Supply chain network design (SCND) determines the structure of a chain and affects its
costs and performance. SCND deals with a variety of decisions such as determining …

As awareness of climate and environment issues increases and consumption habits
change, new opportunities are opening up for the forest industry and wood construction to …

We have developed a stochastic mathematical formulation for designing a network of multi-
product supply chains comprising several capacitated production facilities, distribution …

Manufacturers need to satisfy consumer demands in order to compete in the real world. This
requires the efficient operation of a supply chain planning. In this research we consider a …

This article provides a review about how uncertainties in increasingly complex production
and supply chains should be addressed in scheduling tasks. Uncertainty management will …

Robust optimization is a young and emerging field of research having received a
considerable increase of interest over the last decade. In this paper, we argue that the …

Electricity generated from forest-based biomass is an attractive source of renewable energy.
However, the cost of generating heat and/or electricity from it is relatively high due to the low …

Over the past two decades, there has been explosive growth in the application of robust
optimization in operations management (robust OM), fueled by both significant advances in …

The wood industry is a basic industry supplying primary materials to produce a wide range
of products. The wood processing in sawmills bridges the transformation flow of raw …

Sawmills are key elements of the forest product industry supply chain, and they play
important economic, social, and environmental roles. Sawmill production planning and …