NEWS RELEASE
Millar Western Forest Products Ltd. has
become our millennium client
January 2000
RICHMOND, B.C. – 3LOG Systems is pleased to make an agreement with Millar
Western Forest Products Ltd on December, 1999, as the beginning
of our first project in the next millennium. The new
LIMS project
has been started on January 2000, and may end on late April 2000,
depending on Millar Western functional specifications. Recently,
we have discussed about the sub modules of LIMS with Millar personnel.
Millar’s personnel is happy to find that most original LIMS
features meet its firm’s requirements, while the Bushscale
Payments and Load Payment Managers will need customizations. Millar
has already sent us their needs in bushscale reconciliation, hauling,
loading, logging, wood purchase, and timber sales. In addition,
Millar has been looking for a multi-division system that can work
in different company divisions. 3LOG meets all Millar’s needs
because LIMS is able to handle multiple operations with different
parameters like coastal vs. interior, and inter-provincial or inter-state.
LIMS is highly scalable. Some of our clients have the system set
up with a central database, with all of their divisions combined
under one central reporting system to a corporate head office. Other
clients have their woodlands operations treated as a single entity
with its applied rules of business, having a stand-alone managed
database.
Because Millar’s requirements meet most LIMS features,
we will spend approximately one and a half month on customization.
The customization process includes display and reports, user manuals
and on-line help, enhancement in LIMS for handling bushscale rate
adjustments, self-loading enhancements, hand-held interface, and
financial interface. An on-site implementation will be performed
after customizations. Afterwards, we will provide Millar a period
of user training sessions to familiarize its employees with LIMS.
Besides LIMS, Millar would also like to purchase the
WeighWiz software for its sites at Whitecourt and Boyle. Site
licenses were granted as soon as the project started. 3LOG’s
WeighWiz software is a weight data collection system designed
for truck drivers or weigh-masters. This program captures the true
weight of the load automatically as it passes over the scales. This
accuracy is especially useful in remote areas and during off-peak
times when there is no weigh-master available. The cost benefits
can be seen in the accuracy of data capture, errorless entry and
integration with remote operations.
About Millar Western Forest Products Ltd:
Millar Western
built its first pulp mill at Whitecourt, Alberta, in 1988, producing
bleached chemi-thermo mechanical pulp (BCTMP) that is highly in demand
in Europe, Asia and North America.
Later, another BCTMP mill opened at Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, which
produces an average of 710 tons of pulp per day. Millar’s
products also include dimension lumber and value-added wood products.
However, its major product, BCTMP is recognized the best for fine
printing paper, specialty papers, tissues and toweling, and paperboard.
For more information about LIMS and WeighWiz, please contact our Products
Department, 3LOG Systems at (604) 271-5506 or via email info@3LOG.com |
