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Article: United States : Cost reduction a business imperative for coal industry.(Conference notes)
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- October 1, 2009
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There are a number of factors creating this urgency said Boyle, from Synergy Management Consulting Group: the global financial crisis; capital constraints; and rising operating costs.
He told attendees of the NSW Coal & Energy Conference, on September 29th, that these factors have seen companies and contractors look to Lean Six Sigma capabilities to improve their performance.
Barnett, of Minec, told the conference, You have to control your costs if you re a domestic producer because you get bugger all for the coal that you sell to the power plants so if you can t control your costs you don t stay in business.
While cost reduction is a business ...