Removing Supply-Chain Bottlenecks in the Sawmilling Sector: Identification, Improvement, and Economic Benefits
Webinar Details
When:
Feb 21, 2024 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:46 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Michael Crosby, PhD - Associate Professor, Louisiana Tech University
- James E. Henderson, PhD - Professor, Mississippi State University
- Mohammad Marufuzzaman, PhD - Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
- Eric McConnell, PhD - Associate Professor, Mississippi State University
- Shaun Tanger, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Arkansas at Monticello
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Presenters will discuss strategies for improving efficiency of sawmilling supply chains by identifying high-value obstructions to transportation networks such as a bridge outage and road detours resulting from age and weight limits on strategically important road systems. Discussion will include the economic impacts that transportation network improvements can make to a state economy and how to estimate baseline information for economic impact analyses that will help prioritize strategic improvements within the transportation system. Finally, an exploratory analysis of the entire wood products industry will be demonstrated to identify specific infrastructure improvements that would be most beneficial to the entire forest products sector. Presenters will also discuss how to document and communicate economic impacts generated from improved bridge and road systems for forest products supply chain, reduced vehicle mile traveled and state economy for use by advocates of the forest products industry.
This webinar is the first in a series of three webinars. The second webinar, Removing Supply-Chain Bottlenecks in the Sawmilling Sector: Optimal Routing for Softwood Sawmill Supply Chain for Strategic Repair of Roads and Bridges, is available here. The third webinar, Removing Supply-Chain Bottlenecks in the Sawmilling Sector: Exploratory analysis of economic benefits of road network repairs on the forestry sector in Mississippi, is available here.
About Our Presenter(s)
Michael Crosby, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing at Louisiana Tech University. He teaches spatial technology courses in the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry. His research interests are spatial applications in natural resources, disaster/disturbance assessment and modeling, and urban forestry.
James E. Henderson, Ph.D. is a Professor with Mississippi State University and serves as Head of the Coastal Research and Extension Center. Prior to his current administrative duties, he served as the state Extension specialist for forest economics, management, and taxation. A principal focus of his Extension and research program is the economic contribution of Mississippi’s forestry and forest products industry and the comprehensive agricultural food and fiber system.
Mohammad Marufuzzaman, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering department at Mississippi State University. His research interest lies in developing mathematical models and solution approaches to solve various real-life supply chain problems, with applications in transportation, energy, and security. Dr. Marufuzzaman secured ~$21.5M research grants and published 73 peer-reviewed journal articles. He is a member of IISE and INFORMS.
Eric McConnell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. He studies and teaches in the areas of forest economics and wood utilization. He is a Mississippi Registered Forester and a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester.
Shaun Tanger, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Trade in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He began at UAM in early 2023 and previously worked as an Associate Professor of Forest Economics at both Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University. His outreach efforts are focused on forest management for forest landowners, dealing with casualty events, improving forest industry viability, forestry related economic development projects, and supply chain logistics of timber harvesting.
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