Sawmill and plywood mill operators have invested in log optimization software programs to improve the recovery of lumber and plywood. In order to help our customers maximize their investments in this software, we have added new features to our Pacific Northwest Delivered Price Benchmark Service.

The new tool, Forest2Mill®, allows mills to input real market log prices into their log optimization programs. By doing this, mills can maximize profitability for their target products and:

• Understand market prices for mill specific log profiles and premiums for preferred lengths.
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• Compare mill performance to both the domestic and export market prices.
• Sharpen financial analysis for and communications with owners, shareholders and banking partners.

Forest2Mill now includes a Market Price Matrix, which reports prices by species, length and diameter, and a Mill Cost Matrix, which reports mill performance compared to market. It also contains:

• Prices by diameter and length that match a mill’s actual log length and diameter profile to the market.
• Quartiled mill cost rankings by species. Plus, benchmarks are combined with quartile reports for Douglas fir and hem-fir 2s, 3s and 4s grades.
• Monthly reporting of export log pricing by species.
• Inland PNW pine and fir species market prices.
• Mill residue market prices.

Plus, the report can be fully customized to your unique business needs.

See samples from the report.