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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"logging industry"”.
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Costing in the Australian hardwood logging industry
… of costs and returns is of importance to the logging industry as a means of assessing the efficiency and profitability of a logging operation and as an aid in the selection and management of new machines. Likely returns are known or can be predicted with reasonable accuracy since they are …
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Costing in the Australian hardwood logging industry
… of costs and returns is of importance to the logging industry as a means of assessing the efficiency and profitability of a logging operation and as an aid in the selection and management of new machines. Likely returns are known or can be predicted with reasonable accuracy since they are …
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Production capacity utilization in the southern logging industry
… statistical methods were adapted to analyze logging operations systems. Run charts, control charts, and cusum charts were used to measure variability in systems' production. Variation in production levels appear to be increasing with increased regulation. Elasticity has become essential for …
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An analysis of workers' compensation insurance for the southeastern United States logging industry
… workers’ compensation insurance system for the logging industry in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Insurance rate components were fairly consistent among the nine states investigated. Approximately 72 …
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Safety Training for Spanish-Speaking Workers in the Logging Industry in the Southeastern United States
Safety in logging operations in the Southeastern United States has long been an issue of concern. Recently, a growing number of Spanish-speaking workers have become employed in logging operations in the Southeastern U.S. There is a growing concern that injury and fatality rates could increase due …
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Cost and rents to logging in the Brazilian Amazon
The logging industry of the Amazon is a topic that has received little attention in the literature, beyond specific single firm case studies. This has not allowed estimation of cost and production functions that can be used to predict changes in the industry in response to external market factors …
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Lumberjacks, Muscular Christianity, and Nation Building: Creating an Aspirational Canadian Masculinity, 1820 – 1912
… disseminated messages about masculinity in the logging industry. These messages were intended for a public audience that was often far removed from the actual life and work of the men toiling away in remote forests. As a result, the early nineteenth century saw lumberjacks being a source of …
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The Hidden History of Western Washington Logging Camps: St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company’s Camp #5 ca. 1934-1947
Despite the importance of logging to Washington State’s heritage, there is little information on the life in the logging industry and the lumbermen who helped shape western Washington. The St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company (SPTLC) harvested the Kapowsin Timberlands from the early 1900s to the late …
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Virginia Logging Business Economic Sustainability Survey Including Perspectives from Across the Forest-based Supply Chain
Logging businesses are an essential component of the forest-based supply chain. They are the connection between forest landowners, who grow the raw materials, and forest product mills that produce primary forest products. They are confronted with many operational challenges and issues that can make …
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Productivity, Cost, and Technical Efficiency Evaluation of Southeastern U.S. Logging Contractors
… overall economic health of the southeastern U.S. logging industry was determined by measuring technical efficiency, and by analyzing the demographic, organizational, business, productivity and cost information with a variety of quality control tools. Data Envelopment Analysis, a non-parametric …
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Opportunities to Increase Productivity of the Industrial Wood Supply System Through Improved Planning and Communication
… communication were present in the wood supply industry and to determine how information that was being exchanged was being used in these processes. During 2001, Virginia Tech Forestry Operations researchers completed a study to assess the current state of planning and communication in the …