Industrial Wood Supply Strategy

About this programme

This is the second course in the master’s program Industrial Wood Supply Mangement. It focuses on how to structure forestry operations in the long term to sustainably and resource-efficiently supply industries with necessary raw materials. The course content trains the students’ ability to understand and analyze the sustainable forest industrial supply chain from a market-oriented system perspective, so they can participate in the development of systems for more efficient raw material supply chains. The course includes packages of exercises and theory in supply strategy, timber purchase and trade, infrastructure planning, and flow planning. The course can be completed entirely on distance. Teaching takes place from the campus in Umeå, where infrastructure is provided for students who are physically present. The equivalent of 120 credits 60 credits within one of the following subjects/disciplinary domains - forestry science - forest science - forest management - forest and wood engineering 15 credits within forest technology, wood science/wood technology, of which 7,5 credits at second-cycle level within wood science/wood technology 5 credits within geographic information systems (GIS) English 6. Finalized by: Ordföranden för programnämnden för utbildning inom skog (PN-S), 2023-12-22 Valid from : Autumn semester 2026 (2026-08-31) The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.