The Sorting of Sawmill Lumber

J. Charles Clapham and T. A. Lambe
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J. Charles Clapham: British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver, Canada
T. A. Lambe: British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver, Canada

Operations Research, 1963, vol. 11, issue 4, 502-518

Abstract: The cost of sorting lumber is a major expense at all sawmills. It is a relativey inefficient process by present methods, but it has received little analytical study. A model is developed here to show how the manpower requirements vary with the relevant parameters for any particular sawmill sorting-chain. This relation is useful in determining the best manual sorting system and in determining the most profitable sorts to mechanize. A questionnaire survey of sawmills in British Columbia and the Western United States shows a considerable scope for improvement by application of the technique developed. Specific applications have already been made to some sawmills and the predictions of the theory validated.

Date: 1963
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