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Tayiuan Iron & Steel Goes Live with Broner Scheduling Solution

01/04/2008 - Taiyuan Iron and Steel goes live with a Broner Scheduling solution that includes a caster scheduler, meltshop control center, and a schedule editor at its plant in TaiYuan city, ShanXi province, China.

Taiyuan Iron and Steel Ltd (Tisco) has gone live with a Broner Scheduling solution at its plant in TaiYuan city, ShanXi province, China.
 
Broner said that Tisco, a leading stainless and carbon steel manufacturer in China, will use the Broner Caster Scheduler, Melt Shop Control Centre and Schedule Editor modules. The modules will help the company measure and manage its main KPIs, improve visibility of the production process, and better adhere to plans.
 
The caster scheduler module will perform planning and scheduling for Tisco’s continuous casters, and will help the company maximize productivity of the team responsible for caster and hot mill schedules by creating more accurate schedules, faster.
 
Tisco will use the meltshop control centre to schedule and control steel production. It is configured to cover a wide range of different process phases from hot metal production, steelmaking and secondary metallurgy to casting and ladle management. The modules will also help Tisco to achieve greater production visibility, reduce delivery times, and improve the reliability of its delivery dates.
 
The project, which took 7 months to implement, spanned three casters and involved integration with the plant’s existing ERP and manufacturing execution systems.
 
“We believe that Broner modules will fulfill the requirements and expectations that were set prior to the implementation, and will help us to maintain and further improve a high level of customer service,” said Nie Haifeng, Tisco’s Project Manager.
 
Taiyuan Iron and Steel Ltd is a leading Chinese manufacturer of stainless and carbon steel with annual production capacity of 10 million tonnes and a production range including steel sheets, coils, plates, rods, bars, tubes and pipes. Tisco’s steel output was 6.26 million tonnes in 2006.
 
Broner Metals Solutions provides supply chain planning, scheduling and manufacturing execution systems, specifically for the metals industry.