Solutions: forest products

The forest industry faces severe challenges. Declining demand in printing papers. Rising energy cost. Recession after the Internet boom. Pulp production moving to South America. Persistent profitability problems. Forest and paper companies need new ways to redefine their business models and improve efficiency. With over 160 citations documenting our engagement experience in the industry, IBM is well-suited to help your business improve customer service and global competitiveness. We’re dedicated to helping the industry find innovative solutions in the whole chain—from customer requirements to forestry and fiber issues.

Solutions for forest products

• Production and operations management for forestry and paper

  The production and operations management solution for forestry and paper from IBM helps mills increase efficiency in core production processes. This solution uses advanced optimization techniques to help companies connect their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with their production control system.

• Production scheduling solution for mills

  Production scheduling solution for mills from IBM helps improve your responsiveness and compete more effectively by gaining real-time supply chain visibility of supply and demand variation in the fluctuating forest, paper and packaging industries.