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 provided by way of the Analytical Cornerstone tool, a user interface connected to a database of information and delivered as a web download to user's desk or lap-top computer.



Proven, powerful and reliable


RISI's cost benchmarking data is available in two formats - single grade or complete subscription, all delivered via our powerful Analytical Cornerstone ® software, so you can get a thorough analysis on each mill's production process, manipulate that information as needed and export it to Excel.


When you select a single grade, the Analytical Cornerstone framework provides potent, thorough analytical capabilities such as:


  • Detailed report results, including aggregate cost curves highlighting the different benchmark sub-grades, detailed cash and delivery costs and more
  • Machine-by-machine listing, detailing the production process and manufacturing costs by natural category
  • Efficiency measures (labor productivity and paper machine productivity by mill)
  • Individual paper machine information and capacities
  • Fiber furnishes by individual paper machine
  • Tailor the software to your company's specific areas of cost focus or specific mill/machine/company
  • Measure cost competitiveness across all natural manufacturing categories-fiber, chemicals, fuel, electricity, hourly and salary labor, maintenance and delivery



Or maybe you need to have your mill and machine-level data updated continuously and/or to be able to perform analysis on multiple grades?


Then sign up for a subscription to Analytical Cornerstone and tap into all of the data provided for more than 1,400 mills and 2,500 machines worldwide and have the ability to:

  • Generate adjustable cost curves for competitive analysis
  • Compare cost structures of individual mills and machines from anywhere in the globe
  • Build extensive scenarios for mills and machines with Scenario Manager®
  • See delivery cost curves
  • Explore short and metric ton coverage
  • Generate flow sheets

The results:

  • Find the best mills, machines and practices
  • Compare and understand regional cost structures
  • Build a new simulated mill or machine and see how that impacts a cost curve
  • Build scenarios to see how exchange rate changes impact your cost competitiveness

Delve deeper into Analytical Cornerstone


    World North America Europe Asia Latin America
Market Pulp
Bleached Hardwood Kraft        
Bleached Softwood Kraft        
Mechanical Pulp        
Bleached Fluff 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  
 
Wood Products
Lumber        
Softwood Plywood        
Particleboard        
Medium Density Fiberboard        
Oriented Strand Board        
Mill – refers to reports offering mill-level content
M/C – refers to reports offering machine-level content