Forest product supply chain

When it comes to harvest, transport and conversion of forest biomass into various products, the efficiency and sustainability of the entire supply chain depends any of these technical processes. Developing and adapting cost effective harvesting technologies with minimal impact to soil, water and biodiversity is therefore one major concern. Allocation of the most appropriate materials to the respective paths of utilization is another pre-condition for a wise and careful use of this valuable natural resource.

Furthermore transport of wood and any forest biomass contributes significantly to the overall economy but also to a favorable ecological footprint, if transport systems and transport routes are optimized. FOBAWI develops and implements the related scientific methods and technologies to make the entire wood supply chain as sustainable as possible and also develop concepts and methods to assess and document this in a transparent way, for example by process analysis, life cycle analysis LCA or sustainability impact assessment (SIA).

Current research projects in the working group Forest-Products-Supply-Chain.

picture: Suchomel, 2010