Dear friends:
The Industrial Engineering, Operation Analysis and Logistics working party (5.04.13) AT IUFRO is glad to announce a series of webinars scheduled for Spring 2018. Please MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
The goal of this webinar series is to present latest updates on technology and operations management practices impacting the forest products industry. The webinars are free and do not require a registration. If for some reason you cannot participate, a recording of each webinar will be uploaded to the working party web site. The schedule is as follows:
· Wood procurement. April 10, 2018. 4 pm -5 pm Central European Time (GMT +01:00). WebEx session number 310 080 448. Speaker will be Manfred Gronalt from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria
· Production Management in Forest based industries. May 15, 2018. 4-5pm Central European Time (GMT +01:00). WebEx session number 318 558 152
· Tooling Issues in Wood-Based Manufacturing. -June 12, 2018. 10 pm-11pm Malaysia Time (GMT+08:00). WebEx session number 648 885 702
Instructions to access WebEx
1. Go to https://virginiatech.webex.com <https://virginiatech.webex.com/>
2. Enter the WebEx session number (see above)
3. If this is your first time using WebEx, the platform will ask you to install the WebEx client. It will take a couple of minutes
4. Once you are logged-in, please adjust your microphone and speakers preferences.
Past webinars
· Lean Logistics. Value Stream Mapping Applied to the Wood Fiber Supply Chain. February 6, 2018.
· Statistical Process Control (SPC) – A Time-Tested Tool for Process Control and Improvement. March 20, 2018.
Videos of these past seminars can be accessed at https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50400/50413/public… <https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50400/50413/public…>
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Henry Quesada
Associate Professor
Department of Sustainable Biomaterials
Virginia Tech
Address: 1650 Research Center Drive, Blacksburg, VA, 24061
Phone: (540) 231-0978
Web: www.sbio.vt.edu
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From: Manfred Gronalt <manfred.gronalt(a)boku.ac.at>
To: <div5(a)lists.iufro.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:48:32 +0200
Subject: Operations Management in Wood Products Industries
Dear IUFRO member,
to strengthen the network between research, industry, students, and alumni we want to invite you to the second symposium on “Operations
Management in Wood Products Industries”.
The goal of this conference is to introduce and discuss new challenges and solution approaches for the process improvement in the wood industry
and its supply chain.
Additionally, Professor Dag Fjeld (NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research) will visit the University of Life Sciences Vienna
as a guest professor and attend the symposium. He will give an insight to the international and especially Norwegian wood supply chain.
Location: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Festsaal,
Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, A-1180 Wien
May, 17th 2018
Time: 9am to 4pm
Program and Registration:
http://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/pwl/veranstaltungen/
We invite and welcome everybody interested in operations management in forest based industries to spend a pleasant and informative day at BOKU.
mit freundlichen Grüßen / with best regards
Manfred Gronalt
Prof. Dr. Manfred Gronalt
Boku - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Department of Economics and Social Sciences
Institute of Production Economics and Logistics
Guttenberghaus, Feistmantelstr. 4
1180 Vienna
fon: ++43 1 47654 73411 <tel:+43%201%204765473411>
email: manfred.gronalt(a)boku.ac.at
www.wiso.boku.ac.at/pwl.html
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