Slides from the Final Review Meeting of the Slope Project

1. Project SLOPE
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
WP 5 – Forest information system
development
Brussels, February 1st, 2017

2. Overview
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
• Status: Completed (100%)
• Start month: M8
• End month: M28
• Leader: MHG

3. WP 5Tasks
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
• Task 5.1 Database to support novel inventory data content - MHG
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, COAST, FLY, TRE, ITENE
• Task 5.2 Platform for near real time control of operations – TRE
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, MHG, ITENE
• Task 5.3 Online purchasing/invoicing of industrial timber and biomass – MHG
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, TRE, ITENE
• Task 5.4 Short-term optimization: operational, ongoing and contingency
planning - BOKU
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, MHG, TRE, ITENE
• Task 5.5 – Mid-long term optimization; strategic and tactical planning - MHG
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, BOKU, FLY, TRE

4. WP 5 Objectives
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
• Develop mountain forest information system (FIS) which
integrates different data sources
• Create master database for FIS (from WP 1 data model)
• Create web services
• Create deployment environments
• Develop different software components for FIS
• Deploy all FIS services (WP 1 SOA)
• Provide tools with high user experience/usability
• Provide tools for different stages of planning
• Provide tools for control and management of on-going
operations
• Provide tools for timber/biomass sales

5. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
WP 5 Deliverables
• D5.01 Inventory module of the FIS (Prototype)
• Submitted M18
• Master forest inventory database and web service module for the SLOPE
FIS
• D5.02 Real time supply chain control module of the FIS (Prototype)
• Submitted M28
• Module for near real time control of operations, control storages, origin,
quality and quantities
• Mobile app to control central inventory data

6. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
WP 5 Deliverables
• D5.03 Platform for purchasing/invoicing (Prototype)
• Submitted M35
• Forest Information System online sales and communication platform
module with contract management features.
• D5.04 Short-term optimization module of the FIS (Prototype)
• Submitted M36
• Application module for short-term timber supply planning, management
and optimization
• D5.05 Long/mid-term optimization module of the FIS (Prototype)
• Submitted M35
• Application module for long/mid-term timber supply planning,
management and optimization

7. Deliverable: Master inventory database -
core component of the FIS
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16

8. Deliverable:Web Service module - core
component of the FIS
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16

9. WP 5 Report submissions
M18 M28 M35 M36
TREEMETRICS:
Task 5.2: D5.02
Real time supply chain control
module of the FIS
MHG:
Task 5.3: D5.03
Platform for
purchasing/invoicing
MHG:
Task 5.1: D5.01
D5.01 Inventory module of the
FIS
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
MHG:
Task 5.5: D5.05
Long/mid-term optimization
module of the FIS
BOKU :
Task 5.4: D5.04
Short-term optimization
module of the FIS

10. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
WP 5 Summary
• All prototypes developed and deployed
• All deliverables submitted
• Deliverable reports can be found on the Dropbox
• Deliverables will be presented more accurate in task leader presentations
• Work package objectives reached:
• SLOPE FIS master database and web services deployed
• Delivers modern forest information system modules for planning,
operation management, forest management, timber sales and
optimization
• Modules will be integrated in work package 6

11. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Contact info
Veli-Matti Plosila veli-matti.plosila@mhgsystems.com
Seppo Huurinainen seppo.huurinainen@mhgsystems.com
Thank you for your attention
Any questions?

