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Logyard and Timber Management Software
Tech Update Editor: Helen Johnson
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3LOG Systems Inc
3LOG Systems addresses the need of forest product companies for 
user-friendly
inventory and management software. Its Log Inventory and Management System
(LIMS) is designed to enhance operational woodland management by
comprehensively supporting all company fibre interactions from one central
database, giving the big picture of their operations. From the woods to
the mill, the nine-module system is tailored to meet a company’s
operational, contractual, administrative and accounting requirements. LIMS
is web-ready, allowing information access and management from multiple
locations.
WeighWiz is an unmanned, integrated weigh
scale software option that improves the accuracy of log load weights and
enhances the ability to monitor loads. Designed to be operated by truck
drivers and weigh masters, the software captures the true weight of the
load and automatically associates it with a specific contractor, truck,
destination or other user-defined field.
By combining the portability of handheld devices with the power of PC
software and the expandability of database servers, ScaleWiz facilitates
the critical task of log scaling and data uploading. Reader
Service Card #160
GESPRO Technologies
GESPRO Technologies specializes in software development for the forest
industry and offers solutions for the industry’s specific requirements.
For the past 15 years, the company has been helping clients attain
objectives through forestry software solutions such as wood scaling for
private or crown wood, either in the forest or in the mill. It also offers
software solutions that include automated weigh scales, mass scaling,
management of harvesting and hauling activities, inventory and lumber
sales management, as well as automated hardwood grading. GESPRO also
provides professional training and customer support programs with its
software. Reader Service Card #161
Linnet
Woodlands – The System, created for the forest industry by Linnet
– The Land Systems Company, is a comprehensive forest 
management
package for managing information for every aspect of woodlands operation,
from planning and silviculture, through inventory tracking to wood
delivery, contract management and final settlement. All information is
accessible from the desktop, so the right information is available to the
right people at the right time, whether they are on site or at the office.
The system provides better information and greater efficiency with the
result being a better bottom line, the company says. Reader
Service Card #162
Logsale.com
Changing the concept of stratum conversion factor access is a recent
undertaking of Logsale.com. Logs are sold by a calculated volume based on
their weight at the scale. The calculation to convert weight into volume
includes a stratum conversion factor. A stratum is a group or collection
of logs that is species specific.
Logsale’s new stratum checker service allows the seller of the wood to
determine the conversion factors for more than 150 British Columbia
sawmills. It also provides historical information for identifying trends
within the stratum. This information is invaluable for buyers and sellers
of timber and provides another tool for the negotiation of prices, as well
as improving tracking and accountability.
Logsale’s new timber mark checking service provides further
accountability in log sales and deliveries. A person may now search by
timber mark to find out where the logs from that mark were delivered. All
this information is now produced in a user-friendly and readable format
online. Reader Service Card #163
Genus RMT
Genus Resource Management Technologies, a subsidiary of Canadian
Forest Products, was formed to provide land and environmental 
management
software to resource industries.
A very tight integration of map data with attribute data is achieved by
Genus through the use of ESRI’s embedded COM object technology. With the
use of handheld computers for field data entry, Genus enables the
selection of relevant data to be downloaded to a handheld and provides
synchronization when edited data is ready to be uploaded. With all data
stored in a single database, access to information from all levels of the
organization is fast and easy, the company says.
The Application Service Provider option enables users to access the Genus
software applications using an ordinary Internet browser, thus avoiding
major investments in software, hardware and support staff. Reader
Service Card #164
Remsoft Inc
Remsoft Inc, a specialist in software programs for forest and wildlife
management, offers Woodstock and Stanley, two packages used by major
forest companies, universities, forestry consultants and public 
agencies
for a host of integrated planning problems, including supporting forest
activity compliance with certification regulations.
Woodstock users can address common modelling problems, such as harvest
scheduling and timber supply analysis, as well as non-timber-related
issues such as incorporating wildlife habitat and conservation areas into
a long-term forest plan.
Stanley, a spatial harvest scheduling software package, takes those plans
and puts them into action, automating harvest block scheduling and
visually projecting the future forest state. Reader
Service Card #165
Geosoft Development
Corp
Geosoft Development’s Logyard Inventory Management System (LIMS)
manages log scale data using handheld scaling computers. 
