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Video Training Conference: Decision Making Software Tools for the Sawmill Industry
With the recent softening of hardwood lumber markets, mill owners and managers are searching to find new ways to become more competitive and cut costs. Simply dropping log prices across the board may not be the answer in today's world. mills need to have a better handle on what each log is really worth and which logs are the most profitable to saw.
This video conference will introduce Forest Product Utilization Specialists to a number of free software packages designed to give sawmill personnel the tools they need to help make informed decisions about their operations. Our goal is to use this video conference to familiarize FPU personnel with the software so that they are comfortable in recommending specific tools to manufacturers and to provide a very basic level of user support and interpretation to the businesses.
Several different packages and programs will be presented, but a special emphasis will be placed on the recently developed SOLVE 2003 Package which includes COST, SOLVE 2003 and the techniques for implementing Continuous Mill Studies. The GRADEYIELD sawmill analysis spreadsheet, several software utilities and the HARDWOOD QUALITY CD will also be demonstrated.
The broadcast will originate from the Virginia Tech campus in
This conference will be followed later this year by a series of traditional workshops to be held throughout the region and targeted to the Forest Products Industry.
This workshop is FREE and travel scholarships of up to $200. per person are available to the first 25 applicants who wish to attend the workshop at one of the sites below.
VIDEO WORKSHOP RECEIVING SITES
Virginia Tech,
This conference is being made possible by a grant from the Wood Education and