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TMI Timber Moisture Intelligence

TMI helps forestry teams reduce the hidden cost of moisture with practical field intelligence for harvest timing, shorthaul waves, workday calendars, depot dwell, actual moisture readings, and mill specification decisions.

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TMI is Northwood's first field intelligence product.

Built around real timber movement decisions, TMI gives foresters, forestry managers, growers, harvesting contractors, transport contractors, and timber operations teams a clearer view of moisture risk from compartment planning to depot stock.

Why it matters

The hidden cost of moisture

Timber moisture affects almost every movement decision after felling. Move timber too early, and operations may be paying to transport water instead of saleable timber. Leave it too long, and it may miss the best shorthaul window, over-dry, lose value, or create pressure elsewhere in the supply chain.

Rain, shade, stack exposure, depot dwell time, species, timber size, and actual field readings can all change the right decision.

Timber moisture is a biological process, and it behaves differently across locations, species, terrain, exposure, and handling patterns. TMI is built to adapt its calculation logic to local field evidence, instead of forcing every compartment through one fixed drying curve.

Read why moisture matters
01 Transport

Wet timber means more unnecessary mass on the road.

02 Timing

Wrong movement windows create pressure infield and downstream.

03 Spec

Stock must be judged against the mill's required moisture band.

04 Confidence

Field readings help separate a good plan from a guess.

What TMI does

A practical way to plan, move, and verify timber moisture

Operations dashboard

See compartments and depots together, with current TMI values, status, and the next practical action visible from the first screen.

Guided planning

Capture felling details, timber quantities, mill specifications, depot dwell, and planning assumptions in a field-friendly setup flow.

Workday calendars

Plan felling and shorthaul around real working days, contractor calendars, and confirmed exceptions before the schedule is committed.

Shorthaul waves

Aim for a single movement wave first, then split into practical waves when timber cannot all land in the mill-spec band together.

Compartment spread

View the driest, freshest, and average timber moisture so a plan is not judged from a single average line.

Depot and mill-spec stock

Track moved timber against the mill's required moisture band and see how depot dwell assumptions affect dispatch timing.

Actual moisture readings

Record field samples so planning can be anchored to measured timber condition, not fixed waiting periods alone.

Field calibration

Let confirmed field readings and approved shared evidence refine how TMI interprets drying conditions for local operations.

Team collaboration

Keep foresters, managers, contractors, and timber teams aligned around the same compartment, sample, shorthaul, depot, and planning picture.

App views

Built around practical forestry decisions

TMI brings compartment moisture, depot stock, drying trends, workday planning, and shorthaul wave movement into one practical view, so foresters can see what is ready, what is changing, and what needs attention before timber moves.

TMI demo dashboard showing compartment and depot moisture cards

Operations dashboard

Compartment and depot moisture status, current TMI values, and the next practical action.

TMI demo workday planning screen showing contractor calendar review

Workday planning

Felling and shorthaul plans respect working days before the schedule is committed.

TMI demo drying trend showing compartment and depot moisture curves

Drying trend

Compare compartment and depot curves, forecast sections, and in-spec stock by date.

TMI demo shorthaul timing preview showing mill spec band and wave movement

Shorthaul wave timing

Mill-spec band, compartment spread, and wave-consumed timber are visible before the plan is locked.

Field-ready workflow

From compartment to depot, TMI keeps the decision visible.

TMI supports timber planning from compartment to depot, including felling dates, workday calendars, shorthaul waves, mill specification bands, depot dwell assumptions, actual moisture readings, and forecast confidence.

The purpose is not to replace field judgement. It is to give that judgement a clearer moisture picture before timber is moved, locked, dispatched, or sampled.

Daily decisions

Better questions, clearer moves

Is this compartment ready to move?

Should this shorthaul plan stay as one wave or split into two?

Will the timber still sit inside mill spec during depot dwell?

Which stock is approaching mill spec?

Do the felling and shorthaul dates respect real working days?

Where do we need an actual moisture sample?

Are we about to move too early, too late, or just right?

Rollout discussions

Built for forestry operations, not boardroom theatre.

TMI is nearing rollout. Northwood Field Intelligence is open to practical discussions with forestry operations that want better visibility over timber moisture, movement timing, depot dwell, and field data.

Enquiries opening soon