Paper, Packaging & Forest Products

Know the economics of every grade, machine route and customer order.

Optifi connects fibre recipes, machine performance, energy, converting, freight and finance into one traceable view of fully absorbed profit.

Management signalMachine-specific grade cost
01The management question
What distorts margin

Which fibre, machine and order choices are changing margin?

The same grade can carry a different cost on a different machine, at a different speed or with a different fibre mix. Broke, downtime, energy, converting options and freight then widen the gap between standard grade cost and realised customer profit.

01Pulp, recycled fibre and recipe mix
02Machine speed, yield and broke
03Steam, power, water and chemicals
04Converting, packaging and SKU options
05Order profile, freight and customer demand
Connected in OptifiTrue profitability
02What matters to leadership
The economics management must see

Focus the model on the decisions that determine profit.

01

Grade and recipe cost

What matters

Grade recipes vary by furnish, additives, machine and run conditions. A single standard can hide meaningful differences in cost and performance.

How Optifi helps

Optifi calculates grade cost by recipe, machine and run, applying actual material, chemical and conversion rates.

02

Mill performance

What matters

Speed loss, downtime, broke and yield affect both output and fixed-cost recovery. The financial impact must be visible at the machine and grade level.

How Optifi helps

Optifi connects operating events to tonnes and cost, separating volume, rate, efficiency and recovery variance.

03

Energy and capacity

What matters

Steam, power, water and utilities are major conversion costs, while product mix determines how effectively constrained assets are used.

How Optifi helps

Optifi allocates utility consumption causally and tests grade or machine schedules against capacity, cost and margin.

04

Customer and order economics

What matters

Sheeting, coating, converting, packaging, small runs and freight create customer-specific cost beyond the parent roll.

How Optifi helps

Optifi extends the cost build into finished SKUs, orders and delivery so pricing and mix decisions reflect net customer profit.

03Automated profitability process
One governed model

Follow cost from fibre recipe to delivered customer profit.

Stratic configures Optifi to automate ERP, mill, recipe, energy, quality and order data. The model accumulates cost from fibre preparation through papermaking, converting and delivery, while preserving machine, grade, SKU and customer detail.

01Extract

ERP + operational systems

02Reconcile

Finance + operational controls

03Allocate

Direct + indirect cost

04Report

Dashboards + review packs

05Act

Decisions + accountability

04Reporting rhythm
Insight without the reporting delay

Management reporting at the cadence your business requires.

Align mill operations, energy, commercial and finance teams around grade performance and delivered profit.

DailyEmerging varianceOperating exceptions while action is still possible.
WeeklyPerformance trendAccountability, movement and corrective action.
MonthlyProfitability reviewReconciled cost, allocation and profit performance.
Close + 1 dayManagement packAvailable one day after month-end close.
05Where management acts
Decision-ready profitability

Manage the mill with grade, machine and customer economics visible.

Explain margin through fibre, recipe, broke, speed, utilities, converting, order mix and freight.

01
Machine-specific grade costTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
02
Mill, SKU and customer profitabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
03
Capacity and energy accountabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
04
Margin-led production and mix decisionsTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
06Where to start
Begin with one material question

Start with one mill, paper machine or grade family.

Discuss your use case
01Mill and machine performance
02Grade, recipe and SKU costing
03Fibre, energy and broke analysis
04Customer, order and freight profitability
Paper, Packaging & Forest Products

Ready to see what each grade and order truly earns?

Automate mill costing and profitability reporting from fibre input to customer delivery.