HARVESTING PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS
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Interpine Forestry has the longest history of offering harvesting performance appraisals and log value recovery services of any privately owned company within New Zealand.      An experienced team of field technicians and foresters can accurately evaluate whether your business is recovering the maximum potential value of your forest resource during harvesting.      Interpine has developed a unique set of measurement tools and systems that identify where value is being lost and provide the necessary training and data management services to rectify these issues.

For more information please contact David Herries, at david.herries@interpine.co.nz

Log-bucking Performance Appraisals / Audits

Stem Processing Performance Appraisals

Harvest Operational and System Appraisals

Post Harvest Waste Assessments

Health and Safety Appraisals

Log-bucking Performance Appraisals / Audits                                   

Often, improving the decision making when stems are bucked onto logs can vastly enhance the revenue generated from a stand of trees.     Interpine Forestry offers exclusive log-bucking appraisals that benchmark current manual and mechanical performances against the optimal possible solution.     Applying computerised log-bucking optimisation systems Interpine forestry can identify:

• The current value recovery performance of log-bucking and machine operators.
  
  
• Decision making improvement opportunities where value recovery can be enhanced.
  
  
• Necessary training requirements of manual log-bucking and mechanical operators.

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Stem Processing Appraisals                                                           

After log-buckers and machine operators decide how to optimally process a stem, several key value leakage points exist before the processed forest products arrive at their customer destination.     

Through past projects, Interpine Forestry has found that up to 10% of the potential log value can be lost through poor crosscutting, poor sorting, fleeting and log grading, and by poor quality and presentation.      Interpine forestry offers services and systems that evaluate the following:

• Value loss through poor stem processing (i.e. crosscutting)
  
  
• Value loss through poor fleeting and grade sorting.
  
  
• Value loss through machine damage and mishandling.
  
  
• The impacts of tighter quality control measures on value recovery and revenue.

Operational and Systems Appraisals                                      

Interpine Forestry in conjunctions with Value Tech Services (www.valuetechservices.co.nz) offers professional appraisals on harvesting practices and current operational setups for logging contractors and forest owners.      Interpine has developed expertise and knowledge within thisfield through the growth and expansion of a successful stumpage-purchasing model. We offer services in the areas of:

• Felling and delimbing techniques.
  
• Skid setup and design.
  
• Harvesting configuration and machine efficiency.
  
• Cutting strategy design and relative pricing.
  
  

Post Harvest Waste Assessments                                              

Interpine Forestry can carry out harvest waste assessments to ensure that harvest contractors can recovering all the negotiated volume and value from a forest stand.
Interpine can also carry out independent audits to ensure that harvesting companies are leaving the required ecological volume when regeneration restriction apply.

• Wagner waste assessments.
  
  
• Regeneration surveys.
  
  
• Waste retention assessments

Health and Safety Appraisals                                                     

Interpine Forestry can supply qualified, accredited auditors to carry out health and safety checks and appraisals for harvest contractors and forest owners. Findings and recommendations are presented in a professional report that conforms to industry regulations and expectations. Contact Interpine Forestry today regarding any health and safety issues.