Getting Started
This guide walks you through setting up Loggistics and recording your first chain of custody from tree removal to finished board.
Before you begin
You will need:
- A Loggistics account (sign up at loggistics.app )
- Your organization’s operating address or GPS coordinates
- Basic information about your first tree removal: species, removal date, and location
Create your account
Go to loggistics.app and sign up with Google, Microsoft, or an email address.
After signing in you will be prompted to complete your organization profile — enter your organization’s name and confirm your email address.
Set your operational location
Go to Settings and enter your yard’s address under Operational Location. This address is used for:
- USRW certification fields (where the wood was processed)
- Transport distance calculations
- Pre-filling location fields when you create milling sessions
You can also add sub-locations — named spots within your facility like “Kiln Bay 1” or “Pile #4” — to track where inventory is physically stored.
Record your first source
A source is the tree removal event. Before you can create a log, you need a source record.
Go to Sources → New Source and fill in:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Removal address | Where the tree was removed (street address or GPS) |
| Species | The tree species |
| Removal date | When the tree was removed |
| Removal reason | Why the tree was removed (demolition, decline, hazard, etc.) |
| Removed by | The arborist, crew, or municipality that removed it |
The removal reason and species directly affect your USRW score — fill these in as accurately as possible. See USRW Compliance for details.
Your source gets a SRC-XXXX ID automatically.
Create a log from the source
From the source detail page, click Add Log. The species and source link are pre-filled.
Confirm or update:
- Species — must be confirmed to the specific species level
- Dimensions — length and diameter at intake
- Scaling method — how you measured volume (Doyle, Scribner, International, etc.)
The log gets an ID based on species: your first Ash log becomes ASH-001, your first White Oak becomes WOK-001.
Move the log through the pipeline
Each log moves through four stages:
- Intake — log received, basic info recorded
- Yard Detail — defects noted, log marked as ready to mill
- Milling — active milling session, boards entered as you cut
- Complete — all products recorded, log closed
From the log detail page, use the Mark as Ready button when the log is staged and ready to mill, then Begin Milling to open a milling session.
Enter boards during milling
The milling session page has a board entry form. For each board you cut, enter:
- Product type (board, slab, cookie, turning blank, cant)
- Dimensions (thickness, width, length)
- Grade
Boards appear in the session as you add them with live board-feet totals. Each board gets an ID automatically: ASH-001-B01, ASH-001-B02, etc.
Next steps
- Learn how IDs are structured — the naming system embeds the chain of custody in every ID
- Understand chain of custody concepts for the full pipeline
- Set up QR codes and sharing to give buyers public access to provenance data