Logs saved
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m³/yr
Free sawmill tool
Yield ROI Calculator
A few points of extra recovery means fewer logs for the same lumber. See what a 2–8 pp yield improvement is worth on your sawlog bill each year.
Your mill
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Volume of timber your mill runs per year.
m³/yr
Delivered cost of sawlogs.
€/m³
Lumber output ÷ log input, by volume. Typically 45–55%.
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Percentage points added to recovery (e.g. 50% → 53%).
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Optional: value the extra lumber instead
If set, we also show revenue from extra lumber at the same log intake.
€/m³
Annual sawlog saving
Annual sawlog saving
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Of log spend
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saved
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Annual saving across the improvement range
Turn recovery gains into a real plan
SawmillSmart optimizes cutting and multi-week production planning to lift recovery and cut log cost pressure.
A calculator shows what a yield gain is worth. Getting there is a planning problem — patterns, order pool, week over week.
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Cutting patterns, optimizedAcross the whole diameter range, not one log at a time.
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Multi-week production planningYield gains compound across weeks of production, not a single calculation.
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See it on your own dataA free demo run on your mill's numbers, not a generic model.
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