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Fast Truck: A Truck Scheduling System to Improve the Transport Efficiency of In-Field Chipping Operations
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Fast Truck: A Truck Scheduling System to Improve the Transport Efficiency of In-Field Chipping Operations

Mauricio Acuna and Mohammad R Ghaffariyan
Proceedings of the 34th Council on Forest Engineering Annual Meeting
COFE (Council on Forest Engineering) Annual Meeting, 34th (Quebec City, Canada, 12-Jun-2011–15-Jun-2011)
Council on Forest Engineering
2011
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Abstract

Forestry Sciences Transportation and Freight Services In-field wood chipping simulated annealing wood supply chain transport efficiency
An important problem in forest operations is the daily transport of logs or chips from different coupes being harvested, with known supplies, to destinations with their daily demands. The basic objective is to satisfy the demand for different products at each destination and maximize the utilisation of the harvesting equipment at each origin, while minimising transportation transportations costs and waiting times within technical, policy and labour constraints. This paper presents the results of a trial of FastTRUCK, a truck scheduling system developed by the CRC for Forestry, to evaluate some of the factors that affect transport efficiency of Australian in-field chipping operations. The analysis focused on the effect of chipper productivity and utilisation, number of chipping operations accessible to each truck, truck loading and unloading time, net payload on daily transportation costs, number of trucks, and average truck utilisation. According to the results obtained payload and chipper utilisation are the major factors affecting transport costs. Potential savings of 52% and 29%, respectively, are possible to obtain with a better control and management of these factors.

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