USAGE OF OR-TOOLS FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT IN FOREST OPERATIONS AT SVEASKOG AFTER THE STORM GUDRUN

The storm Gudrun hit southern Sweden in January 2005 and 70 million cubic meters of forest was wind felled. The existing logistic planning at forest companies in the damaged area had to be changed. There was a direct shortage of both harvest and transportation capacities. Key questions that arised were which terminals to use, where to harvest, where to store, which transportation modes (truck, train, ship) to use. In this paper we describe how the forest company Sveaskog made use of Operations Research (OR) as an important decision support in their logistic planning in the aftermath of the storm.