Cambium-Forstbetriebe

Cambium-Forstbetriebe is Germany's largest independent forest management company. Germany produces fifty million cubic meters of timber every year. Transporting timber from forests to saw mills is a complex process involving forestry companies, service providers, and saw mills.

Challenge

Cambium was searching for a better way to track their trees from cutting site to sawmill in order to more accurately meet sawmill orders while maximizing the value of the lumber produced from each tree.

Solution

Cambium turned to DABAC, a Progress Application Partner, for a comprehensive information system that integrates ERP, legacy forestry systems, and RFID technology to track trees through every phase of the supply chain. DABAC has leveraged Progress OpenEdge 10, Sonic, and ObjectStore to create the ultimate application for the forestry industry.

Results

• Reduced shrinkage by 90 percent
• Improved timber quality due to optimization of the supply chain
• Improved cash-flow and accuracy of the accounting

The DABAC system improves Cambium's top and bottom lines by improving yields of finished lumber, reducing lumber inventory, eliminating manual reconciliation between various systems, and accelerating customer payments.