example, Weighted Average , FIFO 100%, LIFO 100%. Go to Groups | Configuration Items | Locations | DepletionModel. See: Depletion Models

Grade Types

Must be configured before importing data. Go to Groups | Materials Management | Grade Type to define the types. See: Grade Type

By default, you will have Assay, Estimate and Survey grade types available when working in Materials Management. At your site, these grade types maybe renamed.

For a grade type to be recognised in the Materials Management service it must be defined in the Reference Data service with: Code = Assay, Estimate, or Survey.

Measures

For example Truck Dumps. Loader Buckets or Tonnes, as defined in Groups | Configuration Items | Measures | Measure.

For the published reconciliation data to be made available for reporting, a Tonnes_r (reconciled tonnage) measure should be set up in the Measures table.

Sublocations

Material

Material is defined in the series MaterialGroup | MaterialCategory (Ore and Waste, for example) | Material (High Grade Ore, Low Grade and Waste, for example). These can be found in Groups | Configuration Items | Locations. See: Material Type

Elements

Go to Groups | Materials Management | Element to define the element types. For example, Gold, Silver, Copper. The element also defines the unit of measure of the element. For example, ppm (parts per million) or %. See: Elements

Units of Measure

The Unit of Measure attribute of an element. Go to Groups | Materials Management | UnitOfMeasure.

Locations

Go to Groups | Pitram | Locations | Location. For example, LocA, LocB and others. See: Locations

Location Types

For example, Stockpile, Backfill and Crusher. Go to Groups | Configuration Items | Locations | LocType. See: Location Types

Grade Thresholds

Attributes of a location. For example, Minimum Level, Maximum Level and Total Capacity. Go to Groups | Pitram | Locations | Location.

Grouped Locations

Provide a way of linking locations associated with a stope. If, for example, a stope has several tipping points, the points can be grouped together and associated with the stope.