Case study — woodworking and pulp and paper industry
Timber from thousands of loading locations, on time and without road congestion
How Slovwood Ružomberok (Mondi Group) connected planning, transportation and unloading of wood into one system — and deployed it in real operation within 5 months.
5 mo.
from signing the contract to deploying the first version of the system
200+
trucks daily controlled by the system during unloading
20
railway wagons included in the unloading plan per day
2 mil. m³
of wood per year — the capacity for which logistics is planned
SLOVWOOD AT A GLANCE
Location Ružomberok
Group Mondi SCP
Fuction Pulp and Paper Production
Systems in use TLS
A plant where 200 cars and 20 wagons unload material daily
Slovwood Ružomberok is one of the largest operating units within the Mondi SCP group — an integrated pulp and paper mill with a processing capacity of up to 2 million m³ of wood per year. To operate continuously, the mill must receive, weigh and unload wood from dozens to hundreds of trucks and dozens of railway wagons — from thousands of different loading points — every day.
The biggest challenge was not the unloading itself, but what preceded it. Deliveries were coming in unevenly — periods of unused capacity alternated with peak congestion that overwhelmed both roads and unloading points. The fulfillment of contracts with suppliers was verified manually, which was slow and prone to errors. And since suppliers, transporters and the operation itself worked with limited information sharing, coordination between them was weak and the entire process was non-transparent.
Slovwood therefore needed one centralized system that would manage and optimize the entire wood supply chain — not just its individual parts.
Are you dealing with the same problem in your operation?
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You plan deliveries or input materials from dozens or thousands of locations and do not have a unified overview of them in real time.
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Your unloading or loading capacities are overloaded during peak hours, but at other times they are unused.
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You verify the fulfillment of contracts with suppliers manually — in spreadsheets, emails or by phone.
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Suppliers, carriers and your own operation work with different, outdated or no data.
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You need to connect transport management with SAP or another ERP system without the risk of disrupting ongoing operations.
The good news: the solution connects to existing systems — SAP, weighing and attendance systems — and does not require changing what already works.
Capacity is the deciding factor, not the order on the phone
A supplier can only create a transport request if there is actually free capacity at the unloading location. The transporter only books the transport within the free time window and is only allowed to transport material from permitted loading locations. The transport is then checked via GPS data from the vehicle and the transporters receive an ongoing assessment based on service quality and price.
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Managed transport planning based on the actual capacity of the plant.
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Automated evaluation of contract fulfillment with suppliers.
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Real-time processing and analysis of GPS data.
How it all works: TLS communicates bidirectionally with SAP, processes GPS data from the vehicles in real time and is linked to the employee attendance system. Any change in the data triggers an automatic recalculation of the subsequent steps - so the information for decision-making is always up-to-date, not with a delay.
Timber transport managed from loading point to unloading
The system organizes the transport of material directly from the loading point — in the forest or in the warehouse — and also manages the suppliers themselves: what quantity and what quality of material they deliver. Weighing and registration of delivered goods takes place directly in the system and the current status of the process is available online for all interested parties.
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Comprehensive planning and coordination of timber deliveries across the entire chain.
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Overview of all suppliers and transporters, including their ongoing evaluation.
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Electronic tendering for transporters instead of manual negotiation.
What did it bring to Slovwood?
Measured in real plant operation.
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Improved efficiency of supply planning and management, balanced traffic flow without unplanned peaks.
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Reduced waiting times and lower transport costs, higher utilization of unloading capacities.
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Less manual work and fewer errors when verifying the fulfillment of contracts with suppliers.
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More transparent and better relations with carriers thanks to continuous quality and price assessment.
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Easy monitoring of transport efficiency and supply quality in one system.
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The first version of the system was operational within 5 months of signing the contract; cooperation continued with further integrations — road and rail scales.
A new level of supply chain management from M2M Solutions
Connection to existing systems
We connect directly to your SAP, weighing and attendance systems. We do not change what already works.
Solution for atypical operations
Logistics from thousands of loading bays is not a task for a universal template. We design the solution according to the reality of your operation.
Rapid deployment, gradual development
The first version runs in operation within months, not years. We add further integrations continuously, without the need to replace the system.
One partner for hardware, software and further development
From analysis to implementation to expansion with new commodities and systems, M2M is the only partner you need to communicate with.