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TimberSmart Sawmill
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TimberSmart is a multi-user information management system developed for the timber
industry by a team with a unique combination of timber industry knowledge, database
development skills, project management and management consulting skills. TimberSmart
has been specifically developed for the timber industry. It is not a standard manufacturing
package that has been modified or compromised to fit the peculiarities of the timber
industry. The TimberSmart system is future proofed. It has been designed as a base
system to which optional modules may be added.
Figure 1. Main Menu - TimberSmart Sawmill
Standard Features
Sawmill Production
Packs are created from the green mill via tally sheet entry or if text files are
available from bin sorters these can be interfaced to TimberSmart to create the
packs automatically. Packs can be numbered automatically or the operator can enter
them. Pack labels, with bar codes, can be printed to a variety of label printers
- Zebra, DataMax, Monarch and Intermec. Purchased packs can have the suppliers
pack number recorded. Each pack is unique within TimberSmart. It is not deleted
at any stage. It is always available for reporting and querying at any time.
You can track every process that a pack has been through as TimberSmart creates
a transaction record for each process the pack goes through. Each physical process
in your sawmill can be emulated within TimberSmart. Ie Create at green mill, racking,
air dry, kiln dry, treatment, docking, dry milling, splitting runs, despatching
etc. Standard costing can be achieved using a number of different methods. Machining costs are then added to the cost of timber
input. These new packs are created with the recovered costs plus machining Packs
within TimberSmart are given various attributes rather than product codes. This
makes it much easier to see your stock, do production planning and perform sawmill
processes. These include Grade, Treatment, Dryness, Finish, Width, Thickness
and Length. Combinations of these make up unique products, for example
Pine F5 Untreated, Kiln Dried, Rougher Headed 90 x 45 – 5.4m.
Both nominal and actual sizes are held for every product. When putting packs through
processes like Kiln Drying for example, it is as simple as changing the dryness
attribute from GREEN to KILN DRY. A new transaction is written to the database.
This allows you to see each change in attribute as the pack moves through the production
cycle. And because each transaction is date stamped it is then possible to recreate
your stock on hand at any time in the condition as at that date.
Inventory Management
The heart of inventory management is the Super Enquiry screen. This allows the user
to not only see every pack currently in stock but also every pack that has ever
been in stock. By selecting the various pack attributes you can filter this information
to then give you the detail required for your enquiry. This screen is used extensively
for selecting packs for production as well as by the sales team to provide detailed
information to customers about stocks on hand. Stock reports can be create from
the filtered view and then printed, faxed or emailed. It is even possible to reserve
and de-select packs that you don’t want to appear, in these stock reports.
Figure 2. Packet Inquiry - TimberSmart Sawmill
Stocktake
Exception reports to detail unders and overs Pack valuation reports for completed
stocktakes You can return to a stocktake at any time. Because TimberSmart is date
driven your business can continue after the stock has been counted while you complete
the stocktake. This allows you to add new production and despatch stock without
having to close the stocktake first.
Sales Orders
Customer/delivery details are defaulted from the customer tables Picking slips are
printed for the order man to pick the packs from. Packs can be reserved against
customer. Automatic or manual sales pricing available. Sales Order reporting to
show outstanding orders and order items plus other relevant sales order reports
Despatches
Despatch planning can be used to prepare load plans for the next days despatches.
The despatch function does not show pricing on the despatch screen or despatch docket.
Despatch docket customized for your site. You can despatch multiple orders on one
despatch docket. Use a plain paper laser printer to produce the despatch docket.
No need for pre-printed stationary.
Invoicing
Proof List before invoice allows you to see the value of the despatches prior to
printing the invoices Customized invoices for your site. You can add multiple despatches
to one invoice. Export to the finance package of your choice. ie MYOB, QuickBooks
etc Use a plain paper laser printer to produce the invoice. No need for pre-printed
stationary. Reprint or view the invoice at any time.
Reporting
Reporting groups by Inventory, Production, Orders, Planning, Sales, Stocktake &
Historical A wide range of reports in each category. Full sales reporting by Customer,
Product categories, GCS attributes, region etc Date driven Historical reports can
be created for any past period. Export all reports to Excel or Word Use external
data connections from excel to do further analysis of your TimberSmart data. Ie
Pivot Tables & Charts Uses standard Microsoft data connections available from
Excel. No need to purchase any other software.
Figure 3. Report Writer - TimberSmart Sawmill
Optional Modules
Export Documentation
Full export documentation is available if required. All your export documents can
be recreated within TimberSmart via excel. Documents included are
Australian Invoice,
Bill of Lading,
Certificate of Origin, Export Entry, Export Inspection,
Lumber Spec,
Packing Declaration, Packing List, Phytosanitary,
Shipment Summary,
Unit Summary,
Waybill.
TDT - Timbersmart Document Transfer - TheTimberXchange
Send Electronic Invoices, Despatches and Purchase Orders. Electronicly stock receipt
movements from Suppliers etc. Increase speed of document transmission, reduce postage
costs and reduce typing errors. This product goes along with TheTimberXchange -
enables for electronic data transfer and translation of codes between e-partners.
Interfaces to PLC’s etc
TimberSmart is able to be connected to bin sorter/stackers and other PLC’s to automatically
produce inventory packs. We can customise connections to most sawmill equipment
that have some sort of computer based intelligence.
Packet Recorder
The TimberSmart Packet Recorder is a valuable addition to the TimberSmart Inventory
Management system. It allows the creation, deletion or GCS change of a packet anywhere
in the yard. If a label printer is connected then customized bar-coded labels are
then printed immediately. Automatic or batch update to the TimberSmart Inventory
Management system then ensures physical packet labels will match information held
in the stock system. Packet recorder will work with connected terminals, touch screens
and PLC’s in the yard. Additional Handheld products are also available
Single process data entry
If you have a production area that produces a limit range of product ie Palings,
then we can provide a data entry point we the operator just clicks a button to produce
the next pack of that product. Pack numbering is taken care of and bar coded pack
labels are printed automatically.
Hand Held Stocktake
Use hand held technology to collect your pack details and then load this information
into your stocktake. Reduce the people and time required to do a stocktake and increase
its accuracy. Exception reporting to show under and overs of your stocktake. Stocktake
by location, grade, dryness, treatment, finish, end section or length.
Security and Audit
The security module allows the system administrator to control what each user can
see and do. It is very simple to setup and maintain and control the actions of users
and user groups. This is a required product if you are doing data entry in the sawmill.
Auditing can be added to record every pack transaction from creation, movements
through all processes and despatch. The user name, date and time and type of transaction
are recorded. View audit records from Super Enquiry for each pack.
Excel Training
An Excel training course designed to leverage information directly from your TimberSmart
database. Learn how to work with queries and extract information from TimberSmart
for Stocks, Production, Orders and Sales.
For more information on TimberSmart Sawmill please Contact TimberSmart
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