Hancock Forest Management (HFM) Turned to Trimble Forestry to quickly Implement Paperless Load Ticket Processing When COVID-19 Hit
Hancock Forest Management (HFM) has worked closely with its long-standing technology partner, Trimble Forestry, to implement paperless ticket processing, an important safety measure to help reduce the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, relying on Trimble Forestry Logistics, there is no longer any exchange of paper documents between loaders, haulers, and scale sites. HFM is leading the industry to provide contactless supply chain operations to protect its employees, trading partners, contractors, and the communities in which it operates.
“Safety is a core value throughout Hancock Forest Management (HFM). When the virus hit, we were instructed to transform our log supply chain to a paperless process…and get it done quickly,” said Chris Bailey, HFM Distribution Manager. “Working closely with the Trimble Forestry Logistics team, we were able to get everyone in our supply chain on board and trained, and transition successfully to fully paperless ticket exchanges in a matter of weeks.”
On any given day, HFM approximately 50 logging crews in the field, producing logs transported by more than 150 trucks per day and delivered to more than 30 separate customer sites. The result is nearly 150,000 load dockets created per year, in order to successfully harvest and deliver 3.5 million logs annually throughout New Zealand.
“Our operations touch nearly every part of the North Island. It’s important to do our part to avoid the spread of COVID-19, and going paperless was a key way for us to help keep our employees, trading partners, and ultimately all New Zealanders safer,” added Bailey.
HFM relies on Trimble’s Connected Forest™ Logistics solutions to execute its weekly harvest and delivery wood flow plan. Trimble’s Operations and Dispatch team monitors in-forest log production and log inventories and schedules the haulage fleet. CF Logistics technology facilitates logging production and haulage activity for optimized loaded mile productivity and efficient delivery of customer’s log orders.
To learn more about Trimble’s Connected Forest Logistic solutions, visit forestry.trimble.com, email forestrysales@trimble.com or call Rotorua, New Zealand at +64 7348 0308.
About Hancock Forest Management:
Hancock Forest Management NZ Ltd (HFM NZ) was established in 2004 to manage forests on behalf of Hancock Natural Resource Group’s clients. We currently manage approximately 235,000 hectares (581,000 acres) of plantation forests on behalf of three clients—Taumata Plantations Ltd, Tiaki Plantations Company, and OTPP NZ Forest Investments Ltd. Our client’s forests are located in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Horizons (Manawatu Wanganui), and Hawkes Bay regions. HFM NZ is actively committed to providing a safe working environment and to being good stewards of the environment.
About Trimble’s Forestry Division
Trimble’s Forestry Division offers SaaS and enterprise software to improve the productivity and sustainability of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest managers, conservation organizations, government departments, finished product manufacturers, and the partners that connect the global forest supply chain. Trimble’s Connected Forest™ solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, and processing. For more information, visit forestry.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
Maibec to Deploy Trimble Forestry’s LIMS and WeighWiz Solutions at its East River, Nova Scotia Mill
Trimble Forestry is pleased to announce that Maibec, a Canadian-based company with operations in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, will deploy Trimble Forestry’s LIMS and WeighWiz solutions at its newly acquired siding mill in East River, Nova Scotia. LIMS and WeighWiz are part of Trimble’s Connected Forest™ Business portfolio.
About Maibec Inc.
Known as a prefinished siding system specialist, Maibec is widely recognized for its innovative know-how and mass customization expertise across eastern North America. Maibec is the largest producer of prefinished White Cedar shingles in North America, the leading Canadian manufacturer of prefinished wood siding, and a large supplier of cedar mulch for the Canadian and American markets. Maibec employs over 600 people at its head office in Levis, Québec, and at its nine production facilities in the USA, Quebec, and New Brunswick provinces of Canada.
About Trimble’s Forestry Division
Trimble’s Forestry Division offers SaaS and enterprise software to improve the productivity and sustainability of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest managers, conservation organizations, government departments, finished product manufacturers, and the partners that connect the global forest supply chain. Trimble’s Connected Forest™ solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, and processing. For more information, visit forestry.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modelling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
The Forest Products Commission of Western Australia to Deploy Trimble’s CONNECTED FOREST™ Solutions
Trimble Forestry today is pleased to announce that the Forest Products Commission of Western Australia (FPCWA), the entity responsible for managing forest lands owned or leased by the government in Western Australia, will deploy Trimble’s Connected Forest solutions to move to a digital, paperless, delivery note exchange system.
FPCWA will deploy the Connected Forest Exchange (CFX), a cloud-based platform providing visibility and access to real-time electronic delivery notes throughout the supply chain. The deployment includes mobile applications for field data collection and seamless synchronization to CFX. This will result in greater timber security, faster payment reconciliation, more efficient operations, and the estimated elimination of 36,000 paper delivery notes each year, representing 1.5 million tonnes of forest products annually.
About the Forest Products Commission
The Forest Product Commission (FPC) promotes the sustainable management and development of Western Australia’s forest and wood products industry using native forest, plantation, and sandalwood products on land owned or leased by the State. We ensure the immediate and ongoing production of wood products today and into the future while also protecting other forest values such as biodiversity, clear air, and clean water for generations to come. The FPC was established in November 2000 by the Western Australian Government.
About Trimble’s Forestry Division
Trimble’s Forestry Division offers SaaS and enterprise software to improve the productivity and sustainability of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest managers, conservation organizations, government departments, finished product manufacturers, and the partners that connect the global forest supply chain. Trimble’s Connected Forest™ solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, and processing. For more information, visit forestry.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
Burney Forest Products (BFP) Selects Trimble Forestry’s LIMS, WeighWiz and LabWiz Solution
Trimble Forestry is pleased to announce that Burney Forest Products (BFP) will implement LIMS, WeighWiz and LabWiz in its biomass-fueled cogeneration power plant in California. Trimble Forestry’s LIMS is a well-established leader in providing solutions to companies that rely on wood and agricultural waste products for power production. Read more about LIMS being deployed in the biomass industry here.
