Forestry has contributed many problems to the Operations Research (OR) community. At the
same time, OR has developed many models and solution methods for use in forestry. In this …

Operations research (OR) has helped people to understand and manage agricultural and
forestry resources during the last 40 years. We analyzed its use to assess the past …

Transportation planning is an important part of the supply chain or wood flow chain in
forestry. There are often several forest companies operating in the same region and …

Abstract Over the years, Operational Research (OR) has been used extensively to support
the forest products industry and public forestry organizations (eg, governments …

Optimization models and methods have been used extensively in the forest industry. In this
paper we describe the general wood-flow in forestry and a variety of planning problems …

The use of supply chain management and optimisation is of increasing importance in the
forest industry. The overall wood-flow starts with standing trees in forests and continues with …

Operations Research: A Practical Introduction is just that: a hands-on approach to the field of
operations research (OR) and a useful guide for using OR techniques in scientific decision …

Operations research is becoming increasingly prevalent in the natural resource sector,
specifically in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and mining. While there are similar research …

The new economic challenges and recent trends in globalization have made it very difficult
for Canadian forest product companies to improve their financial position without the …

In the forest industry, transportation accounts for a significant part of the operational costs.
Reducing transportation costs through advanced planning and improved efficiency has …