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Forestry
Successful forestry companies recognise that winning in business is more than simply a case of finding timber’s cheapest supply route from stump to market.
Like all other commodities, timber production is at the mercy of economics – supply and demand. However, increasing pressure from global markets, green lobbyists and shrinking resources are forcing forestry companies to take a new look at the industry.
Forests have to be worked in environmentally friendly and technologically advanced ways as companies are forced to do more with less. Forest operating practices also need to be sustainable with timber harvested and regenerated to provide successive crops.
Solve problems by improving performance
Optimising operations in forestry industries is one way of maximising profits. Understanding every facet of how the business is operating is crucial to ensuring flexibility and responsiveness that leads to profitability.
Strategic land management is complex, environmental conservation is a key issue and personnel health and safety is paramount.
The FICS software solution can provide a competitive advantage by helping forestry companies improve overall performance and manage their business operations more profitably. Its extended functionality allows companies to track operations in greater detail.
For instance, training and development is important to ensure competencies are matched with workers skills to minimise injury risk and improve performance. The FICS software quickly identifies gaps and schedules further training en masse or via self paced programs.
When dealing with contractors for example, FICS helps track daily work progress, time and billing sheets. And when it comes to inventory, FICS tracks losses and costs across a production run through its sophisticated production scheduling technology.
Road engineering into forests for harvesting is another area that requires considerable project management. The selection of crews and contractor management demands consistent performance targets are met while ensuring the safety of all workers on site.
How to simplify your paperwork with a single solution
FICS has multi-reporting capabilities across different levels from its single data set. This gives flexibility to work across multiple time zones, languages, weights and measures and even regulatory systems. A key simplification for large global companies.
Monitoring and managing all phases of the timber operation from planting through to harvest and saw-mill is easy with FICS tracking and reporting functionality. With central data accessed access and storage the challenge of consolidation for reporting has gone. Information is immediately available and that is a powerful business advantage.
Making the audit process simple
Forest audits are not only crucial from an operational perspective but are often a legislative requirement. Audits set out management principles, sustainability and compliance conditions. FICS is an information technology system founded on its data integrity and allows your company to implement and manage forest plantation operations with a performance focus. Its strength lies in the comprehensive reporting engine.
The FICS reporting functionality identifies areas of non-compliance as they occur and ensures management to report on mistakes in a timely manner. Corrective actions can be assigned immediately to enhance environmental protection or worker and public safety.
Compliance audits can also indicate breaches in security, damage to plantations or trespass in unauthorised areas. FICS ability to work remotely on site and input data in a single operation helps speed resolution time which can save thousands of dollars through early intervention.
Creating a positive health and safety culture is possible
Forestry companies have contractual obligations to provide a safe working environment and some contracts carry performance bonuses or severe penalties for breeches. A positive health and safety culture forms part of an organisation and should become second nature to employees.
Unfortunately systems are often mired in red tape, complex data entry or site dependent unique processes. This blurs incidence reporting, restricts follow through with corrective actions and carries no accountability for problem solving. The result is increased risk, less motivated staff and lower profits.
FICS’s easy to use technology can be quickly integrated into the business across all levels. The system can be learnt on first time use with minimum training required.
The benefit of having a user-friendly system with obvious benefits is that staff willingly becoming involved in the health and safety process. This leads to greater participation and a safer working environment. The result is improved productivity and ultimately greater profits.
Software that optimises operational management decisions
Maximising returns on forestry assets is only achieved through maintaining operational and commercial standards. FICS is a software solution that collates information from these data sets. Its comprehensive reporting optimises operation management decisions. The system is scalable and can be tailored to meet the requirements of the company.
FICS creates a backbone that provides an integrated and seamless approach to managing inventory and operations in real time.
If you are looking for reporting tools that will improve your business model, increase accountability and streamline procedures FICS has the solution.