Category: Case Studies

In 2017 CMPC Mininco, one of the most important forestry companies in Latin America, started using Timbeter in specific areas of their operations. The company saw a 11.5 times return of the investment (ROI) in savings in the areas where Timbeter was implemented, as well as savings of 22,5 tonnes of paint, since the digital … Continued

The New Forests Company is a sustainable, socially responsible forestry and timber products business with plantations in Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania. One of the benefits that Timbeter offers to forestry companies and plantation owners is tracking their stocks, preventing fraud, and improving the accuracy of their inventories.  In this interview Benjamin van Heerden, Planning Manager at The … Continued

Timbeter offers a digital workflow solution for the forestry industry throughout the supply chain, involving different key stakeholders, from harvesters and farmers in the field, controllers in the log yard, truck drivers, sales representatives, international buyers, logistics planners, exporters, and many more, bringing efficiency and transparency to all areas responsible for forestry processes. When we … Continued

Technology is the main ally for companies in the forestry sector to get better results in the field and greater efficiency in the production chain. When purchasing new machinery, accounting systems or updating tools used in the daily work of employees, senior managers think about the efficiency and profitability that those tools could bring to … Continued

We did an interview with Simon Coote, Log Export Packing Manager for South East Queensland Hauliers. They have been using Timbeter Log Counter to eliminate manual processes and make log counting easier, quicker and more accurate. South East Queensland Hauliers(SEQH) is an Australian company, who provides a great variety of logistics and container transport services. … Continued

Timbeter has worked for nearly 2 years with CMPC, the largest pulp-and paper company (according to Forbes Global 2000-2018 ranking) from Chile. We asked some questions from Julio Tobar, the Project Manager of CMPC on the experience using Timbeter. 1.      What are the results of Timbeter implementation? In addition to the significant time … Continued

This is exactly what our clients are reporting as a result of using Timbeter. Besides, the fact that manual measurements are hard to control and verify, those measurements are a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. In addition to the obvious positive aspects (speed, accuracy, digital data), there are also some other advantages in using Timbeter. Healthier … Continued

Even though the world talks about AI, ML, blockchain, optimization and digitalization, the timber industry doesn’t seem to keep the pace – old traditions, enough profitable business and availability of the supply seem to be the reasons why there is an urge for real changes. But, clearly the situation is changing, as there is expected … Continued

When it comes to measuring logs manually and sharing information between the parts, some information can be inserted incorrectly or simply be lost in the process. The data retention is, by itself, a process that needs attention and accuracy in order to establish a good relationship with contractors, business partners, logistic companies, sellers, buyers in … Continued

In this article, we are glad to share the observations and feedback regarding the use of Timbeter by Guillaume Carr who spent two months working with our team as an intern. When people first learn about Timbeter, their first impression is that Timbeter is only a tool for “diameter and volume measurements”, which is meant … Continued

Even though I’ve been running a startup for the timber industry for more than five years, I still get surprised about some points regarding the sector – especially related to the mindset and the resistance of technology, which is interesting since the industry has been using heavy and complicated machinery for the last decades.   When … Continued

Georgia Exports Company has recently grown and expanded its activity on log exports. In this post, Joshua Maynard, Georgia Exports Company’s Operations Manager, explains how Timbeter has helped his company improve efficiency and data management. Georgia Exports Company was looking for a solution to modernize their scaling process as well as managing the massive amount … Continued