Custom Markets section in Analytical Cornerstone

Creating a Custom Market

The Custom Market homepage offers quick access to the market search, saved markets, or Saved Mill Groups.

To define a custom market, set the filter values for the market. You can use any combination of the 12 filter categories to build your market. To define the region or grade/product, click the Plus icon in the appropriate box:

• The Region and Grade/Product will always be displayed, but you are only required to define a value for Grade/Product.
• To set the filter values for any of the other categories, hover over the larger Plus icon, then select the filter category from the list. After you select a filter category, a popover window will appear where you can define the values for the filter. Click Add to add any filter you wish to add, then close the box. 
• Once you have defined the market, click View Market. You can then choose to view any of the market reports. 
• Search Algorithm: When you add multiple items under a filter category, an “or” search is performed. That means the results will include mills that match any of the criteria. For example, if you set the region to be “Germany” and “France”, the result will pull all of the mills that are in either Germany or France. When you specify filters for multiple categories, an “and” search is performed, meaning the mills have to match all the categories. For example, if you set the location to be “Germany” and “France” and the grade/product to be “Linerboard”, then the results will include all of the linerboard mills in either Germany or France. 
• Saving your Custom Market: You have the ability to save the custom markets that you create. To save a custom market, click the Save Market button on the right-hand-side. Enter a name for your custom market in the popover and click Save Market. You can access custom markets from the saved search select box in the upper right. 
• Updating Your Custom Market: You can update your custom market at any time. If you have already saved your custom market, changes to the market are not automatically saved. If you make changes to an existing custom market and wish to save the new changes, click the Save Market button. A popover will appear where you have the option to save the updated market as a new market or to replace an existing market.

Custom Market Filters 

• Regions: The Regions filter allows you to sort mills/machine in the market by the region/country they are located in. To add a region filter to your custom market definition, select a value from the pulldown and click the +Add button. You can add a continent, country and sub-country regions. You can also add a region you have recently used by clicking its name in the Recent Regions list on the right-hand side.

• Grade/Product: The grade/product filter allows you to categorize the mill/machine in the market by the products and/or grades that it produces. To add a grade filter to your custom market definition, select a value from the Grades dropdown and click the +Add button. To add a product, select the grade then the product and click the +Add button next to the product pulldown. You can also add a product/grade you have recently added by clicking the name in the Recent Grades/Products list.

• Bleaching: The bleaching filter allows you to select mills/machines that use a specific bleaching. To add a bleaching filter, select a bleaching type from the select box, then click the +Add button. You can also add a bleaching type you have recently added by clicking the name in the recent Bleaching list.

  

• Capacity: The Capacity filter allows you to sort mills based on a mill’s capacity. To add a capacity filter, first select the product or grade you wish to analyse. Select the Comparison Type, then the Value. You have the following options for value Type:
• Daily-FMT — The amount the mill produces each day of the selected grade/product. 
• Annual-FMT — The amount the mill produces each year of the selected grade/product.
• Quartile will use the quartile each mill falls into for this specification. value must be 1, 2, 3 or 4. 
• You can also add a capacity you have recently added by clicking the equation in the Recent Capacity list.

• Cash Costs: The cash cost filter allows you to categorize mills based on the cash cost for a certain product. To add a cash cost filter, first select a grade/product. Next select whether you wish to include the delivery cost in the equation. Select the type of comparison and the value type. Clicking +Add will add the filter to your custom market. You can also add a cash cost you have recently added by clicking the equation in the recent Cash Cost list.

  

• Company: The company filter allows you to sort mills by the company who owns the mill. To add a company, begin typing the name of the company in the text field below. A list of companies will appear. Click on the name of the company to add to the market. You can also add a company you have recently added by clicking the name in the Recent Companies list.

• Configuration: The configuration filter allows you to select mills/machines that have a defined configuration. To add a configuration filter, select a configuration type from the select box, then click the +Add button. You can also add a configuration you have recently added by clicking the name in the Recent Configuration list.

• Furnish: The furnish filter allows you to select mills/machines that use the furnish defined in the equation. To add a furnish filter, select the pulp and the sources from the respective select boxes. Then choose the comparison type and enter a percentage in the text field. Click the +Add button to add the furnish filter to your custom market. You can also add a furnish filter you have recently added by clicking the equation in the Recent Furnish list.

• Input Costs: The input costs filter allows you to sort mills based on the cost per tonne of specific expense categories. To add an input costs filter, first select the input from the select boxes. Then select the type of comparison you wish to make and enter the cost per FMT (finished metric tonne) value in the text field. Click the +Add button to add the filter to your custom market. You can also add an input costs filter you have recently added by clicking the equation in the Recent Input Costs list.

• Input Consumption: The input consumption filter allows you to categorize machines based on annual consumption. To add an input consumption filter, first select the input from the select boxes. Then select the type of comparison you wish to make and enter the annual consumption amount in the text field. click the +Add button to add the input consumption filter to your custom market. You can also add an input consumption filter you have recently added by clicking the equation in the Recent Input Consumption list.

• Input Type: The input Type filter allows you to sort machines based on the input type. To add an input Type filter to your custom market definition, start by selecting fiber, energy or chemical. Then select a category and Type from the respective select boxes and click the +Add button. You can also add an Input Type filter you have recently added by clicking the equation in the Recent Input Type list.

• Machine Specifications: The machine specifications filter allows you to define a set of machine specification criteria that a mill/machine must meet to be included in the custom market.

To add a machine specification filter, first select the machine specification you wish to filter. Then select the Comparison Type and the Value Type. You have the following options for Value Type:

• Numeric will compare the value stored in the system to the supplied value. 
• Quartile will use the quartile each mill falls into for this specification. Value must be 1, 2, 3 or 4. 
• Average will use the average value for all the mills in the market for the selected specification.
• Text will compare the supplied text to stored machine specifications, such as make and model. Once you have entered the value, click the +Add button to add the filter to the custom market.

You can add a machine specification filter you have recently added by clicking the equation in the recent machine specification List.