SupplyChain Magazine April 2016 | Page 176

IMPALA TERMINALS PERÚ
includes a railroad track , since most minerals for export are brought via train from Central Peru .
A strategic location , railway track and conveyor belts between the facility and loading docks at Callao ... Impala Terminals Peru is , by far , the best partner for minerals export
The business model developed at Impala ’ s Peruvian location has been exported to all other Impala locations in Latin America and China ; in fact , different members of the Impala Peru staff have been required to travel abroad to share their knowledge within this system .
“ Our know-how in commodity management has resulted in an export-quality business model that our corporation has deployed in other locations ,” the executive said .
High impact tech revolutionizing everyday procedures
Impala Terminals Peru has improved their operations ’ dimension dramatically after a wagon tippler was acquired in 2013 . This heavy-duty machinery is able to unload up to ten wagons per hour , which translates into an exponential improvement in productivity , rising from a traditional 15 emptied wagons during a busy tenhour shift . The tippler is connected to another conveyor belt that leads to a remotely controlled automated shipping system .
Regular management operations are run by a custom-made system named DBCT , which encompasses every process from weight scales ,
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