Wood Sourcing for a Sawmill in Challenging Conditions

- Metsä Group -

NEED

  • Optimise the supply to a sawmill in Russia with the following conditions:

    • forests are dispersed in 84,000 ha

    • road infrastructure is underdeveloped

    • lack of detailed forest inventory data

SOLUTION

  • 10-year seasonal schedule for road construction, harvest and transportation.

  • Considers forest and soil characteristics, harvesting regimes, timber transportation, and different road types (for winter and summer)

BENEFITS

  • Minimizes the budget to reach annual harvest levels

  • Detailed plan with accurate estimations of construction costs, harvesting cashflows and volumes.

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METHODOLOGY IN BRIEF

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With satellite images and ground reference data, we estimated the standing inventory and soil characteristics.

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Optimization while considering multiple variables including harvest schedules, and existing and future road networks.

We optimize forestry businesses and road planning while considering everything required by the client.

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MORE INFORMATION ON THE METHODOLOGY

To create the plan we first mapped the standing stock and soil characteristics using RapidEye-5m ground resolution satellite images and field sample plots measured with TRESTIMA. These were then used as input into a wood flow optimisation program which considered all costs related to wood sourcing as well as the legislative framework under which the lease areas are managed.

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