scholarly journals Impacts of Road Infrastructure on the Environmental Efficiency of High Capacity Transportation in Harvesting of Renewable Wood Energy

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 453
Author(s):  
Teijo Palander ◽  
Stelian Alexandru Borz ◽  
Kalle Kärhä
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Road Network ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Forest Roads ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Wood Energy

Transportation of renewable wood is increasing, being a necessary operation in logistics of the environmentally sustainable forest industry. However, increasing the transportation capacity is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to trucks’ emissions, maintaining road infrastructure affects the environment by the emissions of increasing utilization of HCT (high-capacity transportation), that is, larger and heavier vehicles, affecting the backhauling transportation and the efficiency of road-network combinations. Environmental efficiency is an important metric which is used for comparisons among technological alternatives employed in the utilization of energy derived from both fossil and renewable resources. Based on the enterprise resource planning (ERP) data (2018–2020), CO2 emissions of increasing HCT were calculated for a forest industry corporation. The reduction in average fuel consumption (ml t × km−1), between 52% and 70% in backhauling transportation, was 18.88%. In this respect, CO2 emissions were reduced by 4.52 g t × km−1, achieving 19.48 g t × km−1, based on the data from the 76 t vehicle combinations. Furthermore, the metric of total environmental efficiency shows the potential of the alternative road-network combinations for the HCT. The environmental efficiency of the 92 t HCT increased by 11% via an intensive road-network combination, compared to the most efficient 76 t HCT alternative and the efficiency increased by 21%, compared to the most efficient line-hauling alternative. Thus, the results are in favor of the backhauling transportation by the means of 92 t vehicles for HCT development. Furthermore, a sensitivity analysis demonstrates that technological improvement of the forest roads is essential for HCT in an increasing harvesting of renewable wood energy. Also, to achieve the maximum environmental efficiency of the HCT during upgrading of the forest roads, efficiency measurements of the HCT should be implemented in the transportation planning systems.

scholarly journals Improving Environmental and Energy Efficiency in Wood Transportation for a Carbon-Neutral Forest Industry

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1194
Author(s):  
Teijo Palander ◽  
Hanna Haavikko ◽  
Emma Kortelainen ◽  
Kalle Kärhä ◽  
Stelian Alexandru Borz
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Efficiency Criterion ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Carbon Neutral

Wood transportation is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions, which should be considered when the carbon neutrality of the forest industry is of concern. The EU is dedicated to improving technology for a carbon-neutral development. This study investigates carbon neutrality by improving road freight transportation fleets consisting of various vehicle size combinations. The environmental emission and energy efficiency of a transportation fleet were analyzed in selected wood procurement regions of Stora Enso corporation (Finland). Based on the enterprise resource planning (ERP) data (2018–2020), the environmental emission efficiency increased by 11% via 76 t-vehicles compared 64 t vehicles. The maximum reduction in fuel consumption was 26% for 92 t vehicles, though this was achieved when operations were fully adjusted to the maximum weight limit. The wood-based energy efficiency measure (wood energy/transport energy) was a useful development indicator. It showed that the adapted fleets of transportation companies support a positive development for a carbon-neutral forestry. In respect to the current legal fleet (64, 68 and 76 t), the use of 76 t vehicles increased energy efficiency most effectively, by 50%, compared to 64 t vehicles in the best region. Currently, transportation service providers and their clients are using ERP information to tailor their energy efficiency metric and to implement them locally in the transportation monitoring systems. A three-year sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the technological development of management tools to improve transportation efficiency is essential for larger and heavier vehicle utilization. In the future, the whole wood supply chain from forest to factory will also be optimized with respect to energy efficiency criterion to ensure a low-carbon forest industry.

Improvements in Web Based ERP Software Architecture as Implemented on the Cloud

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Shruti Makarand Kanade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Software Architecture ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Erp Software

 Cloud computing is the buzz word in today’s Information Technology. It can be used in various fields like banking, health care and education. Some of its major advantages that is pay-per-use and scaling, can be profitably implemented in development of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP. There are various challenges in implementing an ERP on the cloud. In this paper, we discuss some of them like ERP software architecture by considering a case study of a manufacturing company.

PENGARUH DUKUNGAN MANAJEMEN PUNCAK, MANAJEMEN PROYEK DAN KETERLIBATAN PENGGUNA TERHADAP TINGKAT KESUKSESAN IMPLEMENTASI ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING PADA PERUSAHAAN DI JABODETABEK

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154
Author(s):  
Julian Aristo
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Top Management ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Top Management Support

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become vital strategic tools in today’s competitive business environment. Implementation of ERP systems is a highly complex process which is influenced not only by technical, but also by other factors. The purpose of this research to find out factors influencing the success of ERP implementations in companies in Jabodetabek. In this research three factors of success implementation ERP were selected on the bases of previous research that includes top management support, project management and user involvement. The results indicate that top management support and project management are key factors affecting the success of ERP implementations, while user involvement does not affect the success of ERP implementations. Top management support, project management and user involvement affect the success rate of 72.7% of ERP implementations. While the rest equal to 27.3% influenced by other variables not included in this research model. Keywords: Enterprise Resource Planning, Top management support, project management, user involvement

CONTRIBUIÇÕES DOS SISTEMAS ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING PARA A GESTÃO DA INFORMAÇÃO EM UMA EMPRESA DO SETOR METALÚRGICO

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Tiago Bittencourt Nazaré ◽  
Larissa Máximo Gonçalves ◽  
Lucas da Silva Vieira ◽  
Quéren Hapuque de Souza Eugênio ◽  
Vitória Durães Fialho Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning

Diante do desafio que as empresas possuem atualmente de produzir a necessidade que os clientes desejam com qualidade, custo e tempo desejado, e com a complexidade e variedade crescente de produtos, muitas organizações estão adotando sistemas Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) para gerenciar de forma eficaz seus processos e departamentos. Os ERP’s são sistemas de gestão que permitem controlar toda a empresa, desde às finanças até a produção, unificando e sincronizando todos os setores. O trabalho teve como principal objetivo a realização de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre ERP destacando os seus tipos e benefícios, assim como, exemplificando o funcionamento de um desses sistemas de gerenciamento em uma empresa do setor metalúrgico

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