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APPLICATIONS & INITIATIVES
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Improve the quality of the lumber manufactured by your mill<\/h1>
Short of investing in multimillion-dollar equipment or a brand-new mill, a viable alternative to increase earnings is to improve the quality of your lumber. Find out how PMP TeamMate can help.<\/div><\/div>
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Quality is an important profitability lever<\/h2>
It's important to master quality to increase the profitability of your mill. The reason is simple: you can sell more high-value products for the same quantity of raw material. Read on to find out how PMP TeamMate is your best ally in improving quality without important capital expenditures.
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Usual ways of improving quality?<\/h2>

IMPLEMENT A QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Establish a system to inspect and grade the lumber at various stages of production to ensure consistent quality.<\/p>\n

IMPROVE SAWING ACCURACY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Use advanced sawing equipment and techniques to reduce waste and improve the accuracy and consistency of cuts.<\/p>\n

PROPER KILN DRYING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Control the temperature and humidity of kiln-drying chambers to prevent defects and ensure proper drying.<\/p>\n

USE PROPER STORAGE AND HANDLING PRACTICES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minimize damage to lumber during storage and transportation with proper stacking techniques and covering materials.<\/p>\n

PLAN FOR AN ADEQUATE INVENTORY TURNOVER<\/strong><\/p>\n

By properly planning lumber package movements between each processing step in the mill, it is possible to minimize quality losses caused by overexposing the wood to weather. <\/p>\n

TRAIN EMPLOYEES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide training and education to employees on quality control and best practices for production and handling of lumber.<\/p>\n

PERFORM REGULAR MAINTENANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regularly maintain and repair equipment to ensure optimal performance and availability, as well as reduce the risk of defects in the finished product.<\/p>\n

IMPLEMENT A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuously monitor and evaluate processes, and seek feedback from customers to identify areas for improvement and drive quality up.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

MOST OF THESE MEASURES ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE RIGHT INFORMATION<\/h2>

Without high-quality information, you won't reach your goal of improving the value of your end products. Investing in an ERP and studying equipment production reports will not positively impact product quality because:<\/p>\n

MOST ERPs LACK THE DEPTH SPECIFIC TO LUMBER MANUFACTURING<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lumber manufacturing process and the supply chain of lumber mills are very different from your usual discrete manufacturing using pass \/ fail tests, which is what most commercial-off-the-shelf ERPs are designed for. In fact, lumber manufacturing is closer to process manufacturing, but not quite. For example, planing is a divergent process—there are various acceptable quality grades and it’s possible to accept “losing” some a of the raw material to maximize value. This usually means that your ERP must be heavily customized to meet your needs.<\/p>\n

MACHINE REPORTS ONLY TAKE MACHINES INTO ACCOUNT<\/strong><\/p>\n

This means that they isolate the machine from the rest of the system, overlooking outside elements that may influence its efficiency and effectiveness. These outside elements must be factored in and then analyzed, which can prove time consuming and complex, making actionable insights hard to get—thus, their impact on quality is limited. <\/p>\n

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MES to the Rescue<\/h2>
Luckily, a manufacturing execution system (MES) can help supplement your ERP and machine reports, and\u2014indeed\u2014your quality improvement program in many ways. PMP TeamMate is the MOST advanced MES on the market, developed specifically for the lumber industry by our experts on wood transformation, so you know it's relevant to you.<\/div><\/div>Discover PMP TeamMate<\/a><\/div><\/section>\n\n
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Real-time production tracking drives proactivity<\/h2>

PMP TeamMate provides real-time data on manufacturing operations, such as availability, product yields, and labor performance. This helps monitor manufacturing processes in real time and make data-driven decisions directly on the plant floor.<\/p>\n

The information in our dashboards fits the context in which operators have to work—thus it is specifically relevant to THEM. PMP TeamMate compares production data with the specified ranges dictated by the production recipe in real time. This enables highlighting potential problems and alert operators of the fact if production parameters go out of range.<\/p>\n

In our 15+ years working in mills, we've witnessed that to have a real impact on product quality.<\/p><\/div>Discover how this can help with employee retention<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Improve Quality control<\/h2>

PMP TeamMate can help monitor and control the quality of products being manufactured. It can also track and manage product defects, helping to reduce waste and drive overall product quality up.<\/p>\n

PMP TeamMate pools data from all the equipment it’s integrated to and applies a layer of intelligence that takes the form of pre-analyzed reports from which you can easily derive actionable information regarding quality and more.<\/p>\n

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PUT YOUR DATA TO WORK.<\/h4><\/div>Discover PMP TeamMate<\/a><\/div>
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Optimize workflows<\/h2>

PMP TeamMate can also help streamline and optimize production workflows, reduce downtimes and improve overall equipment efficiency (OEE), resulting in higher quality products.<\/p><\/div>Find out more about OEE<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Have a better handle on equipment maintenance<\/h2>

The proper planning of equipment maintenance is essential to optimising mill performance and maximize your equipment uptime. With information made relevant through context, an MES is invaluable in this planning.<\/p>\n

PMP TeamMate, in fact, offers tools to analyze the various causes of downtime, which can help you plan maintenance and predictive maintenance.<\/p><\/div>Read how PMP TeamMate can help you reduce unplanned downtimes<\/a><\/div>

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Better comply with industry regulations<\/h2>

An MES can help lumber mills to comply with industry regulations, such as the moisture content of lumber, which also yields higher quality lumber.<\/p><\/div>Get a better handle on moisture content with PMP WeDry<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Deploy the best solution on the market without disrupting your operations<\/div><\/h3>
An MES (compared to an ERP) provides a more granular view of manufacturing operations, enabling better control and optimization of manufacturing processes, which not only help lumber mills improve quality, but also increase efficiency and reduce waste. Time has also shown that giving timely information to key employees on the plant floor prompts proactive behavior and a sense of pride in a job well done.<\/div>

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In over 15 years, we\u2019ve worked with over 100 mills like yours across the United States and Canada. As such, PMP TeamMate is the only complete lumber-specific solution that addresses every aspect of lumber manufacturing, reliably and efficiently orchestrating your operations so they run more smoothly, efficiently, and profitably. We\u2019re proud to see floor and management staff alike systematically adopt PMP TeamMate as their go-to tool to help them operate at peak efficiency.
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<\/div>PMP\u202fTeamMate is the operating system for your wood transformation business\u2014whether it\u2019s a single or multiple-mill operation. It's a complete operating system for your mill\u2014each module PMP\u202fTeamMate can be used individually or in any combination, but they are all designed to offer you the information to get more out of your mill and the people who work in it, because our solution is your teammate<\/b>.

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We can deploy the solution entirely remotely, which means no external sensors and ZERO interruption of your operations for a completely seamless experience to better performance.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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