The Forest Bioenergy conference sponsor
MHG Systems has been chosen to represent Finland in
the international final of the IT service company Logica’s innovation
competition. The company’s innovative solution is used to manage biomass supply
chain and to monitor its quality, which helps energy companies to increase the
use of biomass as an energy source as required by new directives.
Using MHG Systems, energy companies and biofuel
suppliers get detailed information regarding the quality, quantity, energy
contents and origin of the biomass.
"Our typical client is a power plant, whose
procurement processes are based on the raw materials’ standard quality.
Composition of biomass – reed canary grass, wood chips, peat – varies and it
contains a significant amount of water, which can dramatically interfere with
the production process,” managing director Seppo
Huurinainen of MHG Systems explains.
"We can offer our mutual clients an operative solution
service in order to optimise the production of biomass, and Logica, as an
international agent, can hold a key position there to present the Finnish
innovation to the rest of the world,” Heikki
Tiihonen of Logica states.
Using biofuel requires restructuring of the production processes
"The use of forest fuels has increased during this
decade to over 5 million solid cubic metres and the aim is to increase the use
of forest chips in Finland to 15 million solid cubic metres by 2020. A large
scale use of forest chips, however, will require investing in logistics and
operative systems,” says Huurinainen. "In addition to forest, the biomass
growth potential in Europe also comes from the crops, where the utilisation of
crop energy could tenfold. In the United States, which is the world’s largest
supplier of biomass, the energy provided by biomass is expected to triple by
2030.”
With MHG Systems’ innovative solution, the energy
producers can increase the transparency of their business, when the origin and
the production chain of biomass can be traced.
"The MHG solution is a natural part of Logica’s
operation that supports sustainable development: our aim is not only to offer
our clients solutions that lessen the strain on the environment, but also to
decrease the strain in our own activity,” says Heikki Tiihonen.
Logica’s innovation partner competition is aimed at
finding partners in small and medium sized companies to create solutions for
our mutual clients. The winner of the competition in Finland will participate
in the final event held on May 17th in Stockholm, where ten country
winners will present their solutions to the Logica panel.
More information
For more information about this press release:
Logica, Manager Heikki Tiihonen,
tel.+358 40 739 9100,
Email: heikki.tiihonen@)logica.com
Logica, Innovation Manager
Markku Luoto, tel. +358 40 844 9511,
Email: markku.luoto@logica.com
MHG Systems, Seppo Huurinainen, tel: +358 44 581 4950
Email:
seppo.huurinainen@mhgsystems.com
MHG Bioenergy ERP
The MHG Bioenergy ERP service is a true operative tool, designed for
electricity, heating, pellets, forest industry and forest service companies. It
can be used via web browser or mobile devices. It is a specific bioenergy
sector ERP system and map service solution, which provides valuable information
for developing one's business operations. Bioenergy ERP allows the use of
new, particularly contract-based, and empowering operational models. The
superior features of the service include transparency throughout the delivery
chain, managing the moisture content of bioenergy masses, reporting features
based on the amount of energy, i.e. megawatt hours, and accounts and invoicing.
MHG Systems Ltd
MHG Systems Ltd is one of the world's leading suppliers of bioenergy ERP
systems. The company utilises its partner network to produce customer-oriented
IT and map service solutions designed for developing bioenergy, and field work
business operations. MHG ERP synthesizes mobile communications, the Internet,
real-time maps, satellite-based location information, RFID, and CO2 monitoring
into one business-enhancing service, and allows the use of new and empowering
operational models, accurate cost monitoring and real-time enterprise resource
planning of biomasses and delivery chains. The company’s services bring
significant cost savings and environmental benefits to all operators in the
bioheat, bioelectricity, and biofuel production chain.
Through many years of development work MHG Systems has together with our
customers and partners, created a Service concept. It combines best practices,
modern technology and mobile solutions into one business-enhancing service. MHG
Systems' services allow companies to verify the social and environmental
responsibility of their operations, as the origin of biomasses, energy content,
carbon dioxide emissions, and costs and profits can be reliably proven.
MHG Bioenergy ERP Service helps customer companies to boost their business
operations.
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Contact information
MHG Systems Ltd
Mikpoli, Patteristonkatu 2
FIN-50100 Mikkeli
Tel: +358 (0)10 400 6280
Fax: +358 (0)10 400 6289
Email: info@mhgsystems.com
Internet: http://www.mhgsystems.com/
About Logica
Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 39,000
people, of which 3,000 people are working in Finland. It provides business
consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world,
including many of Europe's largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients
by successfully integrating people, business and technology. It is
committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative
answers to clients’ business needs. Logica is listed on both the London Stock
Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information
is available at www.logica.com and www.logica.fi .