Case Study: Pulp & Paper Company achieves better planning and profitability visibility with River Logic

Pulp & Paper Company - Customer Case Study

Pulp & Paper Company needed a single modeling solution to support short- and mid-range operational, logistics, CAPEX, and tax planning, while giving the CFO a clear forward-looking view of each scenario’s financial impact. The company turned to River Logic and its optimization modeling approach to evaluate production, distribution, and investment choices across four paper mills.

River Logic built end-to-end optimization models that showed the flow of materials and activities through the mills and tested multiple scenarios. The results uncovered major upside, including a potential 65k-ton increase in production, $63 million in added Market Value, and $6 million in Operating Income in one scenario, plus a logistics opportunity that reduced distribution expense from $207 million to $194 million and could add $77 million in Market Value and $9 million in Operating Income.