Integrated Mill/resource Capacity Planning in the Canadian Forest Industry
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J-FOR Journal of Science & Technology for Forest Products and Processes: VOL.1, NO.2, 2011 38 To a great extent, the design of large forest products facilities has been based on the assumptions of stable future wood costs and species mix. Mill design and wood supply are dealt with as separate, although connected, calculations. This is essentially an agricultural model in which supply is available at a relatively constant rate and is spread uniformly over the supply area. This paper questions this assumption, contrasting it to the situation in the mineral industries, in which there is an intimate connection between mill capacity and production rate and the definition of the resource, with complex cost structures that depend on the planned schedule of resource exploitation. ELDON A. GUNN INTEGRATED MILL/RESOURCE CAPACITY PLANNING IN THE CANADIAN FOREST INDUSTRY
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