The Opti-Wood system operates on two levels of control:
- strategic and
- operating
At the strategic level:
Using information from the accounting system about customer orders and characteristics of available harvesting sites, the System determines the optimal set of sites and the harvesting schedule within the planned period (up to 1 year) to meet existing needs. The plan is based on maximum efficiency of the entire production chain (construction and maintenance of forest roads, pre-harvest site preparation, wood harvesting and transportation) and takes into account constraints on cutting volumes, production capacity, seasonal availability of harvesting sites and roads, etc.
For each harvesting site it is possible to choose the optimal composition of produced assortments, taking into account the presence and location of consumers.
Next, the System calculates the minimum required number of logging and forest transport machinery sets to implement the plans, the harvesting sites are optimally distributed between the machinery sets and tasks for each machinery set are created taking into account their features.
To implement harvesting plans, the System automatically generates pre-harvest site preparation plans that link planned harvesting sites to specific contractors and production targets.
In addition, the System, if necessary, creates plans for the construction / repair and maintenance of those sections of forest roads that will be used to transport wood, relocation of machinery, etc., with the possibility of detailing the operations and linking assignments to contractors and machinery sets.
At the operating level:
The system calculates the optimal routes for wood transportation vehicles, taking into account warehouse stocks, needs, routes with multiple supply points, transportation of several assortments, traffic situation, etc., with creation of specific shift tasks for each vehicle.
In addition, the System supports a number of additional functions, which facilitate the user experience and enable to further increase the efficiency of the decisions made:
Calculation of indicators and comparison of plans: The system calculates for each type of generated plans a number of technical and economic indicators and generates a large number of reports for different indicators, which allows users to compare different scenarios of production organization and improvement.
Monitoring the plans implementation: The system receives information from the accounting system about the actual works performed and generates a series of reports of plan-actual analysis, which allow to evaluate the progress and degree of implementation of generated plans
Evaluation of contractors: The system stores and processes data about contractors, customers and machinery sets, receives from the accounting system information about the quality of their work and calculates the rating of contractors and their machinery sets to determine the feasibility and extent of their further involvement.
Road network management: To improve the visibility of planning results, the System has a digital map-based tool that stores, processes and presents information about location of harvesting sites, warehouses, consumers, garages, quarries, etc., and also allowing users to determine the best routes and relocation time between these points on the existing road network, taking into account features of each section of roads, etc.
The system can be improved to account for other requirements, parameters, etc.