1. Wood Measurement Seminar Riga October 23:th 2008
Jānis Buļs
Managing Director, VMF Latvia SIA
“VMF Latvia today”

2. Fact about VMF Latvia
Year when established – 1998
Owners - Latvijas Kokmaterialu Izmerisanas un Uzskaites Vadiba Ltd. / VMF Obera 50% / 50%
Personnel – 48 persons (2008)
Turnover – 2007 – 677 th. Ls
Approx. 14 measurement places
Measurement volume – 2007 – 2,9 million scm

3. Association of Latvian Timber Sellers Association of Latvian Timber
VMF Qbera
Association of Latvian Timber Sellers
Association of
Latvian Timber
buyers
50%
50%
Management of Latvian wood
measuring and accounting, Ltd.
50%
50%
SIA VMF Latvia

4. Structure of LVF Latvia Ltd.
Member of the Board
(Laboratory Director)*
Wood measurement section
- Chief of Wood measurement section
Accounting section
Chief of accountancy section
Accounting Specialist (1 employee)
Quality Control section
Chief of quality Control section
(Quality Director)*
Check measurement Specialist (1 employee)
Assistant to Check Measurement Specialist (1 employee)
Technical Director
* holding of more than one office

6. VMF Latvia measured volumes,

8. Measurement rules and methods
VMR
LVS 2003
GOST
Agreement between the parties
Methods
Stacked measurement
Individual measurement
Methods to improve measurement precision
Collective method
Correction of timber volume
Volume correction for supplier

9. Principles for improvement of measurement precision
Personnel training
Measurement equipment (control system, compliance with international standards on measurement units)
Precise description of each operation
Selective measurement
Volume calculation and stock-taking software (VMF Agent, Logs, VMF Agent warehouse)
External measurement control
Since August 2003 VRM - Since January 2006 LATAK
ISO according to 82:2003
-T-296

10. Activity Measurement service Measurement supporting functions Sawlogs
Audit
Participation in researches and working groups developing measurement rules
Pulpwood
Pulpwood
Control measurement
Fuelwood
Measurement equipment testing
Pulpchips
Personal teaching
Growing trees
Consultations

11. VMF Latvia vision
Company have to be the leading (service, volume, technology, people) company in Latvia in the wood measurement market.

12. VMF Latvia advantage high competence in the field of activity
operating quality system and measurement methods
educated and good staff
strong quality securing system
connection with VMF Qbera and experience in wood measurement
developed IT solutions and connection with VIOL
flexible and mobile job organization
all biggest wood trading companies more or less is our customers

13. Thank you for attention