Ainsworth as our new client became our new client on March 1999

March 1999

It is 3LOG Systems’ pride to announce that Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd has been our client since the beginning of March. This 45-year-old company would like to implement LIMS in its divisions. LIMS is a powerful tool for Ainsworth to deal with the challenges of managing Multi-Divisional data, paying contractors by multiple unit conversions, reporting progress and inventory. LIMS is able to handle multiple operations with different parameters like coastal vs. interior, and inter-provincial or inter-state. LIMS tracks all costs accurately and in detail. The system allows multiple contracts and projects, unlimited species and units of measure, and any number of vendors and business rules. Payments and invoicing data are available at real-time. LIMS on-the-fly reporting gives managers the ability to recognize and correct operational inefficiencies on a daily basis, rather than having to wait for weekly or monthly reports from the control centers. When LIMS needs to track customers, orders, suppliers, or employees, an effective database can increase efficiency and information response time, enabling the LIMS modules to be cost effective and more productive. Automating day to day routines, financial reports, administrative tasks, ordering procedures, client information or scheduling procedures can save time for organizing data and yield more time to your focus on your core business.

The Fit Analysis and preparation of the Detailed Functional Specification have begun with four divisions of Ainsworth in British Columbia and Alberta. The project will start on April and last for three or four months, depending on Ainsworth’s LIMS requirements. As customization of the system approaches the end, implementation and on-site training will be provided. In addition to training, LIMS contains several features designed to aid in the learning process. For example, the Navigation Bar contains easy-to-remember visual graphical icons for different operations within a LIMS browser. These icons are “smart” because they can tell users whether their functions are available by changing colours. If the functions are unavailable during the moment, the Navigation Bar icons will be grayed; otherwise, they will return to their original colours in their “clickable” states. Other components in LIMS such as required and read-only fields are filled with different colours for differentiation. In general, LIMS makes use of any visual aids that can help in making a fast learning process for its users. If users are familiar with Windows, then they can familiarize themselves with the environment of LIMS easily and shortly.

About Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd

Headquartered in Vancouver, Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd is a 45-year-old Canadian forestry products firm. It now has eight mills and plants: five in British Columbia and three in Alberta. Its products include lumber, oriented strand board, etc.