2. WP 4.1: Data Mining and Model Integration of
Stand Quality Indicators
•Stem Taper Variation
•Stem Quality Variation
– Straightness
– Branching
– Internal wood quality
•Stem Bucking Simulation Systems
23. Competitive Advantage
“the stronger the LINKAGES between the primary and
secondary producers the greater the source of competitive
advantage”
Michael Porter, Harvard Business School
Treemetrics
Hello It’s a great honour to speak at Austimber.
In the fist decade of the 21st century we are getting used to living in what Thomas Friedmann the pulitzer prize winner calls a hyper connected world.
In the first decade of the 21st century we are getting used living in a highly uncertain world with unstoppable risks.
The experts are telling us that this is the new norm.
In this first decade we have witnessed fusion, fission nanotech, biotech, Big Data they tell us is the next big thing in technology. All in all amazing strides!
In the forest industry however we are still using a 19th century tool called the calipers to measure our forests.
Today I would like to offer the industry a viable alternative
