Students will be aware of the principles associated with purchasing forest products in customer-oriented way. They will be able to identify various types of timber and be familiar with the required measurements and quality. Students will be competent in manually handling paperwood and logs safely and in pricing the work involved in manually logging wood.
Logistics
Students will be familiar with the basic concepts of logistics and the structure of the materials flow in a company as well as how to supervise it.
Student's Workload
Total work load of the course: 165 h, of which
- Lectures: 30 h
- Field practice 55 h
- Autonomous studies: 50 h
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No previous studies are required.
Contents
Purchasing forest products
- Purchasing wood products in a customer-oriented way
- Concepts and methods of manual logging
- Taking care of tools
- Pricing work
Logistics
- Basic concepts of logistics
- History of logistics
- Materials flow in a manufacturing company and supervising it from the raw materials manufacturer to the end-user of the product (purchasing raw materials, production process, marketing and distribution logistics)
- Environmentally sustainable logistics
- Logistics in business economics
- Logistics strategy
Recommended or Required Reading
- Uusitalo J. 2003. Metsäteknologian perusteet.
- Rantala S. (ed.). 2005. Metsäkoulu.
- Lauhanen R. 2002. Logistiikan perusteet, lecture handout.
- Other material as indicated by the lecturers.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
- Lectures
- Field trips
- Assignments in the workshop and outdoors
Assessment Criteria
Grading will be announced during the course.
Assessment Methods
- Active participation in the assignments
- Demonstrations
- Exams
- Continuous assessment
- Grading based on a scale of 1 to 5