Questions & Answers

1. What are the problems in the forest Supply chain?

In many businesses, critical processes are not adapted to today's challenges and opportunities. Existing system landscapes are fragmented and undeveloped, leading to a lack of ability to do:

• Operational and tactical flow planning

• Inventory planning

• Operational and tactical resource capacity planning

• Financial planning

Clear signs that there is a potential to be realised in Activities;

• Lack of foresight...

• "Fire fighting" as the go to method for problem solving...

• Stuck in "budget thinking" and lack of rolling planning

• Inefficient working methods...

• Waste in the form of too high or too low stocks, unnecessary and costly transport and relocation of harvesting resources, obsolescence of timber with Loss of value...

• Deviations from plans and forecasts...

• Stress and ill health among staff and contractors...

• Dissatisfied customers...

2. What potentials are there?

There is often great potential in developing both resource efficiency and flow efficiency. Concretely, this leads to;

* Optimized inventory levels

* Lower costs with the right source mix

* Lower harvesting and logistics costs

* Increased delivery precision

* Optimized customer mix

* Lower environmental impact

* Increased consensus and commitment among all parties involved

3. What is required to realize identified Potentials?

In order to realize identified potentials, the organizational CAPABILITY needs to be developed. This is done through adapting
• Organization
• Processes and systems
• Competence
• Leadership and Culture