CI World™ for Timber - asset tracking and supply chain management
CI World is used to manage and track timber assets as they move along the supply chain. Business information is captured in the forest or on the factory floor using handheld devices equipped with Helveta’s proprietary mobile device management software – CI Mobile™. CI Mobile combines handheld data entry with data from GPS, RFID and bar code readers to gather accurate records of how assets are being managed and processed in the forest or factory.
CI Mobile transmits data from the forest or factory to CI World servers via any available means of internet connection – from satellite, through Wi-Fi, cellular, and Bluetooth to dial-up modem. On receipt of inbound data, CI World provides immediate visibility on operations. Processed reports and analysis are available directly from CI World through browser based access by authorised users anywhere in the world.
CI World can be hosted on Helveta’s servers or installed on customer hardware. As soon as data arrives on the servers, CI World processes it to generate inventory maps, management reporting and audit history for all transactions relating to changes to the timber assets managed in the system.
CI World is delivered complete with the following packaged functionality:
- CI Author report writer module
- CI Configurator mobile device interface configurator
- Standard forest management report formats
- Standard factory management reporting
- Audit trail reporting
- CI World rules engine
The CI World rules engine allows data received from the forest or factory to be analyzed on receipt for compliance with pre-determined rules. For example:
- logs failing to move along the supply chain within a prescribed time frame
- logging outside a defined cutting block
- conversion rate drop offs in the factory
- production volume deficiencies at a particular machine
All these business problems are identified automatically by the system and notifications issued automatically to management.
Using the rules engine, CI World allows significant business process improvements to be made across the timber supply chain:
- Enhancing remote stock control and visibility
- Reducing stock losses due to quality degradation, theft or logistics issues
- Improving forest inventory management through accurate mapping with substantially reduced lead times
- Increasing manufacturing conversion through pin-pointing production bottlenecks
- Reducing waste in production
- Providing full traceability for timber assets from finished product in the factory all the way back to the original standing tree in the forest
- Improved chain of custody management enabling expedited certification and reduced risk in procurement for retail and wholesale buyers.
CI World deployments deliver substantial Return on Investment with payback delivered in months and weeks.
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