Logger Business Operations Feedback
1.
What is your role?
Land Manager
Logger
Trucker
Other (please specify)
2.
Do you market timber to a mill?
Yes
No
3.
Which tools do you primarily use for tracking job progress, contractor payments, or managing daily activities?
Spreadsheets, Excel/Google Sheets
Quickbooks
ACH/Online Banking
On Line Bill Payments
Caribou Software
Paper Record keeping
Other (please specify)
4.
Which data do you need to calculate contractor payments accurately (e.g., trip tickets, mill receipts)?
If you do not pay contractors either skip or answer N/A.
5.
What specific pain points do you encounter in paying contractors or managing settlements? (Is there something that makes the task difficult to complete?)
6.
If a tool could automate contractor payments, would it significantly improve efficiency?
Yes
No
7.
Why or why not?
8.
If any, what areas of compliance and regulation are you responsible for in your business?
SFI
FSC
EUDR
OSHA/DOT/LogSafe
Other (please specify)
None of the above
9.
Which of the following, if automated/computerized could help make your business easier to operate? Check all that apply
Weekly Load List
Stumpage Pricing
Trucking Rates
Summary Cost of Day to Day operations
Direct Invoicing/Direct Pay
Other (please specify)