Material processing optimization

A system, comprising:

• a data storage device storing executable instructions;
• and
• one or more data processing apparatus configured to interact with the data storage device and execute the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions cause the one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations including:
• at one or more points of a plurality of points along a processing pipeline for a material and during processing of the material by manufacturing equipment for processing the material, performing operations comprising:
• providing a candidate set of manufacturing conditions for the manufacturing equipment that provide an improved production measure relative to a baseline production measure for the material at the point along the processing pipeline, the providing step comprising providing a wood source mixture that provides a candidate improved production measure;
• determining, using a statistical model, a set of candidate qualities for the material produced by the processing pipeline of the manufacturing equipment corresponding to the candidate set of manufacturing conditions, the determining step comprising determining a corresponding set of qualities of materials processed with the wood source mixture;
• in response to determining that the set of candidate qualities meets target qualities for the material produced by the processing pipeline, applying a physical adjustment to the manufacturing equipment at the point along the processing pipeline based on the candidate set of manufacturing conditions;
• and
• generating and presenting a visualization that presents an actual production measure, a computed production measure, or both,
• wherein the material is pulp or paper.

A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions that when executed by one or more data processing apparatus cause the one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• at one or more points of a plurality of points along a processing pipeline for a material and during processing of the material by manufacturing equipment for processing the material, performing operations comprising:
• providing a candidate set of manufacturing conditions for the manufacturing equipment that provide an improved production measure relative to a baseline production measure for the material at the point along the processing pipeline, the providing step comprising determining a corresponding set of qualities of materials processed with the wood source mixture;
• determining, using a statistical model, a set of candidate qualities for the material produced by the processing pipeline of the manufacturing equipment corresponding to the candidate set of manufacturing conditions, the determining step comprising determining a corresponding set of qualities of materials processed with the wood source mixture;
• in response to determining that the set of candidate qualities meets target qualities for the material produced by the processing pipeline, applying a physical adjustment to the manufacturing equipment at the point along the processing pipeline based on the candidate set of manufacturing conditions;
• and
• generating and presenting a visualization that presents an actual production measure, a computed production measure, or both,
• wherein the material is pulp or paper.