Asset Quality and Viability Index

Benchmark Mill Viability for Smarter, Future-Ready Decisions
Navigate Market Disruptions and Plan for Long-Term Success
FisherSolve’s Viability Benchmarking Module goes far beyond simple cost analysis. It’s a powerful, data-driven tool that helps you anticipate risks, identify opportunities, and understand your position in the competitive landscape—especially during market downturns.
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Spot Potential Closures: See which mills are at risk in your region and position your business to capture emerging market share.
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Act Strategically: Use deeper insights to drive smarter investments, partnerships, and competitive actions.
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Plan for the Future: Align your long-term strategy with realistic assessments of mill strength and market dynamics.
Understand What Drives Mill Viability
FisherSolve identifies and benchmarks the key factors that determine the health and longevity of pulp and paper mills:
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Capital Required: Access to financial resources for investment, upgrades, and expansion.
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Cost Structure: Operating expenses including labor, energy, materials, and overhead.
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Technical Age: The impact of modern vs. outdated machines on productivity and competitiveness.
Forecast Long-Term Success with Advanced Benchmarking
The Viability Benchmarking Module is built to provide a comprehensive view of individual machines, mills, and entire companies:
- Evaluate the staying power of any pulp line or paper machine.
- Reveal strengths and weaknesses across assets and operations.
- Pinpoint areas for improvement and strategic investment.
- Benchmark a mill's viability against peers by region or grade.
- Distinguish between assets headed for closure and those positioned for growth.
With FisherSolve, you gain the insight to make confident, future-focused decisions—whether you're investing, consolidating, or optimizing operations.
Powered by Unmatched Industry Data
With two decades of asset-based variables at its core, the Viability Benchmark offers unparalleled analysis in the pulp and paper industry. What sets it apart?
Our thoroughly vetted datasets are grounded in historical trends and predictive insights, giving you the clarity to act with confidence in any market condition.
It leverages long-run, cross-cycle intrinsic factors—not just short-term metrics.
It provides actionable guidance, not just broad direction.
It answers the critical question: "What actually causes viability?"
Request a demo and see how viability benchmarking can give you the edge
About ResourceWise Pulp and Paper Services
Founded in 1985, Fisher International provided data-driven insights to the pulp and paper industry. Merging with ResourceWise in 2019 and rebranding in 2022, the company now delivers enhanced solutions through the FisherSolve platform. By leveraging decades of industry expertise, FisherSolve continues to help businesses optimize performance and make informed decisions based on real-time, actionable data.
About ResourceWise
ResourceWise provides data, analytics, and consulting services for a robust range of natural-resource-based commodity industries, including forest products, low-carbon feedstocks and fuels, and chemicals.
For decades, our legacy brands have focused on one mission: to help our customers make exponentially better decisions by providing them with the most accurate data, analytics, and strategic consulting available in the market.
The core of our pulp and paper services and solutions.
FisherSolve provides detailed information on every pulp and paper mill in the world. Access information on assets, production, operations, environmental flows, costs-of-production, carbon footprint, and much more.
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