EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Training centre
The learning hub features a
technical, health and safety, and
operator training dojo focused on
meeting employee and customer
skills requirements. The centre
features revolutionary virtual reality
technologies with realistic machine
controls for simulated operator training
and testing.
Over the past five years, more
than 130 apprentices have gone
through the Komatsu apprenticeship
programme, and the centre currently
offers 36 courses and has provided
Back row: Mike Blom (MD, Komatsu Africa). Front, from left: Shuichiro Kawaguchi (chargé
d’affaires ad interim, Japanese Embassy), Tetsuji Ohashi (CEO, president, and representative
director, Komatsu), Dr Rob Davies (Minister, Department of Trade and Industry), and Masayuki
Moriyama (president, Global Mining Business – Komatsu).
training for more than 2 300 people
over the past three years. ■
About Komatsu
After almost six decades in South
Africa and southern Africa, Komatsu
has grown to become one of the
continent’s foremost suppliers
of Japanese-engineered capital
equipment to the mining and
construction industries. Products are
supported by an expansive service
and support network.
The parts distribution centre (PDC).
New parts distribution centre (PDC) facts
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Size: 21 912m² (120m × 168m)
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under roof
1 250 lines
• Total premises size: 48 236m² • Stock units: 43 000 SKUs turret trucks, enabling safe,
• Distributes around 12 000 pieces accurate access to the highest
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to more than 40 destinations
every day
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Features semi-automated
racking areas
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Stock processing undertaken
• Inventory value: R885-million using Komatsu Warehouse
• Total employees: 60 Management System and
• Store persons: 47 workers • Two shift operations:
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SAP interface
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Features best practices in
First shift: 08:00–14:00 warehouse design and operations
(Pick-Pack-Dispatch) from Japan, Europe, and Australia
Second shift: 14:00–22:00
Part of the equipment workshop
where machinery goes to dry.
Daily average outbound volume:
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Supermarket techniques are
(Unpack-Bin) employed to keep fast-moving
Daily average inbound volume: items at eye level to optimise
975 lines picking cycle times.
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