scholarly journals The short wood supply chain: an opportunity for the forest bio-economy in Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
G Scarascia Mugnozza ◽  
M Romagnoli ◽  
M Fragiacomo ◽  
M Piazza ◽  
B Lasserre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Wood Supply

scholarly journals Bark proportion of Scots pine industrial wood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferréol Berendt ◽  
Erik Pegel ◽  
Lubomir Blasko ◽  
Tobias Cremer
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Bark Thickness ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Volume Proportion ◽  
Bark Damage ◽  
Mass Proportion ◽  
Mean Diameter ◽  
The Mean

AbstractBark characteristics are not only used in the forest-wood supply chain, for example to calculate standing volumes, but also to transform wood volumes and masses. In this study, bark thickness, bark volume and bark mass were analyzed on the basis of 150 Scots pine discs, with a mean diameter of 13 cm. The mean double bark thickness was 3.02 mm, the mean bark volume proportion was 5.6% and mean bark mass proportion was 3.3%. Bark proportions were significantly affected by the log-specific variables ‘diameter over bark’, ‘proportion of bark damage’ and ‘double bark thickness’.

scholarly journals An Integrated Approach for the Optimization of the Sustainable performance: a Wood Supply Chain

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Boukherroub ◽  
A. Ruiz ◽  
A. Guinet ◽  
J. Fondrevelle
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Sustainable Performance

Spatial Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for Wood Supply Chain Optimization

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Scholz
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Neighborhood Search ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Large Neighborhood Search ◽  
Supply Chain Optimization ◽  
Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Large Neighborhood

A Supply Chain describes a system flow from the raw product to the final product that is delivered to a customer. Hence, the participating organizations, people and transport processes are part of a Supply Chain. The Wood Supply Chain denotes a special Supply Chain that describes the flow of timber. This work focuses on the logistic operations from timber production to the first processing step in a saw or paper mill, and seeks to optimize the Wood Supply Chain with Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search. By introducing spatial amendments to Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search it is capable of solving the spatial-temporal problem of Wood Supply Chain optimization. A comparison of the obtained results and initial results give evidence that the optimization approach with spatial amendments results in an increase of the objective function of the given problem.

Analysing the complexities of sustainable wood supply chain in the Amazon: a systems thinking approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun A. Elias ◽  
Flavia Donadelli ◽  
Ely L. Paiva ◽  
Paulo Philipe Bacic Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Problem Structuring ◽  
Wood Supply ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Modelling Framework

PurposeThe overall objective of this study is to holistically analyse the complexities involved in the adoption of sustainable wood supply chain in the Amazon and to develop strategic interventions to improve the system.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses the systems thinking and modelling framework that included problem structuring followed by the development of a systems model. Tumbira and Santa Helena do Inglês, two Amazonian communities, were used as a case. Data were collected by staying inside the Amazon, observing the community members and interacting with them during their activities, including logging inside the forest.FindingsA behaviour over time (BOT) graph developed as a part of problem structuring showed that deforestation of the Amazon is still increasing, despite the creation of protected areas and NGO activities in the region. Developing a sustainable wood supply chain is considered as one of the approaches for sustainable forestry in the Amazon, but its adoption is slow. The systems model captured the underlying structure of this system and explained this counterintuitive behaviour using eleven interacting feedback loops.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is confined to two Amazonian communities and recognises the limitations of generalisations.Practical implicationsThis paper illustrates the development of three strategic interventions to improve the adoption of sustainable wood supply chain in the Amazon.Originality/valueThis study highlights the real issues faced by real communities living in the Amazon for adopting sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices. It contributes to the literature on sustainable wood supply chain by systemically analysing the challenges in its adoption, not sufficiently discussed in the literature.

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