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:

·       Production Management in Forest based industriesMay 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

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

·       Wood procurementApril 10, 2018

Videos of these past seminars can be accessed at https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-5/50000/50400/50413/publications/





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Henry Quesada

Associate Professor
Department of Sustainable Biomaterials
Virginia Tech

Brooks Forest Products Building
1650 Research Center Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone (540) 231-0978

Related web sites: 
www.sbio.vt.edu
www.cfpb.vt.edu 
www.sim.sbio.vt.edu