MILLTECH TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE

MillTech Technology Advantage

Over the past 12 month MillTech has made a number of significant investments in technology so wood producers get a modern, reliable, and future-ready system. Culminating in the release in October 2026 of MillTech64 the total technology update of the MillTech Lumber Inventory System.

Along with this important technology upgrade over the past 12 months has been a major push this year at MillTech is to upgrade client access to data....including the use of Power Bi to develop dashboards. Also there is a planned suite of web apps. The first “Inventory Look Up” was released in the summer of 2026. Also planned and has already been mostly completed is MillTech AI. Literally ask (or type) MillTech AI anything.

MillTech Inventory/Sales System now also runs as a managed cloud hosted service hosted by a major provider IONOS.

MillTech64: A Complete Modern Technology Rewrite

MillTech64 is the major technology rewrite of the MillTech system. It is built on the latest Microsoft development platform (Visual Studio / .NET) and Microsoft SQL Server, combined with more than 20 years of deep lumber-industry knowledge.

Key outcomes of the MillTech64 include:

Modern 64-bit architecture for better performance, scalability, and longevity
Stronger foundation for cloud hosting, mobile access, and new data tools
Continued focus on the familiar, easy-to-learn interface that lumber users already know

Tools that allow user greater Access to Data

A major focus this year is making MillTech data easier and faster for customers to see and use—without needing a developer or waiting for a custom report.

Power BI Dashboards: We are actively developing and deploying Microsoft Power BI dashboards that connect to MillTech data. Power Bi gives end users more control over data.

Web Apps Suite: MillTech is building a full suite of purpose-built web applications that let users query and act on data from a tablet or phone. Inventory Lookup - Already written and available. Quick, focused web access to inventory information.

MillTech AI: MillTech AI has already been demonstrated and is in active development. The goal is to let users ask questions about their own MillTech data in plain language and receive useful answers and insights—further reducing the need for manual report building.

Together, Power BI, web apps, and MillTech AI give end users more direct control over their data while MillTech continues to handle the specialized lumber business logic underneath.

MillTech Cloud Hosting and Disaster Recovery Services

A very secure, scalable and fully supported way to run the MillTech Inventory/Sales System without maintaining your own server.

MillTech combines IONOS cloud hosted infrastructure with MillTech expertise to deliver a secure, optimized environment for the Inventory/Sales System—reducing IT complexity, improving availability, much more secure, and providing predictable monthly costs.

MillTech Report Writer – Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (SSRS)

MillTech uses Microsoft SQL Reporting Services report writer. Besides being free with your license of SQL, SSRS is a tremendous end user report writer. Fully integrated with the MillTech system to provide more features including bar graphs and pie charts. Watch your documents come alive with full color, graphics and structured fonts. Seamless integration to other Report writers such as Crystal.

MillTech End User Report Writing Tool – MillTech/Microsoft SQL Reporting Services Data Model

Finally a true end user report writer. MillTech starts with Microsoft’s SQL Reporting Services report writer’s End User Report Builder. MillTech then lays over top a data model or template so the end user sees their company’s terms and data in a drag and drop report writer. Even your most non-technical staff will be able to do his own reports. Your sales administrator with an hour training will be able to turn around requests for almost anything you can come up with. Most of the time in well less than an hour.