Plywood manufacturing practices

Baldwin, Richard F.

M. Freeman Publications

Plywood Manufacturing Practices

Science & Math

Technology

Backbeat Books

Manufacturing forest products is becoming more management- and capital-intensive. The book explains how successful firms grow and prosper, and how the industry can cope with the cyclic business environment. With 24 chapters, it is organized by six sections: I. An overview, "Forest Products Enterprise-a Study in Change," II. Management Heritage, III. Management Planning, IV. Managing Change Topics Examined within these sections is everything from industry roots to financial planning and budgeting, scheduling and inventory control, energy management, and new technology and innovation. Covering technical and management concerns, this is a "must" reference for supervisors, operations managers, and executives involved in manufacturing softwood lumber, plywood and reconstituted products.

Operations Management: In the Forest Products Industry

Nature & Ecology

Operations Management in the Forest Products Industry

Paperloop.Com

The successor to Baldwin's classic Plywood Manufacturing Practices expands to cover the developments in LVL and other veneer-based products, as well as changes in manufacturing methods, standards, and markets. This book includes mill-tested techniques. The author, manager with years of plywood and veneer-products experience, gives high-yield ideas for productivity. 
Highlighting hands-on production techniques, new products and technology, quality and process control, and maintenance management, major sections cover the history of the industry, green veneer production, dry veneer and panel production, business and management. This book provides mill executives and staff with the field-tested information and guidance they need to achieve optimum results in a changing industry.

Plywood & Veneer-Based Products: Manufacturing Practices

Reference

Looks to lessons of the past and present to identify opportunities for global industry renewal in the future. Suggests that making changes in response to consumers' and environmentalists' concerns may help forest product companies remain profitable, and reveals how and why innovation is essential in how mills work, in creating new products, and in finding new raw material sources. Includes b&w photos of manufacturing processes, plus a glossary. The author has some 40 years of experience in the global forest products industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Maximizing Forest Product Resources for the 21st Century

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