VisionTally : Product Overview

VisionTally scans a bundle of lumber from both ends at once.

The bundle of lumber is simply placed between the two scanning towers of VisionTally:

• A signal is given to VisionTally that the bundle is in place
• VisionTally signals the user when the scanning process is complete
• The tally results are immediately available for visual display, print or transfer

VisionTally takes actual measurements of each board.

These measurements —thickness, width and length— provide actual board footage for each board, each course, the entire bundle, and for each unique tally dimension contained in the bundle. These actual measurements are used to create nominal board dimensions and tallies.

Using VisionTally output, lumber inventory may be maintained to display both actual and nominal footage and tallies not only for each bundle, but also for each course or group of courses within a bundle.

VisionTally also records the location of each board in the bundle. Boards, courses or groups of courses can be selected by desired footage or tally. This information increases the productivity of pulling lumber to fill sales orders.

VisionTally supports all tally applications in the lumber industry.

• Green lumber can be scanned for both footage and tally while in the original mill packed bundle.
• Purchased KD lumber may be scanned and verified, while still in the customer packed bundle.
• KD lumber processed through dry kilns may be scanned and tallied for KD lumber receiving.
• Pull-to-order bundles for customer shipment may be automatically scanned and tallied.
• VisionTally handles all these applications and bundle types without requiring any special board marks or bundle preparation.

VisionTally provides a wide range of operational benefits.

• Automatic measurements —thickness, width and length—
• Accurate measurements rather than best estimates based on human judgment
• Increased productivity over other tally methods
• Increased productivity in pulling lumber to fill sales orders
• No special preparation of boards or bundles
• Reduced labor costs before and during the tally process
• No special operator training or dependency is required
• No errors due to fatigue, lack of concentration, or temporary help
• Flexible integration with existing lumber workflow processes
• Flexible integration with existing business computer systems
• Better inventory control based on accurate footage and tallies
• Timely and accurate purchase order verification of footage and tallies
• Improved customer service by providing accurate, verifiable footage and tallies