Mill Data Digitization for Better Yard Management | YardManager by ConiferSoft

We’re thrilled to share insights from our recent webinar on YardManager, our state-of-the-art position-based mill yard management system for recycled paper and board mills. This blog breaks down some of the key remedies YardManager provides to yard managers and operators trying to better optimize their data and operations. 

Challenges in recycled paper mills

Recycled paper and board mills face numerous challenges related to processes in the mill yard, including:

• Manual tracking: Keeping track of incoming raw materials and inventory manually is time-consuming and error prone.
• Mill yard inventories: Ensuring accurate stock inventories can be a logistical nightmare. Using only pen & paper leads normally to poor stock rotation.
• Production problems: Inconsistent raw material feeds lead to quality issues.

Overcoming Common Yard Management Challenges With Data Digitization & Tracking

Efficient yard management often faces challenges such as manual tracking errors, inefficient use of raw materials, and lack of real-time data. Addressing these issues is crucial for cost reduction and operational efficiency.

Common Challenges

• Manual Tracking Errors: Manual tracking of raw materials can lead to inaccuracies, delays, and increased labor costs.
• Inefficient Use of Raw Materials: Without proper tracking and analysis, the raw material mix may not be optimized, leading to wasted resources and lower production quality.
• Lack of Real-Time Data: Absence of real-time data hinders quick decision-making and efficient management of yard activities.

Solutions with YardManager

YardManager tackles these challenges with a suite of advanced features designed to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce manual labor.

Key Features of YardManager

• Position-Based Management: YardManager offers tracking of raw materials in the mill yard, utilizing intelligent analysis tools for detailed views from various perspectives such as grade, supplier, age of raw materials, and quality.
• Real-Time Data: Access real-time mill yard data for better decision-making. Monitor yard activities, view stock levels, and track the status of production orders live.
• Transaction Traceability: Every transaction in the yard is traceable and displayed in real-time dashboards, ensuring accountability of operators.
• Optimized Raw Material Mix: Achieve a consistent or desired raw material mix to conveyors, enhancing the quality and efficiency of your production process.
• Automated Inventory Management: YardManager automates mill yard inventories, eliminating the need for manual tracking and reducing the risk of human error.

Advantages of Using YardManager

• Reduction in production problems: By providing real-time data on raw material feeds to conveyors, YardManager helps maintain the planned mix according to production order, leading to improved pulp quality.
• Elimination of manual tracking: Automate the tracking of bale movements, reducing labor costs of mill yard inventories.
• Improved inventory management: Real-time inventory data provides instant access to information about the grade, quality, volume, and location of bales.
• Enhanced operational efficiency: Optimize feed to conveyors and streamline operations with real-time visibility from dashboards and intelligent analysis tools.
• Ability to link production data to consumption data: Finally, now that every single drop of bales to conveyors is known, a data analysis can be made between consumption data and production data. This opens endless opportunities to improve both raw material process and production.

what's Next?

In a nutshell, YardManager is more than just a management tool; it's a comprehensive solution designed to revolutionize how you manage your mill yard. If you're ready to streamline your operations, enhance efficiency, and eliminate manual tracking, YardManager is the solution you've been waiting for.

For those who couldn't attend our latest webinar, you can request a private viewing here. 

We also offer personalized demos to show you how our mill yard management solutions can be tailored to your specific needs using your own mill data.

Reach out to our experts on LinkedIn or send them a quick email at: jussi.kortelainen@conifersoft.com or erik.andersson@conifersoft.com.