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MagicLogic Cube-IQ Plans Loads Faster, Reduces Damages for Arauco Renowned forest products company Arauco is able to plan loads more quickly with MagicLogic’s Cube-IQ software. Additionally, the company sees claims for damaged loads decrease significantly.
speci c) should be diagrammed and approved before sending it to be loaded on the docks.” Arauco kindly provided a table showing the decrease in claims, sum- marizing the total claims for their Midwestern mill.
their phone, tablet, or laptop wherever they are located. Cube-IQ Web provides all the same functions as MagicLogic’s desktop version, and is ideal for today’s more exible working environment.
Arauco is a global company with more than 50 years of experience manufac- turing forest products. These include premium plywood, lumber and wood pulp, millwork, and a comprehensive range of composite panels that include HDF, MDF, and particleboard. The company has production facil- ities in North and South America, and ships to more than 3,500 locations in North America. Arauco is renowned for its advanced and automated manufacturing sys- tems, and the company has a strong focus on innovation and sustainability within the forestry industry, using renew- able resources. THE CHALLENGE Before, Arauco was planning loads manually—a time-consuming process. While planning loads, it was necessary to ensure that products were balanced optimally. Excess dunnage was another challenge, especially for a company con- cerned about sustainability. THE SOLUTION MagicLogic’s Cube-IQ software enables even complex loads to be planned accurately, following fully cus- tomizable loading rules, using minimal dunnage to ensure products are pro- tected and more likely to arrive in perfect condition. Arauco opted for Cube-IQ Web, its hosted, subscription service that allows users to access Cube-IQ from
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Arauco pointed out: “These are only the claims for transportation issues com- ing out of the Midwestern mill and since we have started to run more loads through this program we are having much better results in 2023 vs 2022. Adding on to the results from this year, YTD, total claims for all mills are 7 (this includes the 3 from the beginning of this year). The total average of the claims now are less than $1,200, which is down from the previous year.”
THE RESULTS Since load planners began using Cube-IQ software at Arauco’s Mid- western mill, loads are planned on average 25-50% more quickly than plan- ning them manually. Additionally, claims for damaged loads have decreased signi cantly. When asked about their experience using Cube-IQ, Arauco replied: “Since we have started to use this program, our claims that have been processed in the past have signi cantly decreased this time frame because of the more bal- anced loads with minimal dunnage having to be built into the containers. With the success we’ve had with this program we are now moving to require all loads that are shipping (railcar in
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