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Economic Efficiency of Pine Wood Processing in Furniture Production

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dc.abstract.enThe wood industry faces challenges due to rising prices and limited wood availability, putting pressure on material efficiency in wood processing. This justifies the analysis of the relationship between efficiency and economy in pine wood processing. The study aimed to measure the impact of variations in the thickness of logs, changes in the technology of their further processing, and changes in prices of raw materials and products on the material efficiency in the context of large-scale production of furniture elements made of pinewood. The raw material input consisted of three categories of log sizes, from which the specialized purpose lumber was produced. The lumber was then processed into semi-finished furniture elements with three technologies: without detecting natural wood defects, with human detection, and with automatic detection. The study was conducted in Poland from 2020 to 2022. The material efficiencies in every stage of the analyzed wood processing and the cost efficiencies were calculated and analyzed based on the results obtained under real industrial conditions. The main findings are as follows: (1) when comparing the logs in the three tested diameter ranges (14–23 cm, 23–30 cm, and more than 30 cm), it can be observed that the overall material efficiency of sawing is in the range of 70%–85% and increases with the thickness of the log; (2) the share of 38 mm specialized sawn timber in the total amount of sawn timber was 41%–58% and increased with increasing log diameter; (3) the economic efficiency of the technological process is 170%–290%, based on the log size and the technology of further processing employed. The determining factor affecting cost efficiencies is unexpected changes in raw material prices and product demand in 2022. The findings suggest that while improvements in processing technology can boost efficiency, they cannot fully offset the rise in raw wood material prices.
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliationWydział Ekonomiczny
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Mechanicznej Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Prawa i Organizacji Przedsiębiorstw w Agrobiznesie
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Obrabiarek i Podstaw Konstrukcji Maszyn
dc.contributor.authorWieruszewski, Marek
dc.contributor.authorTurbański, Wojciech
dc.contributor.authorMydlarz, Katarzyna
dc.contributor.authorSydor, Maciej
dc.date.access2025-06-23
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-01T05:52:10Z
dc.date.available2025-10-01T05:52:10Z
dc.date.copyright2023-03-28
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>The wood industry faces challenges due to rising prices and limited wood availability, putting pressure on material efficiency in wood processing. This justifies the analysis of the relationship between efficiency and economy in pine wood processing. The study aimed to measure the impact of variations in the thickness of logs, changes in the technology of their further processing, and changes in prices of raw materials and products on the material efficiency in the context of large-scale production of furniture elements made of pinewood. The raw material input consisted of three categories of log sizes, from which the specialized purpose lumber was produced. The lumber was then processed into semi-finished furniture elements with three technologies: without detecting natural wood defects, with human detection, and with automatic detection. The study was conducted in Poland from 2020 to 2022. The material efficiencies in every stage of the analyzed wood processing and the cost efficiencies were calculated and analyzed based on the results obtained under real industrial conditions. The main findings are as follows: (1) when comparing the logs in the three tested diameter ranges (14–23 cm, 23–30 cm, and more than 30 cm), it can be observed that the overall material efficiency of sawing is in the range of 70%–85% and increases with the thickness of the log; (2) the share of 38 mm specialized sawn timber in the total amount of sawn timber was 41%–58% and increased with increasing log diameter; (3) the economic efficiency of the technological process is 170%–290%, based on the log size and the technology of further processing employed. The determining factor affecting cost efficiencies is unexpected changes in raw material prices and product demand in 2022. The findings suggest that while improvements in processing technology can boost efficiency, they cannot fully offset the rise in raw wood material prices.</jats:p>
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dc.description.number4
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dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume14
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/f14040688
dc.identifier.eissn1999-4907
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/5108
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dc.languageen
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dc.relation.pagesart. 688
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enpinewood
dc.subject.enlumber
dc.subject.enprefabrication
dc.subject.enmaterial efficiency
dc.subject.encost efficiency
dc.subject.encost-effectiveness
dc.titleEconomic Efficiency of Pine Wood Processing in Furniture Production
dc.title.volumeSpecial Issue Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management in a Changing World
dc.typeJournalArticle
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