On December 1, 2003, American Fiber Resources (AFR) and Great Lakes Pulp & Fibre (GLPF) decided to go with 3LOG’s Commodity Inventory Management System (CIMS) to improve upon the existing processes used during the procurement of raw materials. In March, CIMS has gone live and is currently operational at both mill locations.
CIMS was carefully designed to meet the unique needs of AFR and GLPF who specialize in making high quality de-inked recycled market pulp. CIMS is capable of tracking the procurement of mixed office waste as well as the chemicals used in the production of the recycled pulp. It is also capable of sending financial information stored in a Microsoft SQL Server database to a Oracle Financial accounting system. The capability of CIMS to interface with 3rd party accounting systems is due to the flexibility provided by its design.
We are currently providing support to users at both the AFR and GLPF mills in order to make sure that they are using CIMS to its full capability.