Ponsse’s Digital Service Solution Rolls Out New Features 

Ponsse, a leading global manufacturer of timber harvesting machinery and leader in the development of responsible logging solutions, has recently rolled out digital solution Ponsse Manager. The Ponsse Manager system collects data produced by forest machines and visualizes it as user-friendly reports.

Available as the paid Ponsse Manager Pro and the free Ponsse Manager Standard, the system brings improved transparency and control to the work of forest machine owners, operators and those in the office. Ponsse Manager Map Tools works seamlessly with the forwarders of all manufacturers. While a Ponsse harvester is required to provide data, any forwarder—including a subcontractor forwarder—can be connected to the system.

“We’re constantly developing digital solutions for our customers’ needs. Accordingly, we developed the new features, Emissions Report and Map Tools, in cooperation with our network. We’re constantly developing the Ponsse Manager Pro package to help forest machine owners, operators and office workers better plan and monitor their activities, making their daily work easier and more productive,” says Petteri Tuomisto, Sales Manager of Digital Services.

The new “Map Tools” are a new core feature of the Ponsse Manager Pro service package, and can show both machine routes and harvester production rates by assortment on a map. This allows forwarder operators to easily check how many stems are waiting for transport in the forest as well as what is already in storage.

“In the forest, harvester operators may encounter places that they must mark for forwarders, including obstacles, soft ground and other important features. The Map Tools function allows the operator to mark these on a map as points of interest, POI,” says Tuomisto. “Snowfall may cover logs even between shifts, making it difficult to identify the tree species and locate stems. Production monitoring helps forwarder operators determine the right assortments and quantities quickly, which keeps their work smooth, effective and on schedule.”

The Emissions Report function, included in the Manager Pro service package, calculates and shows the atmospheric CO₂ emissions of harvesters and forwarders on the machine, site and company level for a given period.

“The monitoring of site-specific emissions helps reduce fuel consumption, which effectively supports the meeting of both environmental requirements and business goals. Emission reporting also helps to identify which machines are best suited for different logging sites. The reports provide different perspectives to emissions: from individual machines to the company level by working method or period,” says Tuomisto.

Ponsse is the first forest machine manufacturer in the world to provide this level of emissions monitoring.

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