STUDIO OP is a complete design and scheduling package for the medium to short term planning of open pit mines. With its visualisation and interactive environment, STUDIO OP makes designing pits and waste dumps, preparing reserves and producing schedules a breeze. The system includes optimisation outines to achieve desired financial outcomes or meet product blend specifications with minimal manual intervention.

CAE NPV Scheduler provides a complete strategic pit planning solution covering pit optimization, pushback generation, cut-off grade optimization, scheduling, haulage optimization and stockpile management. CAE NPV Scheduler is unique in offering alternative techniques for pit optimization to take account of material blending or to maximize mine life. Its pushback generator is widely considered to deliver the most practical pushbacks of any equivalent product and its scheduling capability includes optimization techniques that look ahead for the whole of the mine life as opposed to considering one period at a time.