The effect of the number of log sorts on mechanised log processing productivity and value recovery in landing-based cable yarder harvesting operations

The New Zealand forest industry produces a diverse range of log grades and sorts to meet domestic and export market demands and to maximise returns to the forest grower. An implication for the supply chain is the number of log grades and sorts a harvesting operation is expected to produce from one...

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Main Author: Tolan, Alexander Charles
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. School of Forestry 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9218