Industrial Wood Supply Strategy
This is the second course in the master’s program Industrial Wood Supply Mangement. It focuses on how to structure forestry operations in the long term to sustainably and resource-efficiently supply industries with necessary raw materials. The course content trains the students’ ability to understand and analyze the sustainable forest industrial supply chain from a market-oriented system perspective, so they can participate in the development of systems for more efficient raw material supply chains. The course includes packages of exercises and theory in supply strategy, timber purchase and trade, infrastructure planning, and flow planning.
The course can be completed entirely on distance. Teaching takes place from the campus in Umeå, where infrastructure is provided for students who are physically present.
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Academic year 2024/2025
Industrial Wood Supply Strategy (SV0048-20192)
2024-11-01 - 2025-01-19
Academic year 2024/2025
Industrial Wood Supply Strategy (SV0048-20193)
2024-11-01 - 2025-01-19
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
SV0048 Industrial Wood Supply Strategy, 15.0 Credits
Skogsindustriell försörjningsstrategiSubjects
Forestry ScienceEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to supply strategy | 4.0 | 0201 |
| Supply infrastructure planning | 4.0 | 0202 |
| Timber purchase and trade | 4.0 | 0203 |
| Wood flow planning | 3.0 | 0204 |
Advanced study in the main field
Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirementsMaster’s level (A1F)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
EnglishPrior knowledge
The equivalent of120 credits
60 credits within one of the following subjects/disciplinary domains
- forestry science
- forest science
- forest management
- forest and wood engineering
15 credits within forest technology, wood science/wood technology, of which 7,5 credits at second-cycle level within wood science/wood technology
5 credits within geographic information systems (GIS)
English 6.
Objectives
The course intends to give the students ability to understand and analyze the sustainable forest industrial supply chain from a market-oriented system perspective, so they can participate in the development of systems for more efficient raw material supply chains.
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- account and argue for, and critically evaluate the supply structure and planning processes of wood supply, depending on a company’s market conditions
- describe and discuss working methods and forms for timber trade to secure access of forest raw material
- discuss and analyze planning of transport infrastructure and stock management to secure access of forest raw material
- carry out, discuss, and analyze supply flow planning for forest raw material
- describe, discuss, and critically evaluate supply strategies for different combinations of companies, products and markets.
Content
The course focuses on how to structure forestry operations in the long term to sustainably and resource-efficiently supply industries with necessary raw materials. The course includes packages of exercises and theory in supply strategy, timber purchase and trade, infrastructure planning, and flow planning.
The course uses different forms of teaching to promote students’ learning and discussions through group exercises, literature seminars, and lectures of industrial representatives.
In addition to the theory, an independent case study is carried out with mapping and analysis of a company's supply strategy.
The course focus on the following general skills: Critical thinking, problem solving, oral communication, written communication, cooperation, time management.
The following elements are compulsory: Excercises, case study and seminars.
Cooperation with the surrounding society takes place through working life/vocational connections in program/course development together with an external program council of employer representatives, as well as through guest lectures and exercise materials from the forestry industry.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Passed oral and written reports. Passed participation in compulsory elements.
If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Additional information
The course is part of the master’s program Industrial Wood Supply Management. The course builds on the previous course in the program by integrating knowledge of raw material needs and demands with industrial supply planning. The course is the second in the program and can be completed entirely on distance. Teaching takes place from the campus in Umeå, where infrastructure is provided for students who are physically present.The special entry requirement in wood science/wood technology can be met through the program course SV0047 Raw Material Properties and Refining Processes.
