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Process related results
The grid will show you the measures in relation to the drying processes or the period. You can
then see for example which process is used to dry most of the wood or which process is the most
costly (energy-wise and money-wise). You can also get in a single view the volume dried per
period at each mill (see Figure 23).
Figure 23: Details of the process related results in relation with the periods
You will see that for the Volume dried measure, the column TOTAL is not necessarily the sum
of the column’s value. In the example below, only 7 700 Mbf has been dried in total using the
process Air+Kiln Pine as this process starts with air drying at mill #1 and proceeds with kiln dry
at mill #2.
Figure 24: Details of the process related results (grid shows volume dried in Mbf)
Costs, energy content usage and greenhouse gases emission due to wood transfer within
processes are not included in this tab. They are summed up in the transportation tab.
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