Innovasions ledning, digitala hubbar, kluster

Det digitala sågverket är ett projekt som pågått i två år, 2017-2018. Projektet finansieras av Vinnova och de deltagande företagen Moelven Industrier, RemaSawco, Schneider Electric, RISE och DigiWood. Syftet med projektet var att genom att digitalisera sågverkets produktions- och processdata öka processeffektiviteten med 15%, öka produktvärdet med 10% och minska energiförbrukningen med 10%. Digitalisering är ett komplicerat projekt som tar tid och kräver resurser. Det är viktigt att fokusera på uppsatta mål. Noggrann planering krävs av: anläggningens inventering, installation i steg, krävande distribution med parallella system för nya automatiserade anslutningar. Digitaliseringsprojekt börjar med detaljer, fortsätter med detaljer och ännu mer detaljer, med tydliga mål för ett resultat av att forma en enhetlighet. Massiva färdighetsutmaningar. Visualisera mer, med mindre övervakningsskärmar. Ta kontroll över dataflöden och ta ägande av dina egna data. Plattformar som hanterar data måste testas i en hård miljö innan. Olika system som mäter tid, energi eller dimension måste synkroniseras på plats och med periodicitet kalibrerad mot "godkänd" liknande. Spårbarhet i såglinjer kan uppnås med redundanta system som mäter längd med tillägg av tidsstämpel. En beräkning visar en potentiell värdestegring på cirka 5 miljoner kronor per år.

Das „Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Holz 4.0“ entwickelt Industrie 4.0-Konzepte für den Cluster Wald und Holz. Mit intelligenten und dezentral agierenden Maschinen, Geräten, Diensten und Menschen werden Grundlagen für eine umfassende Digitalisierung gelegt. Die Optimierung der hochkomplexen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke hilft dabei, aktuellen Herausforderungen aus Ökologie, Ökonomie und dem Klimawandel nachhaltig zu begegnen. Um Wald und Holz “smarter” zu machen, müssen in einem übergreifenden Ansatz Kompetenzen aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Verwaltung gebündelt werden. Das Kompetenzzentrum Wald und Holz 4.0 soll die notwendigen Organisations- und Infrastrukturen geschaffen, Know-how aufbauen und in konkreten Wald und Holz 4.0-Komponenten umsetzen. Dabei  dienen Smart Forest Labs als forstliche Experimentierlabors, in denen Komponenten, Systeme und Prozesse überprüft, Standardisierung vorangetrieben, Konzepte verbreitet sowie Akteure geschult werden. Konzepte und Standards werden laufend als praktische Empfehlungen veröffentlicht, eine erste Version der Kommunikationsinfrastruktur S3I (eine “Internet of Things” Anwendung zur dezentralen Vernetzung) ist eingerichtet. Hinzu kommt ein immer smarterer Fuhrpark: Forstmaschinen wurden bereits zum Abrufen digitaler Informationen (GPS-Position, Treibstoffverbrauch, Produktionsdaten usw.) erweitert und gleichzeitig über alternative Funkstandards mit Maschinen in Regionen vernetzt, in denen es keinen Mobilfunk gibt.

The portal LegnOk is based on the due diligence systems created by ConLegno and sealed by the UE. The portal is a flexible tool that offers the possibility to be guided while doing the three phases 3 (Access to the informations. Risk analysis, eventual risk mitigation) of the due diligence. The operator completes the entire process within the portal framework and can print and use the printed report from it (report of the risk analysis) to state the process underwent by the operator. This report identify all the informative sources used in and by the system and can be provided to the authority whether a control or an audit happens.

The efficiency, security and inviolability of the blockchain system support forest certification and the forest-wood supply chain with a view to "ensuring certainty and informing according to truth". The Woodchain project involves, together with PEFC Italy and PEFC France, various Turin and Val di Susa realities: Replant Srl, Foodchain spa, La Foresta, Alta Val Susa forest consortium, F. Roche sas, Silva cooperative company and Kaboom Srl.
The purpose of the study is to test the application of blockchain technology as an innovative IT (information technology) solution for forestry and wood applications. This technology allows you to create and manage a large distributed database for managing transactions shared between multiple nodes on a network. The nodes represent the users or entities participating in the network, which contribute to the constitution of the actual blocks, each containing multiple transactions, connected together in the network, which allow decentralization and participation in the management of information and data.
Specifically, the project's objective is to strengthen trust and traceability along value chains, create an efficient and accessible sustainable forest management certification, and encourage the evolution of certification, data collection and impact measurement processes.

