Allied Timbers: A life in SAZ

HEAD-quartered in Ha rare with its main timber and pole activities situated in the Manic al and and Midlands Provinces.

Value chain spans forest plantations, saw-milling, pole treatment, timber products manufacturing and retail.

Products

◆ Sawn timber

◆ Brandering

◆ PAR

◆ Trusses

◆ Poles

◆ Laminated beams

All manufactured under licence from

SAZ namely;

◆ ZWS 120 — Hardwood poles and cross arms

◆ ZWS 553 — Hardwood poles, droppers, laths, guardrail posts and spacer blocks ◆ ZWS 169 — Stock laminated timber

◆Z W S 203— Laminated scaffolding timber

◆ ZWS 184 — wooden doors

◆ ZWS 208 — Finger jointed structural timber

◆ ZWS 257 parts 1and 4 — Visual stress graded structural timber for frame wall construction (with finger joint)

Products to be unveiled soon

◆ Wrapped doors

◆ Melamine boards

What has become household chores of Allied Timbers working with SAZ

◆ Provision of product benchmark.

◆ Training of graders.

◆ Product inspections.

◆ Process inspections.

◆ Penetration and access to market.

◆ Product testing for all offering. Benefits to Allied Timbers

working with SAZ

◆Standard is at ion facilitates the production of goods of predetermined specifications, which helps in achieving uniformity and consistency in the output.

◆ Standard sizes on products — this has given AT Z tools to administer its processes as well as those for Contractors. ◆Tolerance s—have helped in the production of uniform products that customers have aligned with for reliability.

◆ Calculations and monitoring of timber recovery throughout the Company’s rather long value chain.

◆ Performance management drafting of Sawmillers, Factory and Drymill personnel.

◆ Provision of a standard products to the markets i.e. local and export.

◆ Cross reference of products/standards with ones for the regional as well as international mark et se.g. SANS ◆ Standardisation ensures the buyers that goods conform to the predetermined standards of quality, price and packaging and reduces the need for inspection, testing and evaluation of every piece. ◆ Grading is mainly needed for products which are not produced according to predetermined specifications ◆ Grading ensures that goods belong to exacting features and helps in realising higher prices for high quality output. Way forwards as Allied Timbers walk

the standardisation route

◆ Reduction of inspection costs through bringing on board other income generatingproje ct se.g. printing of charts for sell to all producers — formal and informal. ◆ More awareness on the benefits of certified products — work with Industry, Consumer Council, City Councils etc to increase on the demand, preference for certified products.

◆More advertising on benefit of standards — sector approach.

◆ SAZ should not only focus on these particular product standards but motivate the frameworks where these particular standards fall under e.g. QMS

◆ Use TPF as vehicle to channel some of these proposals in a robust timber industry sector approach for stronger and vibrant systems that impact more on people’s lives.