Hexagon is a company that develops technology focused on optimizing and integrating all forestry processes, ensuring greater precision and efficiency. By the year 2022, Hexagon solutions were responsible for monitoring more than 5.2 million hectares of planted forests worldwide.
According to Ronaldo Soares, the division’s forestry manager, management and analysis are the two great demands of the sector. “In agriculture, the focus is on hardware, producers are very interested in on-board computers, in controllers, in a real-time management operation, as the cycle is short, which often means the time to stop and analyze is applied to the other cycle. In the forest area, however, the focus is different. As the cycle is much longer, the forest is planted to harvest in 7 or 8 years, you need much better analysis and management processes”, he explains.
These technologies allow you to collect data from forests and transform it into intelligent information, enabling optimized planning, efficient execution, precise machine controls and automated workflows. Examples are machine monitoring solutions: with the support of sensors and on-board computers installed in the forestry machinery, it is possible to monitor and adjust processes while they are taking place. The systems provide detailed reports with performance indicators and machine behavior, productivity, worked area, distance traveled, speed, among others.
Management software, on the other hand, allows the analysis of this data to solve problems and improve processes, resulting in more productivity and profit. The HxGN AgrOn Gestão Operacional, for example, is capable of generating customized reports based on data sent automatically by the forest operations displays. “It contains information such as maps for viewing the characteristics of the operation, graphs with performance indicators and tools for analyzing the georeferenced information”, emphasizes Ronaldo. Another differential pointed out by him is the flexibility of the solution in terms of customization and integration with other systems. “The forestry market does not want a shelf solution, it wants a solution that can be customized according to the needs and characteristics of the company”.
“During Expoforest, visitors will have the opportunity to test our software on site and even suggest modifications. Several of our contacts in the area from other countries are organizing themselves in delegations to visit the fair. We expect a record audience, without a doubt, in addition to many closed deals”, projects Ronaldo.
