Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

The BOS Forestry Software Suite enables companies with land holdings, Crown tenure, or BC timber salepermits to manage their harvesting operations and track their wood supply for timber sales and contractorsettlement, reforestation activities, roadway assets and liabilities, and timber production and sales. It is ahybrid desktop and cloud-based system that provides industry users with immediate log load information,eliminating the need to wait for scale tickets for settlement.The objective of this applied research is to develop a cost effective implementation approach to expand andenhance the BOS Forestry Software Suite, by utilizing geospatial visualization and analysis techniques tomaximize efficiencies in the movement of timber through the supply chain. A readily available holistic viewof the process, from cut block inventory, volumes, species and locations, to cutting objectives based onmaximum value economic timing, efficient routing of products to mills, processing plants, and end customers,will provide opportunities to minimize fuel costs, waste, over- or under-supply, and maximize economic gainfor the industry.