3.01.00 – Harvesting and transportation engineering

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Analysis, design and continuous improvement of the facilities and networks of technical and transaction processes required to harvest and to transport biomass and/or non-wood products from the stump site to mill facilities.

Clusters of primary processes are (1) tree conversion, (2) off-road transportation, (3) material handling, and (4) on-road transportation. Classes of transaction processes are (5) procurement, (6) order fullfillment, (7) data exchange, and (8) system monitoring and control.

Mission and Goals

The mission of the Harvesting and Transportation Engineering Research Group is

to provide support and information to forest scientists and others interested in wood delivery through meetings, information discussions and newsletters, and by drawing attention to research needs and gaps in existing knowledge.

To do this the Research Group will:

• Maintain a high profile by sponsoring or cosponsoring two or more international workshops during each five year period;
• Collaborate closely with any other Subject Groups in IUFRO through joint meetings or research activities, to avoid overlap and to ensure that IUFRO's wood transport operations are managed as effectively as possible;
• Collaborate with other organizations with similar aims in joint activities;
• Support active working parties on any relevant aspect of wood delivery operations, closing down any that are redundant, in accordance with Section VIII of IUFRO Statutes Article VIII
• Strengthen the IUFRO activities by bringing together researchers from developing and developed countries to optimize the use of IUFRO's aims;
• Encourage all its members to improve communication between IUFRO groups, scientist and officers, by all means, including meetings newsletters and electronic communication.

• AKAY, A.E. and J. SESSIONS.  2004. Roading and Transport Operations. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. BURLEY, J. EVANS, and J. YOUNGQUIST, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 259-269.
• OWENDE, P.  2004. Wood Delivery. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. BURLEY, J. EVANS, and J. YOUNGQUIST, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 269-279.
• SPINELLI, R.  2004. Harvesting of Thinnings. In Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, J. BURLEY, J. EVANS, and J. YOUNGQUIST, Editors. Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, etc. p. 252-259.

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