Strategic planning in a forest supply chain: a multigoal and multiproduct approach

• Published in: Canadian journal of forest research Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 297 - 307
• Main Authors: Broz, Diego, Durand, Guillermo, Rossit, Daniel, Tohmé, Fernando, Frutos, Mariano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa NRC Research Press 01.03.2017; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: aménagement forestier; Argentina; Biomass; carbon; Carbon sequestration; economic sustainability; Economics; Forest biomass; forest industries; forest management; Forest products industry; Forests; gestion de la chaîne logistique; goal programming; harvesting; industrial forest plantations; Industrial plants; Management; Mathematical programming; Methods; multiple criteria decision-making; Objectives; planning; plantations forestières industrielles; prise de décision multicritère; programmation des objectifs; Raw materials; Strategic planning; Strategic planning (Business); supply chain; supply chain management; Supply chains; transportation; Argentina

Supply chain management problems are widespread across all economic activities. We analyze here how to address these in the case of the forest industry, which in emerging economies such as Argentina is subject to high logistic costs and faces problems of biological and economic sustainability. In th...