The
system automatically imports scale data from the handheld to a local
computer, assigns sort/bin designation and manages the log inventory from
arrival to sale with full support for invoicing, supplier payments and
commissions, purchaser information and extensive reporting. As business
practices, user requirements and reporting formats vary from site to site,
every LIMS application is customized by Geosoft, making it unique for each
logyard. All scale data is
stored in xBASE format, allowing easy integration with third party
accounting programs, as well as popular database programs such as FoxPro,
Access or Excel. LIMS runs on any computer using any version of Windows.
Reader Service Card #166
TimberSoft/NorthStar
Digital
Timber measurement consultants TimberSoft Technologies Ltd now
engineers software for the production of professional quality
geo-referenced digital topographic maps of Canada. The Geo TIFF maps work
well with GIS applications for use with vector data and for use with a GPS
and moving map software. Loggers and foresters can use the maps for
navigational purposes or have logging plans custom-scanned and
geo-referenced for use with a GPS, allowing them to locate a new harvest
site with no difficulty.
TimberSoft also offers a cut-to-length quality management program to
monitor the complete timber harvest, waste monitoring software and a
bundle tracking and inventory system.
NorthStar Digital Imaging, a division of TimberSoft Technologies, offers
the NorthStar Memory-Map Personal Navigator. Operating on a Windows CE
device, it displays navigation information and position on a colourful map
image.
NorthStar also distributes the Compact Flash GPS that converts a pocket PC
into a self-contained navigation system for real-time positioning and data
collection. Reader Service Card
#167
BCS Woodlands
Software
BCS Woodlands Software offers a logyard and timber management software
package called the BCS Log Hauler, which has been recording, reporting and
evolving for 15 years. The BCS Log Hauler, along with its associated BCS
Scale House Tracker, provides intermediate-sized mills with all the
requirements for tracking their wood volumes and the associated
liabilities incurred in bringing that wood into their logyards. The decks
are maintained with conversions and volumes and may be decremented as the
mill processes the logs. Reader
Service Card #168
Perforex Solutions
Perforex Solutions has developed the PowerSuite System for quality,
productivity, efficiency and key performance indicator tracking,
reporting, charting and analysis to support timber supply management.
PowerSuite modules are developed in the latest Microsoft technology and
include Log Quality with scaling bureau integration, Fiber Utilization,
Environmental Compliance and Safety Management. Perforex
Solutions partners with forest product companies to increase their profits
by implementing operating practices, systems and disciplines that drive
results and create sustainable performance improvement. Reader
Service Card #169
Progressive
Solutions
Accurate, real-time inventory controls are at the hub of the business
software solutions that Progressive Solutions Inc offers to 
the
wood products industry. Tying all business functions into a single
environment, all software products have easy-to-use, Windows-based screens
providing critical information to sales and operations staff.
Fiber Track is a complete log procurement and settlement package for
sawmills of all types and sizes.
Lumber Track is a full-featured total management solution, ideal for
single- or multiple-site sawmills, panel mills and value-added producers,
distributors, wholesalers and brokers for both domestic and export
markets.
Mill Track focusses on the sales and inventory control needs of
single-site softwood and hardwood sawmills and value-added producers.
Reader Service Card #170
Forestry IT
Forestry IT provides software solutions for woodlands and sawmill
operations from seedling to stump to mill, assisting in streamlining data
collection and reporting requirements.
SampleIT handles the sampling requirements for fixed length, tree length
and stack. Cumulative reports include mass volume factor, per cent defect,
per cent undersize and diameter distribution.
WeighIT looks after the wood flow in and out of the yard across the
scales, which can be either attended or unattended. The driver interface
is simplified with the use of touch cards and a touch screen. Reports
available include contractor/hauler payment, crown dues, daily deliveries
and production.
ISO-CheckIT handles the collecting and reporting of ISO compliance via a
pocket PC. Check boxes allow the tallier to indicate if a contractor is in
compliance with the standard operating procedures and, if not, allows for
recording of comments.
QualityIT looks after the collecting and reporting of product quality of
material received. Data is collected either with an MDC data collector or
a pocket PC. Reader Service
Card#171
TimberOffice/Timberjack
TimberOffice, an integrated suite of software solutions from
Timberjack Europe, is specifically designed for contractors and forest
companies to manage the information produced by the harvester for
cost-effective performance.
The suite includes TimberCenter for e-mail and centralized information
management and SilviA, a management program for bucking that helps create
and manage price lists and sends bucking instructions to a working
harvester. The TimberNavi program is a GIS that uses global positioning
(GPS) so machine operators can see their position displayed in real time.
