Re: "Just in Time" management

[neumannc <neumannc@ozemail.com.au>]

Derick Wuen wrote:
> 
> Agree with that.... terminal inefficiency, not surplus train problem
> David Johnson wrote in message <3912AF69.6577517B@ozemail.com.au>...
> >Peter J Ruxton wrote:
> >
> >> Therefore in the Huter Valley when one sees coal trains queued for
> >> Port Waratah and Kooragang often for lenghty times in a sizeable queue
> say
> >> Hanbury back to Maitland does that mean there is to much resources i.e
> >> trains
> >> used so some should be witdrawn from use ?
> >
> >No - insufficient resources - not enough tracks.

The problem in the Hunter is that the railways have never been able to
understand that the customer (ie the foreign buyer) does not want just
"coal" but a specific type of coal eg steaming, coking, low sulphur, law
ash etc and that just bringing "coal" to Newcastle is not the name of
the game.  No one wants "coal" that will not be loaded onto a ship for
at least three months.  It (coal export) is a service industry and if
you want to prosper you must deliver what the customer wants, not what
you happen to be able to put into a wagon.

Chris