The Binderholz Group, Trimble and MiCROTEC jointly announced today that the Binderholz Live Oak Mill in Florida was brought to full operational status in a short span of time.
The timeline:
August 21, 2020: The sawmill was purchased following an auction
September 21, 2020: Closing took place
January 04, 2021: The software implementation contract with Trimble was finalized
January 07, 2021: The software implementation project with Trimble kicked-off
February 15, 2021: The log sorting line was fully operational
March 15, 2021: The sawmill was fully operational
July 01, 2021: The software systems were on full production footing
The turnaround time from weighing a truckload of logs using Trimble Truck Scale Software (WeighWiz) to a production planner analyzing log cost information is approximately 15 minutes. Logs procured for the mill were processed by the state-of-the-art, high-speed log scanners from MiCROTEC, which measure log volume. The volumetric data is fed into the Trimble Log Inventory Management System (LIMS) through an automated interface. Complex, server-centric algorithms in LIMS compute log costs for thousands of logs per second. Downstream systems at Binderholz then access this information for production planning.
The software implementation was run like a tight ship. The sawmill received its first truckloads of roundwood logs on February 10, 2021, a mere 20 business days from the software project kick-off.
