Delivered the mineral supply-chain system on time and within budget.
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Connecting materials management across fifteen mining sites
A large Chinese mineral enterprise spanning coal mining, processing, chemicals, smelting, building materials, power and mechanical production needed to integrate materials supply management across its departments and mining sites.
- Client context
- A Fortune 500 mineral enterprise division
- connected by the intranet
- 15 mines
- enterprise division
- Fortune 500
- and within budget
- On time
The operating constraints
What the project needed to address
- Materials supply workflows had to be integrated across fifteen mines and the entire mineral bureau.
- Complex business logic required modular development that remained easy to allocate, locate and extend.
- Inventory processes for obsolete and replacement items needed better control and shared technical knowledge.
System scope
Connect materials supply and inventory across the mining organisation
Delivered a modular J2EE and browser-based supply-chain management system using MVC, Struts and Hibernate to connect materials supply workflows across the mining enterprise.
The requirement included intranet work across fifteen mines and supply-chain management for the wider mineral bureau. The organisation needed connected materials-supply procedures and departmental information.
Struts modules kept configuration, pages and actions organised by function. Reusable components and a shared knowledge base supported implementation and transfer of expertise to the client’s team.
Engineering approach
Use modular web development and shared implementation knowledge
Structured the web layer with MVC and Struts, leaving extension interfaces for specialised requirements.
Divided complex business logic into independent Struts modules with their own configuration, pages and actions.
Used Hibernate object-relational mapping to simplify data access and keep the business layer flexible.
Built reusable components and a shared knowledge base to accelerate implementation and transfer expertise.
Technology and delivery context
Tools and practices recorded for this engagement
J2EEJavaStrutsHibernateMVCB/S Architecture
The result
Recorded project outcomes
Improved work efficiency and materials-supply workflows across the company and fifteen mining sites.
Strengthened inventory procedures for obsolete and replaced items while improving knowledge sharing.
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