Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA – Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension in conjunction with the USDA Forest Service's Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) announce a workshop on “ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT USING ROMI 3.1” to be held on November 8, 2010 at the Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) in Princeton, WV from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT USING ROMI 3.1 workshop is designed to help rough mill managers, supervisors, and operators to improve the performance of their rough mill, achieve reliable quality and deliveries, and decrease costs. Workshop participants will learn how to use the power of the USDA Forest Service's ROMI 3.1 rough mill simulation tool to assess improvement scenarios. Participants also will learn about the new least-cost lumber grade-mix solver function embedded in ROMI 3.1. The least-cost lumber grade-mix solver allows mills to find the lumber grade mix satisfying their cutting bills at the least cost. The solver is especially helpful in times like now when lumber prices fluctuate heavily and the purchasing needs have to be optimized on a regular basis. Personnel from Virginia Tech and the USDA Forest Service will be on hand to help workshop participants install, set-up, and run simulations looking at issues in their own rough mill. Participants are therefore asked to bring their own laptops so that the installed copy of the ROMI 3.1 software can be brought home and be used again. Copies of the ROMI 3.1 will be handed out for free. The ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT workshop supports rough mills' strive to discover and eliminate wasteful practices and will help companies to achieve significant cost savings, quality improvements, lead-time reductions, and profitability increases!
For more information on the ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT USING ROMI 3.1 workshop, visit 11/or contact Urs Buehlmann, Virginia Cooperative Extension at the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at (540) 231-9759, [email protected].
The Department of Wood Science and Forest Products in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech is the leading program in North America engaged in wood and renewable materials utilization. Faculties focus on the science and business of wood and renewable materials utilization through learning, discovery, and engagement. The department is home to Lean@Virginia Tech, the Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, the Center for Unit Load Design, the Wood-Based Composites Center, the Sustainable Engineered Materials Institute and the award winning Wood Magic Show for 4th and 5th grade children and their teachers. Through cooperation with the Department of Marketing in the Pamplin College of Business, the department co-directs the Alfred P. Sloan Forest Industries Center. The department is an active participant in the renewable materials research initiative in the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS). Students learn from the leading bio-based materials scientists in the world, who bring the latest science and application of principles to the classroom.
Source: Virginia Tech
The ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT USING ROMI 3.1 workshop is designed to help rough mill managers, supervisors, and operators to improve the performance of their rough mill, achieve reliable quality and deliveries, and decrease costs. Workshop participants will learn how to use the power of the USDA Forest Service's ROMI 3.1 rough mill simulation tool to assess improvement scenarios. Participants also will learn about the new least-cost lumber grade-mix solver function embedded in ROMI 3.1. The least-cost lumber grade-mix solver allows mills to find the lumber grade mix satisfying their cutting bills at the least cost. The solver is especially helpful in times like now when lumber prices fluctuate heavily and the purchasing needs have to be optimized on a regular basis. Personnel from Virginia Tech and the USDA Forest Service will be on hand to help workshop participants install, set-up, and run simulations looking at issues in their own rough mill. Participants are therefore asked to bring their own laptops so that the installed copy of the ROMI 3.1 software can be brought home and be used again. Copies of the ROMI 3.1 will be handed out for free. The ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT workshop supports rough mills' strive to discover and eliminate wasteful practices and will help companies to achieve significant cost savings, quality improvements, lead-time reductions, and profitability increases!
For more information on the ROUGH MILL YIELD IMPROVEMENT USING ROMI 3.1 workshop, visit 11/or contact Urs Buehlmann, Virginia Cooperative Extension at the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at (540) 231-9759, [email protected].
The Department of Wood Science and Forest Products in the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech is the leading program in North America engaged in wood and renewable materials utilization. Faculties focus on the science and business of wood and renewable materials utilization through learning, discovery, and engagement. The department is home to Lean@Virginia Tech, the Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, the Center for Unit Load Design, the Wood-Based Composites Center, the Sustainable Engineered Materials Institute and the award winning Wood Magic Show for 4th and 5th grade children and their teachers. Through cooperation with the Department of Marketing in the Pamplin College of Business, the department co-directs the Alfred P. Sloan Forest Industries Center. The department is an active participant in the renewable materials research initiative in the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS). Students learn from the leading bio-based materials scientists in the world, who bring the latest science and application of principles to the classroom.
Source: Virginia Tech
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