For the past year, Pinja’s Forest business unit, which focuses on the forest industry, has worked on a solution to add support for the StanForD 2010 data transfer standard for the forest industry to the Forest by Pinja system. The project reached the approval stage in the spring, and the solution will be released in fall 2023.
The solution allows harvesting instructions to be updated in real time for all forest machines, even in the middle of a harvest. The project is carried out as a joint project with clients, and experiences are gathered at the same time from a co-development model, in which the client companies in the forest industry service sector play a key role in the design, testing and implementation of the system project. The result of this work is a production-tested system that meets the needs of clients. Through effective client collaboration, this major project was completed on time, and in line with the set objectives.
The Forest by Pinja solution that supports the StanForD 2010 standard will be released in fall 2023. As the system goes into production, eyes are already on the development of the next version.
The StanForD 2010 data transfer standard, developed for the forest industry, helps the forest sector take advantage of the opportunities offered by digitalization. It allows updating of felling instructions to the forest machines in real time. By eliminating the needs for separate harvesting instructions for different measuring devices, the new solution reduces waste, manual work, and errors in felling. Real-time harvesting instructions ensure that harvesters always produce timber according to demand.
In the first phase of the project, needs and requirements were defined as a basis for product development. The next phase covered product development and testing. The approval phase started in May 2023 while product development was still ongoing. Experts from client companies tested the system in their test environment and in a production environment, evaluating, among other things, the usability of the system and the instruction and training materials. Based on the findings, final amendments are made to the system, and development frameworks are prepared for the next version.
The Forest by Pinja solution that supports the StanForD 2010 standard will be released in fall 2023. As the system goes into production, eyes are already on the development of the next version. The wish list contains outlines, among other things, for the use of new functionalities of the standard, GPS data, artificial intelligence and learning algorithms, as well as further usability improvements. Work will continue in close cooperation with clients. Some of the clients involved in the project have already expressed an interest in participating in further development work.
The co-development model used in the StanForD 2010 project has proven to be a good way to learn from the practical needs and experiences of clients. Pinja’s forest industry clients were actively involved in the project, from the initial definition work to the production environment testing of the finishing phase.
The joint testing days broadened the perspective of the development work, and opened up the discussion between clients. As the roll-out approached, the pace was stepped up; instead of meeting face-to-face for a joint testing day at the end of the testing phase, the new software packages were tested in a weekly testing day, during which Pinja’s experts were available for the project’s needs. Client commitment to the project helped ensure that the project remained on schedule, and the system went into production a month and a half before its release.
Other system development projects in the forest industry service area are also carried out in close cooperation with industry representatives. The best results are achieved by bringing together client insights, specification knowledge, and needs. For the StanForD 2010 standard, the next step is to move on to the release phase and the reaping of the intended benefits, as well as the development of the next version.
Part 1 of the blog series: StanForD 2010, a new standard for forest machines, improves logging quality
Part 2 of the blog series: Client cooperation strengthens forestry sector expertise in the StanForD 2010 project
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