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The paper presents an example of the solution of transport management and organization in the quarry in terms of material flow requirements and machine efficiency. Raw material transport is a very important technological process in the quarry. Harmonization of material flow requirements and transport management are a significant logistical problem in quarries. The basis of this solution is to ensure the electronic collection of information in quarry and their subsequent use in ensuring the required material flow with minimizing downtime of machinery. Optimization of such transport management in the quarry is ensured by the developed software. The main objectives of this optimization were to minimize transport equipment downtime and maximize materials flow using available mechanisms. For the software solution was chosen as the method of computer simulation of individual alternatives with subsequent evaluation of optimal solutions in terms of minimum downtime respectively maximum transport performance. The transport management software was designed based on practical experience in the granodiorite quarry in Slovakia. However, with minor modifications, it is also applicable to other quarries with automotive raw materials transport. Finding a solution to this problem is the basis for economically sustainable quarrying.

Keywords: Material flow, optimizing software, simulation, transport, logistics

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