Kinghorn Systems Engineering
"Profiting with Pareto*"

Phone:  (250) 426-2158    Fax:  (250) 426-2039
E-mail:

  Welcome to the website of Kinghorn Systems Engineering.  We are committed to providing the best studies and analytical tools for improving our client's profitability.  We provide these services with commitments to:

• Listening to our client's requests and understanding their needs

• Providing accurate analysis and implementations that are delivered on time

• Confidentiality of our client's information

• Providing understandable, easy-to-use results and analytical tools

We at Kinghorn Systems Engineering are forest and process industry specialists in:

• Enterprise Optimization 
  Kinghorn Systems Engineering is proud to partner with River Logic, Inc. working with  River Logic's Enterprise Optimizer (EO) software.  EO uses sophisticated mathematical techniques with an easy-to-use and easy-to-modify graphical flow diagram interface for modeling and optimizing any process industry.  The models assist managers in our forest industry to do such things as:
  -  Log purchase pricing
  -  Log allocation
  -  Production planning
  -  Product mix selection 
  -  Coal blending 
  -  Sales pricing 
  -  Capital planning
  

• Recovery & yield studies 
  -  True shape log scanning & recovery analysis with different types of breakdown equipment (bucking optimization, true shape versus shadow XY scanning, auto-log rotation, curve sawing, etc.) 
  -  MSR (machine stress rated) lumber yield studies
  -  Lamination stock studies and troubleshooting
  
  

• Operations analysis
  -  Opportunity seeking, including improvement of critical machine capacities using low-cost solutions and "continuous improvement" programs
  -  Analysis of Return on Capital Employed for mills or projects
  -  Audits to ensure that payback on project capital investment was realized
  -  Professional evaluations of productivity and profitability using advanced statistical analysis techniques such as multiple regression, discounted cash flow, market research methods and material flow sampling
  -  Prioritizing of projects to focus on the best cost/benefits per the 80/20 rule
  -  New product evaluation (e.g. MSR, lam stock, etc.) , training and quality control systems. 
  
  

• Project management
  -  Feasibility studies including generating layouts and flow diagrams
  -  Project justification proposals
  -  Management of engineering and design
  -  Tendering and procurement
  -  Control of time-lines
  -  Construction management
  -  Cost control
  -  Scope and quality control
  -  Start up troubleshooting
  

Partial Client List:

• Plum Creek Land Company, Inc.

• International Forest Products Ltd.

• Potlatch Corporation

• Olympic Panel Products, LLC

• Simpson Timber Company

• Elk Valley Coal Ltd.

• Teck Cominco Metals Ltd.

• Riverside Forest Products Ltd.

• Tembec Forest Products Group

• Baillie Lumber Company

• Canadian Forest Products Ltd.

• Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc.

• Spray Lake Sawmills (1980) Ltd.

• Bowater Forest Products Division

• Carrier Lumber Ltd.

• J.D. Irving, Limited

• Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.

• Aspen Planers Ltd.

• Synergy Pacific Wood Solutions ULC

• Canwood Furniture

• Abeda Wood Products

• Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd.

• Compwood Products Ltd.

• Milestone Wood Products Inc.

• Pacific Forest Products Ltd.

• High Level Forest Products Ltd.

For a quick peek, here's what our log scanner for our recovery and yield studies looks like.  Using Hermary Opto Electronics LPS-2016 scanner heads and MPM Engineering interface software, we collect true shape data on your logs in one week (or less) at your mill site.  Capital planning for your operations can now be accurately based on real numbers!

 

 

*Pareto's Law (the 80/20 Rule)
    "The majority of the result is accounted for by a relatively small effort"

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Page last updated on October 20, 2006