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CBS for Forestry  

Forestry Producers

Any organisation involved in resource development, asset management, sales and conservation can benefit from the improved planning, coordination and control afforded by Compass Business Suite.

Asset Management
CBS captures the big picture and the fine detail perfectly. Every component of the planning, costing, road and trail construction, maintenance, logging, and delivery can be managed better with CBS.

The software caters for every stage of the asset life cycle: planting, regeneration, growth, harvesting, delivery and research. It handles things like road construction, fire management, periodic maintenance of plant, equipment repairs, demolition, clearing and disposal.

CBS handles both things you use to build or maintain assets as well as the assets themselves and their components. Things like electrical services, wastewater or fresh water, airconditioning, forklifts, vehicles, helicopters, planes, buildings, plant, equipment, furniture.

CBS allows the organisation to track and control every element of labour, materials and equipment and carry out timely management review procedures to ensure costs are kept in check.

Examples of value adding support:

  • Divisional management needs to provide team leaders with easy [but secure] access to the latest plans, drawings, cost estimates. They also want faster, easier, more reliable tendering, updates to plans and other communications.
  • Supervisors need to know who is on their team, what's got to be done / delivered by when, and who is responsible for each task. They need to schedule labour, roster workers appropriately according to skill and EH&S requirements. Lists of exactly who possesses the requisite skills and work preferences are constantly on hand and can be accessed by all levels of management.
  • Forest workers and contractors have to know exactly what to do, what materials and tools are to be supplied, and who they report to. With automated e-mails going out every night to individual workers and contractors, site management has less paperwork, greater control and more time for supervising output and safety.
  • Each day or week, workers and contractors can use the web to see when they are rostered on, what they need to learn or practice, and quickly see exactly what they have to do on the job, [and in the case of a fire occurence, where they need to be]. Timesheets are electronic and cumulative costs can be pulled at any time.
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    Fire Management
    CBS captures the big picture and the fine detail perfectly. Every component of the planning, costing, road and trail construction, training, fire notification, transport, fire fighting, rest and recovery and disaster recovery can be managed better with CBS.

    Practical Examples of Just-In-Time mission critical support:

  • Fire Management staff need to be well equipped and ready to go at a moments notice. They need to be able to lay down plans and procedures for their work carefully and communicate their intents precisely, promptly and efficiently.
  • They have to ensure that manufacturer and supplier instructions about equipment used is conveyed to team members directly and fully and that all staff maintain a current training status.
  • Sometimes they want to build scenarios, play "what if" analyses through a system that lets them track staff and recommend appropriate guidelines on tactics, team management and disaster recovery.
  • Each day or week, workers and contractors can use the web to see when they are rostered on, what they need to learn or practice, and quickly see exactly what they have to do on the job, [and in the case of a fire occurence, where they need to be]. Timesheets are electronic and cumulative costs can be pulled at any time.
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    Strategic Planning and Policy Management
    CBS enables managers to capture their vision [the big picture and the fine detail] well and communicate it constantly and without distortion. Every component of the planning, costing, project work, committee / taskforce work, and risk minimisation can be managed better with CBS.

    Here are some specific examples of vision setting support:

  • Management and staff need to be well appraised of policy and current directions so they can make appropriate decisions.
  • They need to understand the corporate mission and purpose, the CEO's vision and have direct access to as much of the collective corporate memory as possible.
  • They have to be able to lay down their plans and communicate them up the organisation [and when approved / agreed] provide direction and control through proper direction, targets, and procedures for their team to follow. They must communicate their intents precisely, promptly and efficiently.
  • They have to ensure that policy and accepted practices are conveyed to team members, that all staff are adequately trained, and that succession plans are in place.
  • Sometimes they want to build scenarios, play "what if" analyses through a system that lets them track staff and recommend appropriate guidelines on tactics, team management and disaster recovery.
  • more examples to come

    Next Steps

    Just contact us [info@compassportal.com] [+61 2 9880 8877] and we will give you an on-line demo pertinent to your particular needs.

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