Forest Business Innovation and Advancement

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1 Forest Business Innovation and Advancement 1

2 The vision of the NPA Programme ( ) The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme aims to develop the program area to be a 1st class region to live, study, work, visit and invest by harnessing innovation, expanding the capacity for entrepreneurship and seizing the unique growth initiatives and opportunities in a resource efficient way

3 Background Forestry is a significant contributor to rural economies Poor profitability, increasing and diversified demand for forestry services call for development of business management skills Ability to acquire new skills is often constrained by remoteness and lack of time

4 FOBIA s goal To enhance the business competitiveness of forestry service providers in the NPA regions of Finland, Sweden, Scotland and Ireland by: promoting the development of innovative business models providing tools for increasing operational efficiency developing and piloting the use of digital platforms for knowledge exchange and networking

5 Basics about FOBIA Duration: 6/2017 5/2020 NPA Program s priority axis: Entrepreneurship 19 partners from four countries Coordinated by Natural Resources Institute Finland

6 Partnership PROJECT PARTNERS Natural Resources Institute Finland (Lead Partner), TTS Institute, North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium, Tietohippu Oy Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), The Swedish Association of Forestry Contractors Inverness College UHI Waterford Institute of Technology ASSOCIATED PARTNERS Finland: The Trade Association of Finnish Forestry and Earth Moving Contractors, John Deere Forestry Oy, Ponsse Oyj, Komatsu Forest Oy, Suomen Metsäkeskus, Ireland: Western Forestry Co op, Teagasc, Coillte, Kearney Training & Consultancy (KTC Safety) Ltd Scotland: Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Norbord Europe Ltd 6

7 Scottish Meeting 7

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9 Euan Bowditch 9

10 Fobia News 10

11 Project s implementation

12 WP T1: Business models Aims to identify the needs for service and business model development from the supplier s and buyer s viewpoints the ways to stimulate the development of businesses and business models

13 WP T2: Operational efficiency Aims to develop Information, tools and methods for analysing and improving operational efficiency of the enterprises WP leader: Heikki Korpunen, Luke

14 WP T3: Digital platforms Aims to develop and pilot digital platforms for knowledge transfer, networking and trading of services by Characterising and testing available digital applications Designing a management training programme Collecting feedback from the training pilots

15 Outcomes of the project Analysis of forest service providers trends that relate to business development and profitability An understanding of the forest service provider landscape in Scotland and the challenges facing different size businesses Forest Machine EfficiencyToolbox A prototype application for processing StanForD 2010 data A prototype application for acquiring user defined data for business management Time consumption models for harvesting An audit process for improving operators efficiency A digital platforms toolkit for forestry service businesses

16 Contact information Country Contact person Organisation Telephone Finland Paula Jylhä (coordinator) Luke Sweden Emanuel SLU Erlandsson Scotland Euan Bowditch IC UHI Ireland Enda Coates WIT

17 Thank you! Photos: Henna Jylhä, Saku Ruusila/Kuvaste Oy, Erkki Oksanen & Paula Jylhä/Luke, Arto Kettunen/TTS, Mikko Karjalainen, Timo Komulainen/Tietohippu Oy