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and client-rich system, which would also aid an organization<br />

(especially one new to the technology) in thinking<br />

“outside the box,” cannot be overstated.<br />

NOTES<br />

1. Some World Bank client countries (the Russian Federation,<br />

Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan, Romania,<br />

and most all other Commonwealth of Independent<br />

States and Eastern European countries) operate like private<br />

companies because the governments own the forest and<br />

have their own enterprises (called Leskhozes in Russia, Kazakhstan,<br />

and Belarus, and Forest Management Units in<br />

Bosnia and Herzegovina) for management and harvesting<br />

operations. Thus, they are responsible for tactical as well as<br />

strategic planning. In Argentina, Chile, or Brazil, for example,<br />

where much of the productive forest is private, the public<br />

sector would, in fact, have less of a tactical role and would<br />

require mainly the strategic planning functions that a<br />

scaled-back FMIS would offer.<br />

Box 7.15<br />

Private Consulting or Software Firms That Have Developed Turnkey FMIS or Major FMIS<br />

Components for Customization to User Needs<br />

Company Country Product Web Site<br />

American Forest U.S. Cypress, Harvest Scheduling Software http://www.americanforestmanagement.com<br />

Management Inc.<br />

Assisi Software U.S. Assisi Inventory,Assisi Compiler, http://www.assisisoft.com/<br />

Assisi Forest,AI Object Library,<br />

AF Object Library<br />

Cengea Solutions Canada Woodlands - The System http://www.cengea.com<br />

Cuesta Systems Inc Canada TIMS http://www.cuestasys.com/<br />

D.R. Systems Inc. Canada Phoenix, OPTIONS, SiLvIRR, http://www.drsystemsinc.com/<br />

DRS INVENTORY System,<br />

Forest EcoSurvey Professional<br />

Force/Robak Canada IFMS, ForMAX, OperMAX, http://www.fra.nb.ca/<br />

Associates Ltd.<br />

OP-Plan/CTS, FIS<br />

Geographic Dynamics Canada Volume Compilation System, http://www.gdc-online.com/index.htm<br />

Corp.<br />

SiteLogix, FloraLogix, CarbonLogix,<br />

Tactical Forest Planning Systems<br />

Indufor Oy Finland EnsoMOSAIC http://www.indufor.fi<br />

James W. Sewall Company U.S. WebFRIS http://www.jws.com<br />

LandMark Systems U.S. RTI http://www.landmarksystems.org/<br />

Larson & McGowin, Inc. U.S. ForestPro Manager www.larsonmcgowin.com<br />

pcSKOG AB Sweden pcSKOG family of products http://www.pcskog.se/<br />

Oy Arbonaut Ltd. Finland ARBNaut FDD www.arbonaut.com<br />

Remsoft Inc. Canada Woodstock, Spatial Woodstock, http://www.remsoft.com/<br />

Stanley, Allocation Optimizer, Behave<br />

Savcor Group Ltd. Oy Finland MekaERP http://www.savcor.com/forest/<br />

Silvics Solutions U.S. IFMS http://www.metsyssolutions.com/<br />

Spatial Planning Systems Canada Patchworks http://www.spatial.ca/index.html<br />

WoodPlan Ltd. U.K. Amenity Tree, Forecasting and http://www.woodplan.co.uk/<br />

Valuation, Operations Manager,<br />

Felled Timber, Prospect 3D<br />

For an alternate list of possible FMIS systems and components, see the Decision Support System Inventory<br />

developed by the U.S. National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry at http://ncseonline.org/NCSSF/<br />

DSS/Documents/search/complete.cfm.<br />

Source: Robak and Kirmse 2007.<br />

268 CHAPTER 7: MONITORING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT

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