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The use of simulation and design of experiments for productivity improvement in the sawmill industry

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: This work presents a discrete event simulation model of an important sawmill in Chile. This model was used to perform a bottleneck analysis of the wood process and to propose, based on these results, alternatives that would yield to an improvement in the process productivity. Different alternatives were simulated and the results obtained were used to perform a full factorial design in order to select the combination of factors that have the most important impact in the process productivity. The implementation of these improvement measures could increase the wood production up to a 25%.

Source: Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research

DOI: 10.5555/1161734.1161958

Authors: Felipe Baesler, Eduardo Araya, Francisco Ramis, José Sepúlveda

Institution: University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: Simulation Techniques and Applications

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Responsible consumption and production, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2128158498

FWCI: 0.506

Cites: 6

Cited by: 24

Related to: 10