Digital Log Management

Challenges and Efficient Solutions

Lumber management and log measurement

March 27, 2025 Jennifer Hoyer

Managing logs presents major challenges for sawmills and wood-processing businesses. From purchasing and measuring felled logs to accurate billing and tracking supply chains, inefficient processes often lead to high costs and wasted time. A specialized software solution like HIS (Holz Informations System) helps tackle these challenges and streamline the entire process.

1. Challenges and Solutions in Log Management

Challenge: Managing log piles, including tree species, grade, quality, and thickness, is complex and prone to errors. Manual processes often lead to miscalculations and inventory mistakes.

Solution: HIS offers structured log pile management and precise inventory documentation, ensuring better control and traceability.

2. Efficient Purchase and Sales Processes

Challenge: Logs are often purchased in cubic meters or solid cubic meters, and measurements can change once logs reach the mill. Without a clear system, quantity adjustments and billing can become unclear.

Solution: HIS allows accurate quantity tracking for purchases and sales, including invoicing via delivery notes and measurement records.

3. Integrating Services with Log Transactions

Challenge: Beyond purchasing logs, numerous services such as harvesting, skidding, and transport are involved. Separate invoicing of these services often leads to confusion.

Solution: HIS integrates these services directly into the billing process, ensuring all transactions are clearly recorded and assigned.

4. Transparency and Traceability

Challenge: Compliance with regulations and sustainability standards requires comprehensive documentation of log origin, quantity, and quality. Without a proper software solution, this can become an administrative burden.

Solution: HIS provides centralized data management, simplifies regulatory compliance, and ensures transparent record-keeping of all transactions.

Conclusion: Efficient Log Management with HIS

The challenges in log management are complex but solvable. HIS offers a digital solution that enhances efficiency, transparency, and traceability. Wood industry businesses benefit from structured management, precise invoicing, and seamless documentation — saving both time and money.

Interested? Discover how HIS can optimize your log management!

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