Sawing Decision Maker

Insight for industrial sawmills

An efficient tool for production planning

SDM features fast and efficient analysis of all types of sawing patterns. Log characteristics such as diameter, taper, length and hardwood content can be varied to evaluate different scenarios.
Key indicators including volume yield, value yield and contribution margin are calculated and displayed. These metrics can be used to compare sawing patterns or perform more advanced analysis.
SDM includes comprehensive tools for analyzing and comparing sawing patterns based on both yield and financial performance.
Optimize profitability, control costs and maximize value generation across your sawmill production while ensuring that demand requirements are met.

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Diagram of a saw blade with labeled sections and pattern details for wood cutting, including various measurements and configurations.

What user say about SDM

“SDM is well suited to do pre-calculations for new sawing patterns. After I have received a new request from the market regarding a new product it just takes me a couple of minutes before I know which log class it gives the best result in and how it compares to our existing sawing patterns.”

— DANIEL FREDRIKSSON, Moelven Valåsen

“We use SDM as a decision support tool in several different areas. For example, to be able to compare gross margin for sawing patterns in relation to capacity utilization is very valuable. One strength with SDM is its user friendliness and structure.”

— MATTI STENDAHL, Production Manager, Spruce, Setra

“Versowood is Finland´s largest private producer of sawn timber and further processes goods. Annual production amount is 1,4 million m3 of sawn goods, and Versowood uses SDM in all five sawmills since 2018. The beauty of SDM is the ability to dynamically analyze log class diameter ranges as well as the cost/income analysis.”

— MATTI PERÄMÄKI, Development Director Versowood