Wood purchasing solutions
Procurement
A Map-Based Planning Application for Forestry Procurement Teams
Procurement Can Reduce or Stop:
Manual planning across disconnected maps and spreadsheets.
Lost field knowledge between procurement, planning, harvesting, and transport teams.
Delays caused by missing site details, unclear instructions, or incomplete authority submissions.
Plan Forestry Actions Directly on the Map
Plan Forestry Actions Directly on the Map
Create new procurement targets by drawing areas directly on the map. Procurement identifies the estate, connects the area to supplier information in VACS, and allows teams to document the action, volume, access routes, timber landing, and field considerations from one place.
Centralize Site Data, Instructions, and Considerations
Centralize Site Data, Instructions, and Considerations
Capture the details before work begins, including machine routes, timber landing locations, notes, habitat considerations, protected areas, and site-specific instructions. These details can be used to support planning, field execution, and downstream systems such as LogDrive.
Connect Procurement Planning to VACS
Connect Procurement Planning to VACS
Procurement integrates with VACS so important site, supplier, and planning information can be made available for contract planning and follow-on workflows. Track specifications, PDFs, georeferenced images, and other planning documents can be passed into VACS planning and forwarded to the next system.
Key Feature
Turn Forest Opportunities Into Actionable Plans
Procurement gives wood buyers a practical map-based workspace to evaluate forest sites, create procurement targets, prepare harvest instructions, and share data with the teams and systems that need it next.
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Map-Based Target Creation
- Draw harvest or forestry action areas directly on the map.
- Connect mapped areas to estates, owners, and suppliers.
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Estate and Supplier Lookup
- Search estate and forest owner information.
- Use VACS supplier data or create new supplier records when need.
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Route and Landing Instructions
- Mark access routes for machines.
- Define roadside timber landing locations for harvest teams and transport.
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Environmental and Site Considerations
- Capture habitat, species, foundations, water, or other site concerns.
- Add considerations directly from map drawings or as structured notes.
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Regulatory Submission Support
- Create and send harvesting notifications where applicable.
- Include mapped polygons, lines, and supporting data in authority submissions.
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Planning Document Generation
- Create track specifications, PDFs, georeferenced map images, and shapefiles.
- Make documents available for VACS planning and field systems.
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Forestry Plan Reuse
- Pull forestry plan information into the map.
- Reuse existing shapes and site data for new actions, such as moving from harvest to planting.
Key Feature
Plan With the Right Map Layers
Procurement gives users access to configurable map layers, including aerial imagery, estate borders, forestry plans, and customer-specific layers. Teams can enable or disable the layers they need for the task at hand, helping wood buyers understand site conditions before field work begins.
Key Feature
Support Field Teams With Better Instructions
Generate practical field outputs such as route markings, timber landing points, map prints, georeferenced images, and shapefiles. These documents help machine operators and downstream teams understand where to work, how to access the site, and what considerations matter before harvest begins.
Key Feature
Identify Where You Can Cut, Where You Shouldn’t, and How to Move Timber Out
Procurement helps forestry teams evaluate accessible sites, identify areas that may not be suitable for cutting, plan transport routes, and prepare the necessary applications or notifications. As described in the product overview, this is central to the purpose of Procurement.