WEB meeting of the NSERC Strategic Network on Value Chain Optimization
January 25, 2013 at 01:30 pm EDT
Sophie D’Amours, Scientific Director & Mustapha Ouhimmou, Associate Scientific Director
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Research Program Overview
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New Members and Projects
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Call for Transfer Projects
VCO Research Program - Overview
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67 projects are planned in the 5 year research program
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28 projects are in progress (8 M.Sc., 15 Ph.D. and 5 PDF)
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14 projects are completed (4 M.Sc., 3 Ph.D., 1 PDF and 6 Internships)
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24 projects to be launched (12 M.Sc. and 12 Ph.D.)
VCO Network Research Program (Number of Project)
Theme I In progress To be launched Stopped Completed Total per Theme
M.Sc. 3 4 7
Ph.D. 5 3 1 9
PDF 0
Internship 1 1
17
Theme II & III In progress To be launched Stopped Completed
M.Sc. 2 3 4 9
Ph.D. 4 6 1 11
PDF 3 3
Internship 2 2
25
Theme IV In progress To be launched Stopped Completed
M.Sc. 2 3 1 6
Ph.D. 6 2 1 9
PDF 1 1
Internship 1 1
17
Theme V In progress To be launched Stopped Completed
M.Sc. 1 2 3
Ph.D. 1 1
PDF 1 1 2
Internship 2 2
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New Members and Projects –
Theme I
Project Title
Professor
University
Student
1.7 - Computational Environment to Combine Forest
Treatments, CCFM C&I and the Value Chain?
Evelyn Richards
University of
New Brunswick
Andrew Martin
(M.Sc.)
1.8 - Design of the Database Framework and
Advanced Strategic Optimization Tools for Very
Large-scale
Joint
Optimization
of
Forest
Treatment,
Landscape Management and Markets.
Frédéric Raulier
Université Laval
TBD
(Ph.D.)
1.15 - Economies of Scale Issues in the Forest
Industry? How Big should Mills Be? What Are the
Externalities that Affect Location, Sizing and Choice
of Technologies? What Mechanisms can Overcome
these Externalities?
Paul Stuart
École Polytechnique
de
Montréal
Pardis Refouieeraghi
(Ph.D.)
1.17 - What are the Benefits and Risks Associated
with Tightly Integrated Industry Structure? What can
One Do in the Design of the Industry to Mitigate the
Risk of Uncorrelated Final Product Markets?
Eldon Gunn
Dalhousie University
Narges Sereshti
(Ph.D.)
1.20 - Strategic Management of Flammable Boreal
Forest Landscape that Are Subject to Storm Damage.
David Martell
University of Toronto
Juliana Kostrinsky
(M.Sc.)
New Members and Projects –
Theme II & III
Project Title
Professor
University
Student
2-3.11 - Sorting and Grading Issues within the Forest
Supply Chain. Eldon Gunn Dalhousie University
Mohammad Mallahi Kolah (M.Sc.) 2-3.18 - Economic Assessment of Forestry Biomass
Storage and its Link in Designing a Sustainable Supply Chain for Biorefinery.
Muhammad Afzal University of New Brunswick
TBD (Ph.D.) 2-3.19 - Life Cycle Social Performance of Forest Products
and Services as part of a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment.
Getachew Assefa University of British Columbia
TBD (Ph.D.) 2-3.20 - Techno-economic Analysis of Small-scale On-site
Pyrolytic Conversion of Woody Biomass in British Columbia.
Peter Wild University of Victoria TBD (Ph.D.) 2-3.22 - Supply Chain Optimization for the Delivery of
Large Volumes of Biomass for Biofuel and/or Biocommodity Chemical Production.
Reino Pulkki Lakehead University Bedarul Alam (PDF) 2-3.24 - Economic and Environmental Optimization of
Forest Biomass Value Chain in British Columbia, Canada. Taraneh Sowlati
University of British Columbia
Claudia Cambero (Ph.D.) 2-3.25 - The Selection of Harvest Areas and Wood
Allocation Problem – Multi-objective Optimization and Collaborative Approaches Mustapha Ouhimmou École de technologie supérieure TBD (Ph.D.) ***SUBMITTED 2-3.26 & 2-3.27 - Matching Market
Signals to the Canadian Wood Products Value Chain: A Disaggregated Trade-model Approach
Chris Gaston University of British Columbia
TBD
New Members and Projects –
Theme IV
Project Title
Professor
University
Student
4.2 - Integrating Transportation Planning, Inventory,
and Loader Scheduling.
Louis-Martin
Rousseau
École Polytechnique
de Montréal
Alexandre Carrier
(M.Sc.)
4.8 - A Simulation Environment for Real-Time Sawmill
Control.
Jean-Marc Frayret
École Polytechnique
de Montréal
TBD
(Ph.D.)