TimberCalc integrates machine costs, follow ups and estimates, while
TimberMonitor keeps an eye on machine performance. Reader
Service Card #172
Pacific Northwest
National Lab
A computer model that helps forest managers design or modify forest
roads, tree harvesting and other land-use activities based on their
effects on watersheds, streams and fish habitat has been researched at the
US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The
model simulates the movement of water throughout a watershed, making it
possible to explore economic and environmental trade-offs. The model
considers solar radiation, precipitation, air temperature, evaporation,
plant transpiration and downslope water movement.
The Geographic Information System-based Modeling System for Watershed
Analysis (GISWA) shows how alternative practices can help avoid altering a
watershed’s natural processes. Reader
Service Card #173
Savcor Forest
Savcor Forest of Finland supplies customized forest data management
solutions and electronic field equipment, providing software, interfaces
and user education. Its suite of timber measurement solutions incorporates
computer calipers and includes inventory, log measurement and harvester
head measurement control. Inventory software provides information for
felling decisions, forest valuation and harvest planning. . Reader
Service Card #174
Mesbois Inc
Founded in 1990, Les Consultants Informatique Mesbois Inc specializes
in forest industry software development for different methods of log
scaling and handheld computers. The company’s log scaling software is
adapted to the needs of forest contractors, sawmills and both the private
and public sectors and offers scaling compilations, production management
and preparation of payment.
Yard management software
allows the supervision of production at different levels and the creation
and updating of inventory lists, according to user specifications. The
software presents an “interface-vendor” for such items as consultation
of stock, preparation of delivery documents and sales management.
Its board classification software for handheld computers calculates mill
production, automatically compiling information to allow the user to print
the specifications of one or more bundles and/or transfer the information
to an inventory control system. Reader
Service Card #175
Aldata Software
The Boss Line is Aldata Software Management Inc’s complete fibre
management software system that collects data and reports on many aspects
of the fibre flow. A key feature is its ability to seamlessly handle the
forest industry’s complex contract administration process. The Boss Line
includes: Yard Boss – Logs; Yard Boss – Chips; and Scale Boss.
Yard Boss – Chips works within the business rules that apply to chips
and other wood commodities. In addition to contract administration and
inventory tracking, the product monitors the complex quality parameters
associated with purchased chips and applies bonuses or penalties where
applicable.
Yard Boss manages inventory and contracts with increased efficiency for
maximum value, tracking loads of logs and chips, linking them to the
primary contract and calculating vendors’ payments. The system generates
inventory reports that provide managers with a snapshot of the cost of
obtaining current inventory, as well as its attributes. Reader
Service Card #176
Scoop Software Corp
Designed solely for the forest industry, web-based Scoopsoft software
is an enterprise knowledge system that integrates enterprise resource
planning (ERP), supply chain management and e-business. The system, from
Scoop Software Corp, offers solutions for raw material inventory, advanced
production planning and scheduling, capacity and delivery, while providing
insight into product profitability, demand, production and procurement
optimization, based on the bottom line. The company offers custom product
development, customer support and services. Reader
Service Card #177
Strong Engineering
The Digital Remote Scaling (DRS) technology from Strong Engineering
Company continues to evolve, diversifying into a complete system with
digital image technology at the core. The new, complete system now
integrates data, weight and images and the image system can be integrated
with existing weight systems, the company says. DRS technology can scale a
truckload of material in a couple of minutes, is faster and more efficient
than weight scaling and offers quality control and security.
When the loaded truck passes between the camera housings, which are
climate-controlled to –40 degrees F, the driver swipes a bar-coded card
or tag through the reader and digital cameras photograph the truck. The
images are downloaded to a computer and stored for the scaler. More than
200 loads can be scaled per shift and captured images can be read remotely
from any location. As well as simplifying tracking and auditing of loads,
the technology provides a permanent record of each load that can be stored
to a CD. Reader Service Card # 178
TRUCKBASE
The TB Terminal from TRUCKBASE Corp is a new two-way data
input/feedback option for the company’s onboard system for trucks and
heavy equipment. The terminal enables operators to input data to be
inserted into the GPS data set and at the same time provides feedback from
the Model B computer. Enhancing the TRUCKBASE Truck Management System
(TMS), the TB Terminal allows the driver to input waybill numbers, driver
ID, cutblock ID and destination mill yard(s), a feature particularly
useful for hauls involving numerous loading and unloading destinations.
The terminal also provides productivity information collected by the
onboard system, as well as diagnostic and onboard system performance
information.
TRUCKBASE develops customized systems for a variety of industry clients.
Reader Service Card # 179
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