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SOFIA: Seamless Operation of Forest Industry Applications. University of Jyväskylä Sergiy Nikitin & Minna Lappalainen senikiti@jyu.fi , +358445820503 minna.k.lappalainen@jyu.fi. SOFIA. Objective:
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SOFIA: Seamless Operation of Forest Industry Applications University of Jyväskylä Sergiy Nikitin & Minna Lappalainen senikiti@jyu.fi, +358445820503 minna.k.lappalainen@jyu.fi
SOFIA Objective: • To build an ICT solution for logistics optimization on the contractor site (for harvesting and transportation SME’s) • The practical outcome - a SOFIA software platform for B2B mediation tailored to the forestry sector of Finland Strategic fit to research strategy: • Optimized logistics will: • Decrease expenses of the entire raw wood supply chain by approx. 50 mil. € annually, hence increase competitiveness of the whole value chain • Free the capacity for the strategic goal of national wood production growth up to 25% • SOFIA - a basis for easy adoption of new business models: • No changes in the existing ICT solutions of forest industry companies • Enables efficient operations and high customer service level for contractors having multiple customers • A big step towards flexible forestry service market
SOFIA Main actions: • Platform implementation in close cooperation with end users Business opportunities and challenges: • A set of competing SME’s can be established for SOFIA provision, support & further development • Challenges: • Historically closed environment • No support from other Information System providers may raise connectivity difficulties • Monopoly of IS provider(s) may influence SOFIA adoption
Impact and expected benefits Value creation potential: • SOFIA offers: cost reduction, openness and readiness for new business scenarios Renewal of forest industry: • Prepares a basis for ICT innovations in forestry chain Sustainability: • Use of standards and configurable platform architecture New competence and/or knowledge: • Expertise in forestry domain combined with the bleeding edge ICT technologies Source:
Networking Research partners: • Koneyrittäjät ry, Metsäalan kuljetusyrittäjät ry, Metsäteho, Metla, Joensuun yliopisto, VTT, Metsäkeskus Tapio, Metsäteollisuus ry, Energiateollisuus ry International networking: • Skogforsk, Sweden; University of Freiburg, Germany Links to other EU/ Forestcluster Ltd programmes: • “Indisputable Key” EU FP6 project • More to be added…
Appendix C – Concept of Virtual Machine From the consumer point of view, logging and transportation services look the same, however, the real equipment of the contractor is hidden. A wood buyer makes orders seamlessly, but the assembly chosen for the execution is virtual. The service provider then plans the operations and assigns tasks to real units