Dispatcher Placement Exercise

Dispatcher Placement Exercise
Name _ _
1. What is the purpose of DISPATCH®?

2. List the 3 computer models used by DISPATCH®.

1) _______________

2) _______________

3) _______________

3. The computer model that actually generates the automatic truck assignments is called

the model
4. The averaged truck size used in optimization calculations is called

the size.
5. Number the Haul Cycle elements in their proper order.

__ Full truck arrives at dump location and dumps.

__ Full truck gets dump assignment.

_ _ Empty truck arrives at assigned loading unit.

_1_Shovel indicates full action for truck.

_ _ Empty truck travels to loading unit.

_ _ Empty truck spots at shovel and receives first bucket.

_ _ Full truck travels to dump location.

_ _ Empty truck receives loading location assignment.

6. If a truck is “out of phase” with the haul cycle the system will generate an?

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7. Which one of the following does the transaction screen not display?

A. Time stamps

B. Exceptions

C. Load events

D. GPS arrivals.
8. Explain how the Linear programming deals with each type of status

• Down

• Ready

• Delay

• Spare

9. Shovel 5 is standby, Shovel 6 is ready, Shovel 7 is delay, and Shovel 8 is down. Which shovels will
appear on HaulRoute® Screen?

10. If there are NO shovel, grade or truck dump locks on then DISPATCH® will assign a full truck to?

a) The closest ready park up area

b) The closest ready dump
c) The closest ready stockpile that accepts the material type

d) The closest ready dump that accepts the material type
e) The closest ready dump with a capacity on it

11. DISPATCH® uses both real time and historical data for calculations and to generate reports.

True

False



12. The two “trigger actions” required for an auto arrive are? (check all that apply)

A. The truck must be inside the GPS beacon radius

B. The truck must come to a stop

C. The truck must slow down below 5MPH

D. The truck must be within 50 feet of the shovel

E. The truck must be the only truck inside the GPS beacon radius

13. Auto‐reassign beacons should be allocated as what type of beacon?

A. End point.

B. Waypoint.

14. List the five categories of exceptions

1.
2.

3.

4.

5.

15. Rank in order from weakest (1) to strongest (5), the following loaded assignment types and locks.

_____ Grade lock

_____ Nearest “ready” dump (WEAKEST)

_____ Truck dump lock

_____ Shovel to dump lock

_____ Manual assignment (STRONGEST)



16. Proportional feeding tool has the ability to. (check all that apply)

A. Stop under trucked shovels from going unused

B. share limited haulage resources between loading units

C. Allocate haulage share based on workload of shovel as a percentage of total pit tons.

D. All of the above

17. The Global parameter setting “Allow unused trucks in an under trucked situation” or (LPMATCHTRUCKS) must
be set to YES for the proportional feeding tool to be used?

True

False
18. Loading unit coverage % or utilisation % is a measure of? (check all that apply)

A. How much haulage coverage the shovel has in terms of % of total tons

B. How much haulage coverage the shovel has in terms of % of dig rate

C. How much haulage coverage the shovel has in terms of truck numbers

D. How much haulage coverage the shovel has in terms of priorities.

19. Dynamic Programming refers to the “neediest” truck as being

A) The next truck to leave the dump

B) The next truck to arrive at a loading unit

C) The next truck to request as assignment

D) The truck that is currently requesting an assignment

20. When a pit is over trucked, then L.P will basically ignore priorities. Explain why....


21. Which types of exceptions require Dispatcher interaction

A) Arrive exceptions

B) L.P solution

C) Assign exceptions

D) Most status exceptions

E) General exceptions

Examine the following L.P ranking report then answer the questions below
22. Which shovel is being starved?

23. Explain the difference between Dispatcher applied priority rankings and System applied rankings on the L.P
ranking report.

24. What is the truck productivity of the highest ranked priority two shovel?

25. What are valid reasons for a shovel moving higher up the ranking list.
(check all that apply)

A. The Dispatcher lifts the priority on the shovel

B. The Dispatcher uses a shorter dump, increasing truck productivity

C. The Dispatcher cycles trucks through quickly to increase truck productivity


D. The Dispatcher adjusts the shovels coverage

26. The DISPATCH® system basically operates according to a three tier logic structure. Label in order from first to
last the three levels of logic.

___ C Code

___ Forms

___ Configuration setting

27. The database that is owned by the Dispatcher for their shift is the _______________________ database.

28. What is the effect on data integrity of a truck pressing first bucket action late.
(check all that may apply)

A. Falsely reduces the shovels dig rate

B. Falsely increases the shovels dig rate

C. Falsely increases the truck spot times

D. Falsely decreases the trucks spot time

E. Falsely decreases shovel loading time

29. Which of the following events can cause a shovel to go unused? (check all that apply)

A. Dumping point not readied up

B. No valid path to dump point

C. Proportional feeding accidently left on shovel

D. Dump point capacity being reached

E. Haulage units being truck locked to a standby dump

F. No dumps that accept material type

G. Not enough trucks to feed the shovel


30. Explain how often the L.P solution is re‐calculated


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