Wood Supply Planning and LogisticsLaajuus (10 cr)

Objectives

The student:
- knows the raw material sources of forest industry and the different levels of wood supply delivery planning
- understands how plans made on different levels affect the process of wood supply/wood procurement
- understands the possibilities of digitalization in wood supply
- knows how to make operational plans and resource calculations for wood supply
- understands the importance of monitoring and measurement operations, and knows how to apply indicators in operational management and in managing changes (e.g. international forest certification)
- knows how to make a cut-to-length file and test its effectiveness
- knows how different methods of timber storage affect the quality of wood
- knows the types of services linked with timber trade provided to forest owners by different organisations

Content

The forest industry's raw material sources and their characteristics, the different levels of wood supply logistics planning, mathematics (simulation, optimisation), wood supply objectives calculation, resource calculation, operational plans for the purchase, harvesting and transport, e-business in wood purchase, entrepreneurs it-systems, operations measuring instruments and their principles, the role of reserves and stocks in the wood supply chain, making and testing optimised cut-to-length files, different storage methods and their impact on quality, timber trade support services, forest certification as a supportive tool for wood supply

Prerequisites

Opintojaksolle pääsy edellyttää, että opiskelijalla on opintojakson alkaessa vähintään 150 opintopistettä suoritettuna perus- ja ammattiopintoja ja vapaasti valittavia opintoja. Harjoittelun opintopisteitä ei oteta huomioon.

Further information

Jompikumpi opintojaksoista puunhankinnan suunnittelu ja logistiikka tai metsän eri käyttömuotojen yhteensovittaminen on suoritettava osana metsätalouden erityisosaaminen -opintokokonaisuutta