12. Final Review
1/Feb/17
Project SLOPE
T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operations
TASK 5.2
Platform for near real time control of operations
Brussels, February 1st, 2017

13. Objectives
 Develop a system for near-real time control of operations that integrates
information of quality and quantity of timber and locate the timber in the
supply chain.
 Field (offline) access to planning information (tree info, status, etc.)
 Monitoring of operations (harvesting, location of timber, etc.)
 Data upload using RFID technology
 Optimization of storage and transportation
 Transmission of data to central server
T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operations
Objectives and Goals
Final Review
1/Feb/17
Status : Completed (100%) - Deliverable Submitted
Length: 11 months
Partners: Treemetrics, MHG, CNR, ITENE, GraphiTech
Output: D5.02 Real Time Supply Chain Control module of the FIS (Prototype)

14. T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operations
Solution Overview
Cable crane and
processor head
(Task 3.3 & 3.4)
Inventory and
Tree Cutting
Storage Areas
and Transport
SLOPE FIS

15. Final Review
1/Feb/17
Final Review
1/Feb/17
Field Application for harvesting control (TM)
•Android application
•Wifi/3G connectivity for synchronisation
•Data available offline
Innovative functionalities:
– 2D terrain image (UAV available offline)
– Single tree view showing the position on the map of all
trees harvested or to be harvested.
– Automated RFID tagging for trees to be cut
– Add additional trees from field at the marking stage
– Trees marked with different colours: Selected (to cut),
Tagged (with RFID) and others.
T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operations
Solution Overview

16. Final Review
1/Feb/17
Final Review
1/Feb/17
Field Application for Timber storage and transport
(MHG)
•Android application
•Wifi/3G connectivity for synchronisation
Innovative functionalities:
– Create and display timber storage areas
– Create and display transport orders mobile
– Backend for update and communication (linked to
WP6)
T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operation
Solution Overview

17. T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operations
Solution Overview
Online platform for operations control
• 3D WebGIS platform
• Displays inventory info
• Selection of trees to be cut (harvesting plan)
• Synchronisation with Field Apps
• Displays and change the tree status (cut, processed trees,
etc.)
• Displays storage areas and timber mills
• Transport monitoring
Central database for operations control
• SQL database
• Inventory information
• Synchronisation with Field Apps, Online Platform and
Processor head
(tree status monitoring, transport, etc.)
• Displays storage areas and timber mills
• Transport monitoring

18. T5.2- Platform for near real time control of operations
Conclusions
Platform for near real time control of operations
• Development of 2 Mobile apps:
• Field Application for harvesting control (TM)
• Field Application for Timber storage and transport (MHG)
•Integrated system (2 Mobile apps, Processor Head, Online Platform)
• Innovative functionalities:
– Single tree monitoring using RFID
– Update of tree “status” from field and online (measured, to be cut, cut, processed,
etc.)
– Location of storage areas
– Transport orders monitoring
– Synchronisation with FIS Online Platform and Processor Head (WP6)

19. Project SLOPE
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
T.5.3 – Online purchasing/invoicing of
industrial timber and biomass
Brussels, February 1st, 2017

20. Overview
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
• Status: 100% ready
• Length: 20 Months (From M9 to M28)
• Involved Partners
• Leader: MHG
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, TRE, ITENE
• Aim: Design and implement an online purchasing/invoicing
platform for industrial timber and biomass as a part of FIS
• Output: D.5.03 Platform for purchasing/invoicing (Prototype)

21. Objectives
• Specify and implement sales platform for the Slope project
• Create communication platform where sellers and buyers
can connect
• Integrate market prices to the platform
• Implement bidding and group sales functionality
• Integrate forest data from the slope central database
• Implement management features for the forest data
• Deploy sales platform prototype to live server
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

22. Work process
• We made some research work about different sales
platforms
• Prototype of the sales platform completed and deployed
• Final version is built on the top of Wuudis platform
• Forest data management, price estimation and easy
data sharing
• Create deals
• Group sales functionality
• Bidding system
• Communication between seller and buyer
• Sales platform is integrated to Slope user interface (T6.3)
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

23. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
AboutWuudis
• Forest management, networking and ecommerce cloud
service
• Development started on 2015
• Forest management launched on october 2015
• Ecommerce platform launched on november 2016
• Over 2500 users currently in Finland
• Built with the modern web technologies

24. Register new user account
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

25. Origin management
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

26. Forest data management
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

27. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Create company account

28. Marketplace
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

29. Request for offers
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

30. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Average market prices integrated