The Digital Sawmill is a project is funded by Vinnova and the participating companies Moelven Industrier, RemaSawco, Schneider Electric, RISE and DigiWood. The aim of the project was to, by digitizing the sawmill's production and process data, increase the process efficiency by 15%, increase the product value by 10% and reduce energy consumption by 10%. Digitization is a complicated project that takes time and requires resources. It is essential to focus on the goals set. Careful planning is required of: plant inventory, installation in stages, demanding deployment with parallel systems for new automated connections. Digitization projects start with details, continue with details and even more detail, with clear goals of a result of shaping a unified unit. Massive skills challenge. Visualize more, with less monitoring screens.Take control of data flows and take ownership of your own data.Platforms that handle data need to be tested in a harsh environment before. Different systems that measure time, energy or dimension need to be synchronized onsite, and with periodicity calibrated against "approved" similar.Traceability in saw lines can be achieved with redundant systems that measure length with the addition of timestamp. A calculation shows a potential increase in value of approximately SEK 5 million per year.

The main purpose of Lignum is to strengthen the regional wood value-chain in central Switzerland thereby enhancing the regionally potential added value. A focus is the initiation and expansion of networks between the forest and wood industry, and enhancing the consciousness in the society and politics for the wood provenance and field of application. Through its various projects, Lignum is increasing competitiveness throughout the wood value-chain. This inlcude measures to improve the usage of wood as a construction and raw material as well as for energy production. Lignum also gives out awards for outstanding projects in the wood sector, especially in the wood construction sector to provide a great visibility to a large number of stakeholders. It has a close collaboration with the school of higher education of Lucerne. Lignum also participates in the law overworking process with clear written statements at a national level. Every player of the wood value chain from the forest owner to the end consumer is an important factor in the work flow and plays a crucial role for overall success and positive development. The actors in the wood value chain need to know as much as possible from the upstream and downstream actors (ex. stock, products, delivery times, facility possibilities). The close cooperation between partners is needed to facilitate interaction and enhance the efficiency of internal processes and the whole process chain. Supporting policy development is essential for having a clear strategic positioning to boost the development of the wood sector. 

The qualification course delivers a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS). It is a part-time professional training course designed for company managers and engineers to build up management competences regarding newest economic and engineering procedures and leadership activity competences regarding forestry operations and forestry administration. It amounts to 360 hours or 12 ECTS. Good feedback from former participants about usability of the professional education training.

The Center of Excellence for Forestry 4.0 is developing Industry 4.0 digitalization concepts for the forest and wood cluster. The driving force behind this approach is a closely cooperating working group of companies, research centers and the Forestry Education Center  North-Rhine Westphalia as a practical testbed.New, intelligent and decentrally acting machines, devices, services and people, will enable the cluster to optimize its complex value-added networks, develop new business models and meet current challenges from ecology, economy and climate change. Existing approaches address the complexity of structures and processes, and the conflicting demands on forest management only insufficiently. To "smartify" the forest and wood cluster, existing competencies from industry, science and administration must be bundled: The goal of KWH4.0 is to create a know-how base and infrastructures, and to implement forest and wood 4.0 components via innovative Smart Forest Labs. The Smart Forest Labs serve as experimental forestry laboratories in which developed components, systems and processes are tested, standardization advanced, concepts disseminated, and actors trained. Developed concepts and standards are continuously published as practical recommendations, a first version of the communication infrastructure S3I (Internet of Things application) has been established. In addition, there is an increasingly smart fleet: forestry machines have been upgraded to retrieve digital information (GPS position, fuel consumption, production data, etc.) and at the same time networked via alternative radio standards with machines in regions where mobile communication is not possible.

By setting up these Wood MAKER spaces we want to promote wood as manufacturing and building material, as well as fostering local wood manufacturing as a real opportunity to generate local businesses and improve forest land-owners economies. We see that currently many broad-leaf species woods are being addressed to low-value uses, which causes employment and welfare losses at rural communities 4 Maker spaces are planned to be set up each in the 4 galician provinces. These centers will be open to all kinds of profiles interested on making a good use of local timbers, meaning non-expert and expert users to make all kinds of projects from DIY kind to professional commercialization projects. These spaces would make available a variety of services: wood manufacturing service (from wood log to semi or finished products), innovation service, design service, commercialization service, business digitalization among others.