SAWFEAS - Sawmill Financial Feasibility User's Manual
Overview
The Sawmill Financial Feasibility ("SAWFEAS") personal computer spreadsheet program provides preliminary financial feasibility analysis in the developmental planning of new sawmill operations and for preliminary financial analyses related to the acquisition of existing sawmill operations. The program may be used "as-is" but is designed to allow users to relatively easily make program additions and modifications, to better suit the model to their particular circumstances. This user's manual will follow the SAWFEAS model, from top to bottom, explaining what entries are required and what is being done in the various parts of the spreadsheet (with some key warnings as needed) -- section headings and row labels will be taken exactly as they are on the spreadsheet itself to allow for ease in going between the model and this manual, both in a hard copy format, or the manual may be used in a hard-copy format while following along with the spreadsheet -- or just as simply -- the manual may be viewed as an active window in your word processing program as you shift back and forth between the manual text and the active spreadsheet. Items taken directly from the model for explanation in this manual will generally be displayed in the manual in italics format (like this) in the manual, for clarity that it is directly within the spreadsheet model.Downloadable Manual and Program
SAWFEAS - Sawmill Financial Feasibility Program (Microsoft Excel format)
SAWFEAS - Sawmill Financial Feasibility User's Manual (Adobe PDF format)
Acknowledgments
The USDA Forest Service, Technology Marketing Unit located in Madison, Wisconsin provided financial support for the development of the SAWFEAS -- Sawmill Financial Feasibility User's Manual.
Authors
Robert Govett, Professor, College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
John (Rusty) Dramm, Utilization Specialist, USDA Forest Service, State and Private Forestry
Scott Bowe, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Terry Mace, Forest Utilization and Marketing Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Updated: 2008.04.14