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- Title
- Optimised log transport planning with FastTRUCK
- Author/Creator
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Mirowski, L
- Description
- Transporting wood from coupes to mills costs the Australian forest industry $1.2 million a day. In order to reduce these costs, a software system called FastTRUCK was developed, providing a way for the industry to improve transport planning, thereby reducing transport costs by 10%. FastTRUCK is an operational, tactical and strategic tool, available for use within forestry companies. Using the software, the company can identify and reduce costs across the entire planning spectrum. This includes daily dispatching of trucks, from harvest locations to mills; haulage contract design; fleet configuration on a monthly basis; fleet configuration on an annual basis; and even the performance of outsourced dispatching operations. FastTRUCK uses a ‘decision support’ approach for the optimised planning of wood supply to pulp and saw mills and the technologies used for this purpose are introduced. A domain model of forestry operations is described and a simulator based on it is demonstrated. Because the underlying domain model is tailored for Australian conditions, the system guides ‘optimisation’ towards plans more suited for these localities. The advantages of FastTRUCK for companies in the context of the planning horizon are illustrated, including specific examples from the Australian forest industry. Interesting insights arising from simulator results are confirmed through comparisons with current operational data to illustrate the effectiveness of the system in the companies. These results are encouraging forestry companies around Australia to consider technologies which improve transport planning.
- Relation
- 2012 University Research Conference: Communicate, Collaborate, Connect, Sunshine Coast, Australia 9-13 July 2012
- Relation
- 2012 University Research Conference Program Book / pp.15
- Relation
- http://www.usc.edu.au/research/university-research-week
- Year
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Subject
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FoR 0704 (Fisheries Sciences) |
FastTRUCK |
forestry transporation |
logistics
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- 2012 University Research Conference
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- Research Publications
- Resource Type
- Conference Presentation
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