RISI's Cost Benchmarking Service

RISI's cost benchmarking service covers over 2,500 pulp, paper & board machines in about 1,400 mills thoughout the world and provides subscribers with machine level and/or mill level product cost profiles. It is delivered by way of the Analytical Cornerstone tool, a user interface connected to a database of information and distributed by CD-ROM to be installed on user's desk or lap-top computer.

Ease of use
Analytical Cornerstone's intuitive interface enables you to quickly get the information you need without extensive training. Data can be conveniently exported for use in reports, presentations and analyses

Quarterly updates
The database is kept fresh with quarterly updates to geographical unit costs. Facility mass and energy balances are updated every 18-24 months. Updates are included in your annual subscription at no additional charge.

Use the Analytical Cornerstone database to measure cost competitiveness across all natural expense categories:

 

  • Fiber
  • Chemicals
  • Fuel
  • Electricity
  • Hourly Labor
  • Salary Labor
  • Maintenance and Materials

 

Scenario Manager is an optional feature for Analytical Cornerstone that lets users perform "what-if" scenarios and sensitivity analysis. Results can be displayed by individual mill and/or machine detail or in specially sorted cost curves, and can be used to predict and analyze the effects of:

 

  • Changes in exchange rates by country or region
  • Adding, upgrading or closing mills
  • Fluctuating supply costs for inputs (energy or market pulp, for example)
  • Changes in regional costs for specific geographical regions
  • Individual mill adjustments.

 

Subscribers can access a customizable combination of region and grade based coverages as follows: 

 

    World North America Europe Asia Latin America
Market Pulp
Bleached Hardwood Kraft        
Bleached Softwood Kraft        
Mechanical Pulp        
Graphic Paper
Newsprint  
 
Directory
       
Coated Freesheet/Woodfree  
 
Coated Mechanical  
 
Supercalendered
       
Uncoated Freesheet/Woodfree  
Uncoated Mechanical
       
Packaging
Kraft Papers
       
Bleached Board/ Cartonboard  
 
Coated Recycled Board/Cartonboard  
 
Corrugating Medium  
 
Linerboard  
 
Tissue
Retail  
   
Commercial  
     
Mill – refers to reports offering mill-level content
M/C – refers to reports offering machine-level content

Selected Latin American and South African mills are covered within the European studies
Selected Oceanian mills are covered within the Asian studies


For more information on our RISI's Cost Benchmarking service, contact Dan Temple at +1 770 373 3020

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