Using the Continuous improvement Process to optimize opencast mining operations

摘要

The value chain in the energy industry has changed over the last few years. Several stages, such as energy trading, have gained in significance while the character of others, for instance electricity generation, has changed. RWE Power is actively participating in shaping this change process and is a driving force of change. One focus of RWE Power's strategic alignment is on a highly efficient and integrated core business in lignite mining and lignite-based electricity generation. The Continuous Improvement Process "immer.besser" (getting better) ensures the continuous achievement and development of operational and commercial excellence in our daily operations. As a corporate culture this determines the requirements to be met by entrepreneurial ideas. It also ensures an increase in performance as well as cost reductions in our daily business.