Following on from the release earlier this year of mine planning solutions for open cut and underground coal, OPMS is a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product based on configuration not customisation. Commenting on the release, Alun Philips, Product Manager – Mine Planning said “OPMS delivers a streamlined process driven user interface that guides users through the scheduling process, from end to end. This approach of standardisation and simplification has been built on top of the underlying power of the industry leading XPAC scheduling engine. Users can now master the application quickly while at the same time having the scheduling confidence that comes with using XPAC.”