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title: "Milling System Overview"
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Feature Control Not Applicable. The Milling System is a separate application that connects to the Stix database. Overview Some companies produce many packs of timber in the timber mills on a daily basis. As each pack is created it needs to be recorded into ProStix and the pack labels created. The sheer volume of packs created makes the manual recording of the packs a very time consuming task.  The Pack Label Print / Mill Output Recording Application is a touch screen application and thus does not rely upon use of a keyboard.  NuVu needs to be installed on the local computer running the Milling Application. NuVu handles the printing of the pack label.  ProStix enables the operators in the timber mills to quickly and easily specify the contents of a pack of timber by selecting a product based on its characteristics and produce the relevant pack label.  Enter Pack Details & Print Labels (Milling System)  ProStix has new functionality that allows mill operators to select product characteristics such as the specie, size, grade, lengths and finish in order to create a pack of timber. These characteristics determine the product being produced. The list of possible combinations is restricted to what the mill produces based upon product details within ProStix.  ProStix then produces the pack label for the pack of timber produced as well as creating and recording the pack and audit trail details. The input screen has the following fields: