Firewood exporting from Central Finland to Europe : Focus on routing and estimation of costs
Krupen, Nikolay (2016)
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Finland
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016052810514
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016052810514
Tiivistelmä
The project was initiated by A-Firewood Finland Oy and it was connected to its potential entering the European market. Currently, the company is planning its future operations, and building the supply chain network is one of the most essential steps to be taken.
As logistic costs determine a significant share of the total expenditures for such volumi-nous cargo as firewood, a clear overview of them had to be presented. This was done by using the qualitative research approach. A literature review and analysis were conducted in order to understand the advantages of forest industry and to highlight the information essential for the study. Moreover, a description of the practical transportation arrange-ments was compiled from scientific and business articles and the information provided by authorities.
The collected data was used in the second main part of the project, which was devoted to transportation cost estimations to selected destinations in Europe, and it was com-plemented by freight rates given by shipping companies. The outcomes of this were the delivery costs to each destination. Based on this information, the destinations were compared to each other, the transportation risks were identified and suggestions for supply chain system improvement were proposed. It could be said that the project built a framework for the development of a transportation network of the company.
As logistic costs determine a significant share of the total expenditures for such volumi-nous cargo as firewood, a clear overview of them had to be presented. This was done by using the qualitative research approach. A literature review and analysis were conducted in order to understand the advantages of forest industry and to highlight the information essential for the study. Moreover, a description of the practical transportation arrange-ments was compiled from scientific and business articles and the information provided by authorities.
The collected data was used in the second main part of the project, which was devoted to transportation cost estimations to selected destinations in Europe, and it was com-plemented by freight rates given by shipping companies. The outcomes of this were the delivery costs to each destination. Based on this information, the destinations were compared to each other, the transportation risks were identified and suggestions for supply chain system improvement were proposed. It could be said that the project built a framework for the development of a transportation network of the company.