MillTrim^™

Paper Machine Scheduling and Trimming

MillTrim helps paper mills optimize paper machine operation, reduce waste, and increase profitability.

Business Benefits

Developed utilizing more than a quarter-of-a-century of in-depth knowledge of paper mill operations, and a thorough understanding of the unique challenges faced by paper mill managers and schedulers—CTI’s MillTrim module provides paper mills with robust and flexible functionality for trimming and scheduling liner and medium paper machines and for creating associated planned shipments.

• Increase profits
• Reduce waste
• Reduce costs
• Increase paper machine productivity and efficiency
• Improve planning and scheduling
• Improve shipping
• Improve customer service

Features and Functions

Using MillTrim, schedulers can accurately carry out “what if?” and “direct cost comparisons” between proposed schedules—in real-time—without affecting the master schedule. MillTrim includes support for mills with multiple paper machines.

With MillTrim you can:

• Schedule just-in-time (JIT) for greater production flexibility
• Generate the trim solutions–which maximize usage across the width of paper machine–by grade
• Generate planned truck and rail car shipments
• Calculate tentative weight per width value by grade–using the most recent thirty days of production
• View “real-time” order status information
• View daily and month-to-date trim efficiency–percent utilization of web–by grade
• And more...