What assort­ments, what tree species and how many trees have been cut at a
log­ging site? How much fuel has been con­su­med, what is the dis­tance dri­ven, and
when will be the next main­te­nance on the mac­hine? Where is the har­ves­ter right
now? Should a forwar­der already be sent to the site? How can I make the work
of mac­hi­nes and ope­ra­tors more efficient? What are the total costs or car­bon
dioxide emis­sions of a par­ticu­lar site? Mana­ger 2.0 brings all this data and much
more to your mobile phone or desk­top.

Remote moni­to­ring of PONSSE forest mac­hi­nes is not actually any new thing. Already in 1993, data on the fel­ling volume and the assort­ments cut could be directly sent to the
saw­mill from a har­ves­ter. This was six years before the term Inter­net of Things was even inven­ted! The third gene­ra­tion Mana­ger 2.0 was demon­stra­ted in March 2024.

“Modern forest mac­hi­nes gene­rate mas­sive amounts of data. With Mana­ger 2.0, the data pro­duced by forest mac­hi­nes can be uti­li­sed, it is visua­li­sed in the form of reports, and the data can be used to deve­lop cont­rac­tors’ busi­ness. Mana­ger helps iden­tify any
areas that can be deve­lo­ped and moni­tor the effec­ti­ve­ness of deve­lop­ment mea­su­res,” says Pet­teri Tuo­misto, Sales Mana­ger for Digi­tal Solu­tions.

A huge num­ber of para­me­ters can be moni­to­red: fuel con­sump­tion, dri­ving dis­tance, time mana­ge­ment, pro­duc­tion, and much more. They can be com­pa­red and moni­to­red
by mac­hine, ope­ra­tor, sea­son or even work­site. This data can help in log­ging site plan­ning, ope­ra­tor trai­ning, cont­ract pricing, and ove­rall opti­mi­sa­tion of ope­ra­tions.

“When a cont­rac­tor star­ted to use Mana­ger, they imme­dia­tely saw from sawing times
that the mac­hine they were using at a work­site was too small. Anot­her cont­rac­tor was able to imme­dia­tely improve forwar­der efficiency when they saw the dis­tances dri­ven.” Mana­ger can be used via an app down­loa­ded on Android or Apple devices or via a web brow­ser on any com­pu­ter or simi­lar device con­nec­ted to the Inter­net. The mobile app is par­ticu­larly handy for ope­ra­tors to moni­tor their mac­hine. In cont­rast, the lar­ger screen of a desk­top allows cont­rac­tors to moni­tor the per­for­mance of seve­ral mac­hi­nes.

Why pay when you can get a good one for free?

While there are pro­grams you need to pay for to use them, why would you when PONSSE Mana­ger 2.0 is one of the best there is and comple­tely free of charge? There is no financial risk in star­ting to use the pro­gram. Ins­tead, it can bring sig­ni­ficant financial bene­fits.

“Mana­ger belongs to cus­to­mers, not forest com­pa­nies. All data belongs to cont­rac­tors who can decide with whom to share it, which part of it to share, or whet­her to share any data. Even we at Ponsse can­not see cus­to­mers’ data unless they give us access to it.”

Mana­ger 2.0 is cons­tantly evol­ving, with new relea­ses coming almost every week. Recent addi­tions include new lan­gua­ges and Ame­rican met­rics, i.e. gal­lons and miles.

Mana­ger 2.0 is easy to use

Using Mana­ger 2.0 is easy. You can get it by con­tac­ting your Ponsse dea­ler, who will
help you order your iden­ti­fiers. After that, you can log in to the pro­gram online and
down­load the mobile app from the Google or Apple app store.

“The first view is a sum­mary page where you can see eve­ryt­hing you need to know
at a glance. You can choose what data is shown on the sum­mary page. The second
page shows mac­hine data over the last 24 hours by mac­hine, ope­ra­tor and work­site.
On the third page, you can find all detai­led data over the exact inter­val you want.”

The mana­ger can be con­nec­ted via an applica­tion pro­gram­ming inter­face (API) to other
sys­tems such as the Power BI repor­ting pro­gram or the SAP ERP sys­tem. The API
car­ries a sepa­rate charge.

Main­te­nance, gui­dance and spare parts

The sys­tem also helps you in mac­hine main­te­nance in many ways. It inclu­des a spare
parts store, main­te­nance remin­ders and an elect­ro­nic Ser­vice Manual. Ponsse Active
Manual, a free app avai­lable for down­loa­ding from the Google or Apple app store, also
helps in the main­te­nance and efficient use of mac­hi­nes. Active Manual also inclu­des
ope­ra­ting instruc­tions for the forest mac­hine infor­ma­tion sys­tem and Mana­ger.

Seve­ral new fea­tu­res will be added to Mana­ger in the future. Many fea­tu­res are already being deve­lo­ped to improve coo­pe­ra­tion between mac­hi­nes. The inc­rea­sing use of AI to help cont­rac­tors lies a little fart­her ahead.

“We offer not only Mana­ger but also the Mul­tiFleet pro­gram in some count­ries such as Brazil. It is simi­lar to Mana­ger but uses a satel­lite link and can also be ins­tal­led in mac­hi­nes other than PONSSE forest mac­hi­nes, inclu­ding com­pe­ti­tors’ mac­hi­nes
or exca­va­tors. Howe­ver, it does not pro­vide quite as much mac­hine-speci­fic data as
Mana­ger 2.0.

How to start using Mana­ger 2.0

1. 1. Con­tact your Ponsse dea­ler
2. 2. You will receive your iden­ti­fiers in a couple of days by email.
3. 3. Log in to the ser­vice online and down­load the app on your mobile phone.
4. 4. Start using Mana­ger 2.0.

Lear more: Ponsse Mana­ger 2.0