The Industry collaboration network in forest operations and supply chains (formerly AFORA) is an alliance established by the CRC for forestry in 2012. The objectives remain delivering a collaborative applied research development implementation program to improve:
- The understanding, management and control of forest operational costs for existing, evolving and new harvest systems;
- The planning and management of value recovery within harvest operations; and
- The application of optimisation to supply chain efficiency planning and management.
Working with the alliance participants the Network has, and continues to develop, practical tools and industry reports. Industry participants include a number of forest growers and timber harvesting and haulage contractors.
Our industry reports
Contacts
Director
Professor Mark Brown
Tel: +61 7 5459 4483
Email: mbrown2@usc.edu.au
Researcher — Machine Productivity and Biomass Harvesting
Dr Mohammad Ghaffariyan
Tel: +61 7 5456 5447
Email: mghaffar@usc.edu.au
Industry Chair of Systems-based Thinking and AI Integration for Increased Timber Production
Professor Mauricio Acuna
Tel: +61 7 5459 4725
Email: macuna@usc.edu.au
Researcher — Onboard Systems and Operations Management
Mr Martin Strandgard
Tel: +61 3 9250 6872
Email: mstrandga@usc.edu.au