Indisputable Key

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Indisputable Key
or how to meet the consumers and expectations in the most efficient way

Background:
Whereas the majority of the industral sectors have developed systems of traceability, from the supplies of raw materials of components, to the final products in the market, the Forestry and Wood network is more in the beginning of traceability partly due to a complicated supply chain structure.

Objectives:
The objective of this project is to develop a methodology and advanced technologies that can improve the use of wood and optimize the forest production through the chain oftransformation, minimizing environmental impacts.

Who takes part ?
29 partners from 5 countries : Estonia, Finland, France, Norway and Sweden. The partners represent research institutes, universities, industrial developers, forestry and sawmill companies. Targeting : Forestry and Wood sectors (forestry companies, sawmills…) and ICT – Information Communication Technologies – (RFID chips, technologies, barcodes, communicaion standards, software…)

Budget and duration:
12 millions euros (including 7.7 M euros financed by the E.U) over 3 years (2006-2009)

Impacts:
Forestry and wood network is one of the most important sectors of the European Union. This project will enable to improve the efficiency of the value chain and make it more competitive. The efficiency of production in sawmills will increase, maximizing the value of wood. This project will improve logistic operations and minimize environmental impacts.
This will have many consequences on wood product life cycle as well as environment.

Conclusion:
Why trace ?
“You cannot measure what you cannot detect
You cannot control what you cannot measure
You cannot manage what you cannot control”
Cheng et Al. 1994 – Traceability in manufacturing systems

Informations :
Richard Uusijärvi – Project of co-ordinator
richard.uusijarvi@sp.se