ChallengesWhat are the problems faced by the industry in this area?High cost of transportation!!Need to improve equipment productivity and decrease unproductive timeDifficult log processing and value recovery with increasing volume of lower-quality salvage fibreHigh road-access costs because of more challenging conditions and more demanding requirementsActionsWhat does FPInnovations do to address the challenges?Improve transportation efficiency through higher payloads and optimization of logisticsImprove harvesting efficiency and value recovery through improved product merchandizingDevelop techniques to build high-performance roads that cost less and improve trucking efficiencyGoals & ImpactsWhat are the goals to reach and what are the impacts on members?Reduced transportation costs by an average of $2/tonne in 2020-2021 Improve margins (reduced costs or value increases) by 2 $/m³Provide decision-support tools to the industry to enable 10% cost savings in road building and maintenance costs