31. Open deals
Technical Meeting
20/Jan/16
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

32. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Contract and invoicing

33. Summary
• Prototype of the sales platform is ready and deployed
• https://slopefis.mhgsystems.com/wuudis/
• Deliverable report can be found on Dropbox
• The task was finalized on September 2016
• MHG technology stack change affected to the timetable
• Three prototypes were created during the project
• Final version is built on the top of Wuudis branch
• Wuudis platform was developed and released during the project
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

34. Open Discussion
Final Review
Meeting 1 Feb 17

35. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Contact info
Veli-Matti Plosila veli-matti.plosila@mhgsystems.com
Seppo Huurinainen seppo.huurinainen@mhgsystems.com
Thank you for your attention

36. Forest Information System Development
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017
T.5.4 – Short-term optimization: operational,
ongoing and contingency planning
Brussels, February 1st, 2017
Kühmaier Martin1, Pichler Gerhard1, Kastner Maximilian1, Seppo Huurinainen2
1Institute of Forest Engineering
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2MHG Systems Oy Ltd

37. Overview
• Involved Partners
• Leader: BOKU
• Participants: CNR, ITENE, MHG, TRE, GT
• Aim: - Daily planning for timber harvesting
- Optimization in the supply chain management
- Risk management during emergency
- Guidelines for short term planning optimization
• Output: D.5.04 (M27)
Short-term optimization module of the FIS
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

38. Introduction
• The aim of task 5.4 was to develop a tool for short-term optimization for
operational, ongoing and contingency planning
The FIS module should include following parts:
• Optimization of a short-term harvest schedule (MHG)
• Daily planning for harvesting operations (BOKU)
• Logistics Optimization concerning the product flow (ITENE, MHG)
• Support for ongoing management activities(TRE)
• Modelling of contingency plans including risk management (BOKU, MHG)
Development of guidelines and indications for short-term optimization for the
daily planning (CNR, BOKU)
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

39. Flow charts of harvesting operations
• Evaluation for the current system
and the SLOPE system
• The work flow is displayed in flow
charts
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

40. Unexpected events during harvesting
operations
• The influencing events were
displayed in flow charts
• A list of suggestions for avoidance
of these events
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

41. Examples of unexpected events
Unexpected events Avoidance
1 Cable yarder must wait until tree
is felled
Better coordination of workflows,
training, work experience, shift of
workforce
2 Forest worker must wait for
carriage
Better coordination of workflows,
training, work experience
3 Processor operator must wait for
carriage
Better coordination of workflows,
training, work experience
4 New software doesn’t work (RFID
tags, RFID reader, intelligent
carriage, intelligent harvester
head, intelligent truck…)
Checking software
5 traceability of the RFID tags after
logging is not possible
Subsequent marking with new tags
6 Lost RFID tags during harvesting
operations
Subsequent marking with new tags
7 Bad satellite/GPRS connection Checking satellite/GPRS connection
before harvesting stage
8 RFID marking/reading errors Training
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

42. Working safety risks in the timber
supply chain
Manual felling
Falling objects
Log extraction
Machinery hitting
Log landing
Chain shot
Loading, transport and unloading
Log moving in risk zone
Maintenance of access roads
Accessability
General hazard
Weather conditions
Source: Safe Work Australia, 2014 Stampfer, 2015
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

43. Variables, which are influencing or
limiting harvesting operations
• Identification of important variables
• Description of variables
• Effect of increase or decrease
• Examples of influence for productivity
models
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

44. Optimization of logistics
• Optimization of transport distance
• Consideration of truck category
• It is possible to add customers,
storages, harvesting plots
• Possibility of scenario analysis
• SLOPE Mobile is directly
integrated with the SLOPE FIS
database
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

