Manufacturing and Industrial
Software for Plywood and Panel Manufacturing
Log-to-board conversion — peeling, drying, gluing and pressing — where veneer recovery and press cycles decide the cost per sheet.
A plywood mill buys logs by volume and sells boards by sheet and grade. In between, logs are peeled into veneer, dried, graded, glued and pressed. Recovery — how much saleable board comes out of each cubic metre of log — is the economics, and it varies with log quality and operator. Resin consumption and press cycles are the other two numbers that matter.
What gets in the way
- Log volume bought is never reconciled against board produced
- Veneer grading is subjective and unrecorded
- Resin consumption per press load is estimated
- Press cycle times and downtime are not logged
- Rejected boards are downgraded without being counted
What the software handles
- Logs received by volume and species
- Peeling and drying recorded with veneer output by grade
- Glue spreading recorded with resin consumption
- Press loads recorded with cycle time
- Finished boards graded and counted by thickness
What changes
- Recovery per cubic metre of log
- Resin cost per sheet
- Press utilisation per shift
Software for your plywood and panel manufacturing business
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