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Stora Enso — Maritimes, Nova Scotia
Background
StoraEnso Port Hawkesbury Limited (SEPH), the largest forest products
company in Nova Scotia, produces newsprint and supercalendered papers
for its customers throughout North America. The company employs more
than 850 direct employees. Over 700 individuals and companies are
involved in wood supply, woodlands contracting, and transportation.
Challenge
SEPH decided to replace its
existing inflexible mainframe system, which relies on batch
processing for reports, with a robust system that provides timely
information. The importance
of tight integration of suppliers and the need to share up-to-date
delivery information with all stakeholders have created the need for
SEPH to:
- Better track
over 700,000 tonnes of pulp and saw logs annually, involving
multiple vendors and multi-staged contracts.
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Have instant and direct access to and from multiple
local and remote users.
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Integrate with ARCINFO GIS and GEAC accounting.
Solution
LIMS with SQL Server tracks all
inventory and manages all business rules (e.g. contracts, bonus
calculations, taxes, etc.). The table-based configuration in LIMS
client-server system provides flexibility to adjust business rules,
change weight to volume using conversion factors, update vendor
information, add or edit lots and species.
Cost, production, delivery and payment information is available
to all users in real time.
47 regular users at multiple locations access the new system with the
LIMS Windows Client. Additional users may be added as needed. A
Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables connections to foresters' homes.
LIMS gains access to GIS system
through Inform Forest Manager product. Connection to the GEAC
accounting system adjusts necessary accounts, with holdbacks and other
considerations tracked as needed. Direct payment to vendors is also
available.
Project
3LOG Systems Inc. successfully completed this project in less than a
year: a two-month GAP analysis was followed by an eight-month
implementation and configuration period. 3LOG exceeded SEPH
expectations.
Results
3LOG provides StoraEnso with
an integrated inventory management system. LIMS is a suite of
operational and financial applications, which can easily integrate
with StoraEnso’s external systems such as its financial software and
GIS.
LIMS will provide StoraEnso with:
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Log Harvest Production
Analysis
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Log Cost Analysis
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Contractor and Vendor Payments (including advance and
reconciliation)
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Automated stumpage reporting and payment
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Log Inventory Control
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Log Sale and Transfer Management
Benefits
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Operation managers, foresters, marketers and accountants are able
to run scenarios and create custom reports to analyze data and
make informed decisions.
- Integration with MS Office applications is
available for internal and external reports.
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Ongoing and one-time costs such as road construction are managed
as needed.
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