Issue №2, Vol. 15
Shain V. DECISION SUPPORT METHODOLOGY FOR THE SELECTION OF A TRANSPORTATION SCHEME OF INTERNATIONAL TIMBER TRANSPORTATION // Resources and Technology. 2018. №2, Vol. 15. P. 59‒82.



DOI: 10.15393/j2.art.2018.4161

DECISION SUPPORT METHODOLOGY FOR THE SELECTION OF A TRANSPORTATION SCHEME OF INTERNATIONAL TIMBER TRANSPORTATION

Shain
   Vsevolod Alekseevich		Petrozavodsk state university, shain.vsevolod@gmail.com
Key words:
transport logistic
timber transportation
simulation
international timber transportation		 Summary: The cross-border timber transportation process is expensive and difficult to arrange. Transportation is main operation performed in the process pf export. The transportation cost directly affects the economic efficiency of this type of activity. Reducing transport costs will help reduce the international timber transportation cost, which in turn will lead to significant cost savings that are relevant in the current economic crisis. This is especially important for small enterprises operating in the border areas that export timber by lorries. Analysis of scientific research in the international timber transportation field has shown that there is no single algorithm for supporting decision-making in order to increase their efficiency and reduce economic costs. The author of this article proposes a decision support methodology for the selection of a transportation scheme of international timber transportation. The set-theoretic model is a base and part of the methodology. The methodology allows us to perform the following: selection of the transportation model and definition of the transport types; selection of trucks characteristics; choice of alternative transportation modes; spatial layout of the intermediate yards and sites; operating parameters of border crossing points; logging trucks routing and transportation planning; transportation capacity. This methodology includes the following blocks: collection and processing of initial data, simulation of various schemes of the transport-technological international timber transportation process, processing of simulation results, the most cost-effective transportation scheme selection. The developed methodology includes an simulation of international timber transportation performed in the AnyLogic PLE computer simulation environment. The main task of the model is to imitate various wood transportation schemes to a foreign consumer taking into account the maximum number of factors affecting the transportation process. As a approbation result the methodology, it was possible to reduce transport costs when exporting timber by road by 30%.

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