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 in Nordic countries, and its importance is growing rapidly in Scotland and Ireland Poor profitability, increasing and diversified demand for forestry services call for developing business management skills of the enterpreneurs providing various services to the forest industry Ability to acquire new skills is often constrained by long distances to training possibilities and a lack of time

4 FOBIA s goal To enhance the business competitiveness of forestry service enterprises 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 transfer, networking and trading of services

5 Basics about FOBIA Total budget 1.9 M 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 Project s implementation

8 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 WP leader: Emanuel Erlandsson, SLU

9 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

10 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 WP leader: Arto Kettunen, TTS

11 Outcomes of the project Development and introduction of systems which facilitate enhancement of the profitability of forestry service business Forest Machine Efficiency Toolbox 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 An internet-based toolkit for utilisation of digital platforms in forestry service business and knowledge transfer, including study and implementation plans

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

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