Become a member
Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
The goal of this Working Party is to promote the development and implementation of new research in the discipline of Industrial Engineering applied to wood products industries. The Working Party is planning to introduce a newsletter. In addition, a special session was held during the IUFRO Division 5 Conference in 2017.
STATE OF KNOWLEDGE
- Process Automation in Forest Products industries including robotics, computer numerical controlled (CNC) and programmable logic controllers (PLC) integration
- Machine Vision and Scanning Technology applications
- Production Planning and Control in forest and wood products industries
- Optimization and Simulation models in logistics and manufacturing processes
- Software developments such as ERP, MRP, CAM, CAD
- Supply Chain Management models in forest and wood products industries
- Ergonomics and Organizational Safety in Forest Products Industries
- Life Cycle Costing (LCC) for Forest Products
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applications in the forest products value-chain
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) developments
- Product Development Engineering
- Continuous Improvement Initiatives including Lean Management, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and Total Quality Management
