Decisions in the forest products sector have economic, environmental, and social impacts,
and involve multiple stakeholders. The complexities and variations in the sector, such as …

To buffer against increasing global competition and variability in the price of raw materials,
steel manufacturers continuously strive to improve operations and lower costs. In this …

Due to seasonal considerations, sawmills build up large inventories in their log yard to
ensure continuous operation. Our industrial partner services up to 140 log trucks per day …

This work presents a discrete event simulation model of an important sawmill in Chile. This
model was used to perform a bottleneck analysis of the wood process and to propose …

In this paper, a simulation based optimization method is developed for optimization of
scheduling policies. This method uses the technique of coupling industrial simulation …

In the manufacturing industry, managers and engineers are seeking to find methods in order
to eliminate the common problems in manufacturing systems such as bottlenecks and …

Presently, companies live a reality of rapid economic transformations generated by
globalization. The growth of the products and services international trade, the constant …

In this paper, a simulation based optimization method is introduced. This method uses the
technique of coupling industrial simulation software with a multi objective optimizer based …

For sawmills, paper mills, particleboard, oriented strand board (OSB), fiberboard and other
wood production factories, the log yard is the first step, where raw materials are sorted and …

The situation on the log yard changes seasonally and also over the years. The quantities of
assortments to be stored, their number and also the type of wood can change. To respond to …