1. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Indisputable Key Industrial breakthrough of new methods and technologies in the wood industry EFORWOOD - SHAPE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS Uppsala, 2009-09-23 Gunnar Niblaeus, Dissemination & Exploitation manager

2. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Who am I? Gunnar Niblaeus –M.Sc, BA –Working in the Forest industry and related industries since 1973 –Specialized in IT & business consulting –Represents Tieto in the project ”Indisputable Key” –Work package leader ”Dissemination & Exploitation”

3. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools The challenge! Proper raw material for specific final products - a major challenge for the forestry-wood production! 25 million m 3 of wood raw material in Europe is going to waste! Page : 3

4. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools The general problem Knowledge about wood properties and their impact on final products is insufficient for achieving a significantly improved yield. Some practical examples: Production of low moisture content wood mostly gives a high percentage of rejects due to warp During production of high strength wood beams the amount of beams that cannot be approved can be numerous To achieve boards having a sufficient amount of heart wood big amounts of boards normally have to be downgraded Page : 4

5. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Postulate & conclusion Knowledge about wood properties and their impact on quality and the final end-use of wood products helps to choose the most suitable log for a specific product already in the forest. This contributes to significantly reduced amount of waste due to improper wood characteristics. Automatic traceability systems making information available about individual objects at different stages along the forestry-wood supply chain are required. Page : 5

6. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Objectives: Develop necessary methodology and advanced ICT solutions for improving the use of wood and optimizing forest production Demonstrate the concept and its benefits -12,7 M€ financed to 50 % by EU (FP6) -From October 2006 to March 2010 -28 partners, more than 150 participants -R&D Institutes, universities -System integrators (ICT) -Industrial users -Industrial manufacturers Indisputable Key Page : 6

7. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Drivers for Improvement Yield: How to maximize the value yield of an increasingly expensive raw material? Process: How to minimize downgrading? Continuous improvement of production efficiency Continuous improvement of logistics and transports Innovation: How to use raw material characteristics for innovative product development? Collaboration: Increased flexibility in the value chain, manage changes Exchange of information Environment: Environmental performance as competitive edge Guarantee Certificate of origin How to stop illegal cutting? Page : 7

8. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Page : 8 Local information from different actors in specific formats Information barriers Material flow Harvesting Transport Reception SawingSortingFinal cut Information accumulated with traceability Loss of information Information Harvesting Transport Reception Sawing CutSorting Information accumulated without traceability

9. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Technical barriers – Marking & Reading Common requirements –Extremely demanding environment –Cost justified –High readability RFID technology –Pulpable transponders –Automatically applicable on logs –Reading distance several meters –Reader in harvester head Ink-based marking & reading –Able to separate millions of objects

10. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Human barriers Focus on cost, confused perception of benefits Unwillingness to share information Lack of skills Resistance to change Image of a “Big Brother” technique: “We are going to monitor everything” Page : 10

11. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Scope & content Information exchange based upon open standards Models and indicators for economical and environmental performance RFID technology for code marking & reading Other technologies for marking and reading Software modules for integration and tracing services Preparing for real industrial use Real industrial implementations Training programs and material Tracing from forest to end-user with accurate, real-time data

12. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools What is needed to install a traceability system? A real business case Marking and reading technology Infrastructure for data management Software for analyzis and monitoring Models for evaluation, simulation and optimization

13. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Digital Forest Chain Common vocabulary –Using and extending existing standards (EPCglobal, papiNet, StanforD). –Defining IAD Message (Individual Associated Data Message) - extension to papiNet IT Architecture based on three corner stones –Collaborative Messaging System enabling safe and confidential exchange of data between multiple actors –IK Adapters, plug-in configurable adapters enabling quick and easy connection to existing systems –Traceability Services including data repository, web-based software tools for analyzing and publishing data Page : 13

14. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Software for data analysis and monitoring key performance indicators Tracing the origin –Traceability of the origin of an identified object Flexible software for analyzing data –Correlations between measurements –Deviations from expected performance –Potential for process improvements Key performance indicators –Tools for monitoring selected indicators with drill-down features –Pre-defined environmental and economical KPI:s

15. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools State-of-the-art forest transponders Biodegradable substrate harmless in pulping and paper making processes Biodegradable antenna inlay solutions and inlay free solutions Material strength allows fast automatic application into wood by punching Inexpensive manufacturing by injection flow molding High readability even under worst conditions Reading distance 2 - 6 meters Same tag can also be applied manually Two patents applied for transponders Page : 15

16. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Manual application of transponders Page : 16

17. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Automatic application of transponders Page : 17

18. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Ink-based marking & reading of logs Saw integrated printer –10 nozzles in the sword –Unique matrix code is printed when cutting Code detection –Camera and image analysis Page : 18

19. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Page : 19 Conclusion Material flow Harvesting Transport Reception SawingSortingFinal cut Introducing a knowledge-based way of working => decisions and actions based on measurements and information feed-back

20. 2009-09-23 EFORWOOD - Shape your sustainability tools Page : 20 www.indisputablekey.com