Forest2Mill Delivered Price Benchmarks provide subscribers with the market intelligence they need to increase their profits. Subscribers use actual market-based transaction data to:
- Track price changes and identify trends in a dynamic market
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Negotiate raw material and residual price changes
- Determine specific pricing for preferred raw materials
- Gain efficiency in raw material acquisition
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Secure and stabilize supply agreements
- Meet growing demand from emerging technologies
- Improve vendor loyalty and relationships
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Compare pricing to the market-at-large
- Quantify raw material procurement costs by component
- Measure results against the broader market
- Identify performance improvement opportunities
- Establish facility and individual performance objectives
- Determine intra-company transfer prices
- Improve internal and investor communications
Delivered cost and cost components are benchmarked for:
- Hardwood pulpwood and chips
- Aspen pulpwood
- Softwood pulpwood and chips
Each quarter, participants receive:
- Mill cost rankings by area and region
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Delivery cost segmented by component
- Stumpage
- Cut & skid
- Haul & load
- Procurement costs
Forest2Market began offering the Delivered Price Benchmark in the South in 2006 and in the Pacific Northwest in 2007. Currently, 100% of TIMOs, 65% of REITs and 80% of the largest forest products companies participate in our benchmarks. Forest2Market opened its Midwest office in 2012 and now offers the benchmark for the Lake States region.
