Efficiency experiment - part one

摘要

Downtime is lost opportunity and profit in the fast-moving oil and natural gas fields of the Peace River region, located in northeastern British Columbia. The boom there is pushing companies like sand-and-gravel producer Nels Ostero Ltd. to produce more - and faster. To keep up, Nels Ostero needed to beef up its screening. "Over the last three years, the demand for aggre gates has really taken off," says Nilson Ostero, the company's manager. "The area's infrastructure is rap idly growing, so there's tremendous pressure to keep up with local aggregate demands."