Responsible department
Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology
Further information
Litterature list
SV0048 Forest Industrial Supply Strategy – Literature autumn 2024
Introduction to supply strategy
Andreasson 2018. Utveckling och test av en leverantörsportfölj för industriell virkesförsörjning. Institutionen för skoglig resurshushållning. Arbetsrapport 2018:489. https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/14257/1/Andreasson_E_%20180712.pdf
Carlsson & Rönnqvist 2005. Supply chain management in forestry – case studies at Södra Cell AB. European Journal of Operational research, 163, 589-616. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722170400061X
Erlandsson 2013. The impact of industrial context on procurement, management and development of harvesting services: a comparison of two Swedish forest owners associations. Forests, 4:4, 1171-1198. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/4/4/1171
Friis Olsen & Ellram 1997. A portfolio approach to supplier relationships. Industrial Marketing Management, 26, 101-113. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019850196000892
Holappa-Jonsson, S. 2018. Evaluation of the increased pre-harvest forecasting precision of sawlog supply by use of historical harvester data and wood properties models - A case study on Scots pine in northern Sweden. Rapport från Institutionen för skogens biomaterial och teknologi, 2018:9. https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13767/
Nollet et al. 2005. About strategy and strategies in supply management. Journal of purchasing and supply management, 11, 129-140. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1478409205000749
Yee & Tan 2004. A process and tool for supply network analysis. I, 104:4, 355-363. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=850201&show=html
Timber purchase and trade
Rahimi et al. 2019. An optimization model for selecting wood supply contracts. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50:2, 399-412. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjfr-2019-0281
Rahimi et al. 2021. Selecting wood supply contracts under uncertainty using stochastic programming. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 59:2, 191-211. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03155986.2020.1800975
Rahimi et al. 2022. Evaluation of sourcing contracts in wood supply procurement using simulation. International Transactions in Operational Research, 29, 396-416. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/itor.12940
Supply infrastructure planning
Asmoarp, V., Bergqvist, M., Frisk, M., Flisberg, P., Rönnqvist, M. 2016. En analys av vägupprustningsbehov på SCA Skog AB:s tre sydliga förvaltningar. Arbetsrapport från Skogforsk, 2016:919. https://www.skogforsk.se/contentassets/8a40d7a14bda45f9b327ce3bb87d6197/vagrust-pa-sca-en-analys-av-vagupprustningsbehov-pa-sca-skog-ab-tre-sydliga-forvaltningar-arbetsrapport-919-2016.pdf
Nilsson, M., Staal Wästerlund, D., Wahlberg, O., & Eriksson, L. O. 2017. The use of forest information in timber sales planning–a case study in a Swedish forest owning company. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 32:4, 320-326. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02827581.2016.1245356
Nilsson, M., Eriksson, L.O., Staal Wästerlund, D. 2013. Strategy Pattern Creation in Forest Planning in Swedish Forest-Owning Companies. Forests, 4, 553-574. http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/4/3/553/pdf
Holappa-Jonsson, S. 2018. Evaluation of the increased pre-harvest forecasting precision of sawlog supply by use of historical harvester data and wood properties models - A case study on Scots pine in northern Sweden. Rapport från Institutionen för skogens biomaterial och teknologi, 2018:9. https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13767/
Ulvdal P, Öhman K, Eriksson LO, Staal Wästerlund D, Lämås T. 2022. Handling uncertainties in forest information: the hierarchial forest planning process and its use of information at large forest companies. Forestry: An international journal of forest research, cpac028, https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpac028
Wood flow planning
A. Bergdahl, A. Örtendahl, D. Fjeld 2003. The economic potential for optimal destination of roundwood in north Sweden – effects of planning horizon and delivery precision. International Journal of Forest Engineering Vol. 14 No. 1. http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ijfe/article/view/9885/10052
M. Forsberg, M. Frisk, M. Rönnqvist 2005. FlowOpt - A Decision Support Tool for Strategic and Tactical Transportation Planning in Forestry. International Journal of Forest Engineering Vol.16, No. 2. http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ijfe/article/view/9828/9949
M. Frisk, M. Göthe-Lundgren, K. Jörnsten, M. Rönnqvist 2010. Cost allocation in collaborative forest transportation. European Journal of Operational Research. Volume 205, Issue 2. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221710000238
Sjölling, I, Rönnqvist, E, Fjeld, D 2023. Rail transport in Swedish wood supply – seasonal variation, system risks and mitigation costs. International Journal of Forest Engineering, 34:2. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14942119.2023.2167379