45. Implementation into SLOPE FIS
• Implementation is done through the use of the IPTIM web services API.
• IPTIM (Integrated Planning and Timberland Management) is a web-based
forest planning system developed by Simosol.
• IPTIM module is explained in D.5.05
• Productivity models of felling, extracting, cable yarder installation and
transport are also integrated into the SLOPE Viewer
• Estimating effort
• Calculating costs
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

46. Contact info
Martin Kühmaier: martin.kuehmaier@boku.ac.at
Thank you for your attention
Final Review
Meeting 01 FEB 2017

47. Project SLOPE
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
T.5.5 – Mid-long term optimization, strategic
and tactical planning
Brussels, February 1st, 2017

48. Overview
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
• Status: 100% Completed
• Length: 20 Months (From M8 to M27)
• Involved Partners
• Leader: MHG
• Participants: GRAPHITECH, CNR, TRE, ITENE
• Aim: Develop module for the FIS that will support the planning
task of optimally allocating harvests to the forest area in 1-10
years timeframe
• Output: D.5.05 Mid/Long-term optimization module of the FIS

49. Objectives
• Develop optimization module to the SLOPE FIS that
produce realistic harvesting and sales plans.
• Generated plans can be modified by user at any time
• Deploy and configure Iptim Web Service instance for
SLOPE FIS
• Develop test bench for Iptim Web Service API
• Define data mappings to the SLOPE FIS database
• Define calculation data for pilot areas
• Define integration plan to be finalized in WP6
• Implement optimization module prototype
• Document optimization module API and data mappings
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

50. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Deliverable overview
• Deliverable is focused to describe Iptim system,
which is used as core component for SLOPE FIS
optimization module
Presentation contents
• Iptim overview
• Iptim web service API
• Optimization module development
• Summary

51. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Iptim overview
• Iptim (Integrated Planning and Timberland Management) is
a web-based forest planning system developed by Simosol
• Widely used in Finland by different forest companies
• Deployment options:
• Standalone application with graphical user interface
• Direct Web Service API for customized configurations
• More information about the Iptim http://www.iptim.com/

52. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Iptim core features
• Tools for managing and analysing forest inventory data and
stand databases
• Tools for modelling forest growth
• Tools for generating forest management plans taking into
account the user's objectives and constraints
• Growth models and harvesting parameters can be calibrated
by user

53. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Iptim desktop application

54. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Iptim web service API
• Iptim web service uses the same calculation platform and
models as Iptim desktop application
• The web service API adopts the SOAP protocol for
communication
• Finnish Forest Data standard is used for forestry data
• Very scalable standard for different purposes
• Iptim web service is an asynchronous service
• No direct response
• Iptim will put data to calculation queue and return
results when calculations are ready
• Specific API documentation can be found on deliverable
D5.05 report

55. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Iptim web service API
• One request that calculates forest growth to present
state and generates harvesting/sales plan.

56. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Optimization module development
Development steps
• Test Iptim API with different data and make request
template for SLOPE FIS
• Define data mappings with partners
• Develope data communication between the SLOPE
database and Iptim API (data adapters)
• Develope optimization module user interface to
SLOPE FIS
• Integration was finalized in WP6 integration step 2

57. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Optimization module development
Data communication
between SLOPE FIS and
IPTIM web service API.

58. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Optimization module development
SLOPE FIS optimization
module user interface

59. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Optimization module development
Optimized harvesting/management plans
can be transferred to Wuudis sales and
forest management platform (T5.3)

60. Summary
• Objectives reached
• Prototype of the optimizing module is ready and deployed
• https://slopefis.mhgsystems.com/
• Deliverable report can be found on Dropbox
• The task was finalized on November 2016 with T6.3 Integration step 2
• Simosol’s timetable (another projects) affected the task execution time
• We need to wait Iptim Web Service deployment to September 2016
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

61. Open Discussion
Review Meeting
1 Feb 17

62. Review Meeting
1 Feb 17
Contact info
Veli-Matti Plosila veli-matti.plosila@mhgsystems.com
Seppo Huurinainen seppo.huurinainen@mhgsystems.com
Thank you for your attention