Trimble Forestry acquired 3LOG in 2019, adding LIMS to its Connected Forest Business portfolio. The acquisition expanded Trimble Forestry’s Connected Forest™ solutions, which offer a complete end-to-end ecosystem for forest management, traceability, and timber processing.
To learn more about Trimble Forestry’s Connected Forest suite of products including LIMS, LRM, CFX, and more, visit http://forestry.trimble.com or contact us by phone at +1 888 443 4241 or by email at forestrysales@trimble.com.
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Trimble Forestry Releases Land Resource Manager Version 4.2
Customers Can Download the Free Upgrade Today
Trimble Forestry is pleased to announce that it has released a new version of its popular Land Resource Manager (LRM 4.2) software. LRM 4.2 continues an ongoing expansion of functionality on the LRM web platform, providing access to full viewing and editing capabilities from any Internet-connected device. LRM 4.2 is accessible via all commonly used web browsers.
“Today’s release is an important step forward in our on-going initiative to expand access to the key functions of LRM from any place and any device,” said Kevin Toohill, Trimble Forestry’s General Manager.
LRM is a cornerstone of the CFForest product portfolio, part of Trimble’s Connect Forest™. Our Connected Forest™ solutions are designed to improve productivity and streamline all forestry operations. The portfolio provides solutions to manage the full raw-materials cycle: planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transportation, and processing.
Detailed release notes and download links are available within the “What’s New” section of LRM. For additional support or questions, please email LRMsupport@trimble.com or call 1-888-443-4241.
About LRM (Land Resource Manager):
Land Resource Manager (LRM) is a configurable and spatially-enabled platform that manages both land and forest assets and activities. LRM can be deployed as a desktop, web, or mobile application and leverages the power of ESRI technology.
About Trimble’s Forestry Division
Trimble’s Forestry Division offers land, forest and fiber management solutions that improve the productivity and operations for some of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest landowners, timberland investment, conservation, state, and federal departments as well as international food processing companies involved in environmental, social and economic land management. The Connected Forest™ solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting and processing. For more information, visit forestry.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
Trimble’s Connected Forest adds Paperless Ticket Option
Trimble Forestry today announced that its Connected Forest solutions have added the option for paperless trip tickets to its mobile electronic ticket application for forest to mill log deliveries. The paperless supply chain is facilitated by the Connected Forest Xchange (CFX) platform that allows all supply chain partners to view their load transactions in real-time.
Green Belt, Ireland’s largest private forestry company, recently implemented the CFX mobile paperless solution. “We have been able to go from 7000 paper dockets being exchanged at 135 sites annually, to ZERO paper tickets,” said John O’Reilly, CEO of Green Belt.
“Paperless trip tickets support the broad trend towards electronic records within our industry. It has the added benefit of limiting the potential spread of Covid-19 by removing the exchange of paper documents between the loader and hauler, and between the hauler and scale site”, said Kevin Toohill, General Manager of Trimble Forestry.
The CFX platform, including integrated Web and mobile applications, connects and gives real-time visibility to electronic load tickets from harvesters, haulers, and scaling sites. It improves and speeds up the process for administrators to reconcile delivered loads, manage revenue collection and payments, and provides greater data visibility throughout the supply chain in a completely digital, paperless environment.
To learn more about how Trimble Forestry’s Connected Forest solutions can help your company, visit forestry.trimble.com or email forestrysales@trimble.com.
About Trimble’s Forestry Division
Trimble’s Forestry Division offers land, forest and fiber management solutions that improve the productivity and operations for some of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest landowners, timberland investment, conservation, state, and federal departments as well as international food processing companies involved in environmental, social and economic land management. The Connected Forest™ solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting and processing. For more information, visit https://forestry.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
Customer news: Green Belt selects Trimble Forestry’s CONNECTED FOREST™
Ireland’s largest private forestry company Green Belt trusts Trimble Forestry in the digitalization of their forestry business.
Trimble Forestry COVID-19 Response
March 19, 2020
Trimble Forestry appreciates the trust you place in us and in our technology every day. In this time of uncertainty due to COVID-19, we want to assure you we are taking all recommended precautions to protect our employees and our infrastructure so that we can continue to provide the highest levels of service to you.
In an abundance of caution, all employees, except those in essential production and service roles that require office or fieldwork, are working from home and we are adhering to government-recommended restrictions on travel. We are taking advantage of the investment we have made in a robust infrastructure of cloud-based collaboration tools so our employees are able to work in a secure and efficient manner to provide you with the highest level of service.
Trimble Forestry appreciates your business and together we will get through these challenging times. We will continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety and well-being of our dedicated employees and the continuity of the services and technology that support your operations. We are open for business and here to serve you. Please do not hesitate to call on us.
We wish you, your colleagues and your families health and safety.
Sincerely,
Kevin Toohill
General Manager
Trimble Forestry
New customer: Terrafame, Finland
Terrafame has subscribed to our process diagnostics system Wedge.
Terrafame Ltd. is a multi-metal company which produces nickel, zinc, cobalt and copper at its integrated production facilities in Sotkamo, Finland. Its bioleaching-base production process is unique, sustainable and yields a small carbon footprint. Terrafame is currently building one of the world’s largest battery chemicals production units.
Terrafame is using Wedge to cover their processes from mining and ore handling to bioleaching and metal and chemical production.