4.11 - Real-time Planning and Management of
Materials and Information Flow (quality, yields, costs)
Starting from the Markets/Demand, and
Tracing Back Up the Supply Chain through all
Distribution
Channels,
Manufacturing/Processing
and Raw Material Procurement (i.e., from market to
forest).
Reino Pulkki
Lakehead University
Shashi Shahi
(Ph.D.)
4.13 & 4.14 - Optimization Modeling of the Log
Merchandising and Sort-Yard Location Problem.
Kevin Crowe
Lakehead University
TBD
(1 M.Sc. & 1 Ph.D.)
4.16 - Intermodal Transportation Benefits, Planning
and Control.
Jacques Ferland
Université de
Montréal
Anis Kadri
(Ph.D.)
New Members and Projects –
Theme V
Project Title
Professor
University
Student
5.1 - MetaModel for Value Chain and Knowledge
Modeling and Analysis for Collaborative
Engineering of Decision Support Systems within the
Forest Value Chains
Nadia Lehoux
Université Laval
Saba Vahid
(PDF)
5.3 - Value Chain-based Accounting (cost and carbon)
Approach for Decision Making.
Mikael Rönnqvist
Université Laval
Damien Chauvin
(M.Sc.)
5.7 - Representation of the Forest Value Chain as a
Dynamic Economic System
Nancy Gélinas
Université Laval
Flor de Maria Robles
Barreto
Congratulations to 2012 Graduates!
Student
University
Sector of Employment
Alvaro Gil (M.Sc.)
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Healthcare (process revision)
Mommen Elleuch (M.Sc.)
Université Laval
Consulting Firm
Richard Mastragostino (M.Sc.)
McMaster University
Industry
Sina Saadatyar (work in
collaboration with Pegah Sohrabi)
(M.Sc.)
Dalhousie University
TBD
Saba Vahid (Ph.D.)
University of British Columbia
Academic
Behrang Mansoornejad (Ph.D.)
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Academic
Bedarul Alam (Ph.D.)
Lakehead University
Academic
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A web page on the VCO website proudly presents all graduating students of the VCO Network
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Keep in touch by joining the VCO Linkedin Group!
Communication & Transfer of Research
Results: Tool Box
Summer School (Poster Session)
Executive Summary*
Workshops
Webinars
Web Site / Email / LinkedIn*
Newsletter*
VCO Book
Working Groups*
*New
Call for Transfer Projects
• Objective:
• Give VCO researchers access to additional funding to
support the transfer of their research results among
partners in industry, governments or FPInnovations
• Short-term (4-6 months) and in close partnership
• All projects within or complementary/relevant to the VCO
Network are welcome and eligible for funding
Call for Transfer Projects: Grants
• VCO Network
• Up to 3-4 projects per year until 2015
• $10,000 per project
• FPInnovations (VMDS program)
• Up to 3 projects in 2013, with the following per project:
• $15,000 (1 month) in-kind involvement by FPI researcher(s)
• funds for travel expenses
• funds for in-kind involvement by FPI computer programmer(s)
• Other research grant programs
• NSERC Engage
(up to $25,000 per project of up to six months)
• Mitacs Accelerate/Globalink
Upcoming Activities
• 2013 Summer School
will be held during the
1
st
FIBRE Conference
(May
13-16, Cornwall, ON)
• 25 students will have the opportunity to present a scientific poster:
• competition (Jury and Public-based prizes)
• Grant program for student attendance
• Release of the
VCO Book
• May 17: additional day for VCO Network
• Student Workshop (Juliana Kostrinsky)
• Three
workshops
are planned in 2013:
• Strategic Forest Management (TBD)
• Biomass (TBD)
• 15
th
Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (August
19-21, Quebec City, QC)
Upcoming Activities
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Webinars
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Call for Speakers: February – April & September-December 2013
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Jean Favreau (FPInnovations) will present the VMDS program (March 13,
01:30-02:00 pm EDT).
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Newsletter
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First issue released.
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Share your comments with the Editor, Juliana Kostrinsky.
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Executive Summary
(2 pages)
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To highlight VCO researchers/collaborators’ results, graduated students (or
close to graduating) will be solicited for their project
21 Conferences (≤ 08/2012)
Conferences Number of
contributions 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Seoul, South Korea 2 22ndEuropean Symposium on Computer-aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-22), London, UK 1 25thAnnual PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Forest and Paper Industry Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia 1 9eConférence Internationale de Modélisation, Optimisation et SIMulation (MOSIM’12), Bordeaux, France 1 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Waterloo, Canada 1 54thAnnual Conference Canadian Operational Research Society, Niagara Falls, Ontario 4 53thAnnual Conference Canadian Operational Research Society, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 1 IEMS 2011 (International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Systems Management) 1 American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1 American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1 Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, London, Ontario 1 Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia 1 INFORMS Annual Meeting 2012, Phoenix, USA 1 International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply chain (ILS 2012), Québec, Québec 2 Optimization Day 2012, Montréal, Québec 1 Land Translog II Workshop, Puerto Varas, Chile 1
