Log Boom Management
Unlike the simplicity of towing a group of logs on the water from point A to point B, tracking the details of doing so is complex. That’s why all the players involved—log towing companies, customers, log brokers, log agents, mills and others—should ideally be working on a single system.
Some of your issues…
You need to track and manage log and boom inventory in order to properly invoice all associated costs. Things like storage ground management, log brokerage management, log agent management, log export management, boom gear tracking, project-based tracking, mill cut and oversize/kickout tracking and mill supply management all add complexity to the bigger picture. And the sheer number of times complex information changes hands adds room for error. Fiber allocation to mills or open markets, costing from harvest to sale, profitability analysis per project or boom—all but impossible on older paper-based or rudimentary digital systems.
How Edoc can help…
Log boom management has finally been simplified. Now you can track information on one industry-specific system, integrating with log towing companies (with TugAssist) and transferring boom invoice information directly to any TIMBER client or other systems through Edoc’s Data Transfer Service. Here are some of the many ways TIMBER can help you manage your log inventories:
- Improve your ability to supply mills with fiber with knowledge of log inventories
- Record all changes to status or volume of booms
- Import data from external systems
- Integrate all required data into one system
- Allow incorporation or attachment of all costs at the boom or project level
- Get a flexible reporting system that allows for extensive options or parameters to produce reports
- Manage mill cut line-ups to increase mill efficiency and/or more easily fulfill supply contracts
- Streamline purchase and sales transactions for automatic inventory adjustments and accounting integration
