Forestry 4.0: a framework for the forest supply chain toward Industry 4.0

Abstract

Forest industry plays an important role in global economy and has significant influences in our lives and the environment that we live in. With the rapid advancement of digital technologies and industrial transformations towards Industry 4.0, similar trend has been found in the forest industry and especially on its forest procurement side. Forestry 4.0 has been proposed as research initiatives in recent years. However, publications have largely focused on the digital technologies. This article is aimed at presenting a framework to provide a holistic view of Forestry 4.0 from a forest supply chain perspective. The framework consists of four major components including the digital technologies pertinent to each of the supply chain business activities; the network infrastructure; the next generation system intelligence; and the collaborative forest supply chain digital ecosystem. These components are essential for the forest industry transformation to become truly interconnected among its supply chain actors. Some economic, environmental, and social expected benefits of Forestry 4.0 are discussed as well as potential impacts and challenges.

The efficiency of LiDAR HMLS scanning in monitoring forest structure parameters: implications for sustainable forest management

“…, 2022; Ciampi et al. , 2021; Feng and Audy, 2020). Essentially, by exploiting available technologies and the high availability of measurement, big data present great potential in supporting forestry planning and management policies and ensuring the protection and development of forest resources from environmental, economic and social perspectives (Hasan et al.…”

“…Accurate data measurement and timely inventories obtained through precision forestry tools result in more reasonable and efficient decision-making (Hasan et al, 2019). Collected big data can be used for genetic mapping, management prescription, operational control of forestry seeding, forest ecosystems service analysis, EMJB 17,3 digital inventory (RADAR or LiDAR) and forest fire prediction but also include the use of mobile devices in accessing forest information systems and planning tools, supporting decision-making, and improving business performance (Chatterjee et al, 2022;Ciampi et al, 2021;Feng and Audy, 2020). Essentially, by exploiting available technologies and the high availability of measurement, big data present great potential in supporting forestry planning and management policies and ensuring the protection and development of forest resources from environmental, economic and social perspectives (Hasan et al, 2019;Moskal et al, 2009).…”

A Systematic Review on Technologies and Industry 4.0 in the Forest Supply Chain: A Framework Identifying Challenges and Opportunities

“…Based on the forest supply chain in the literature, as shown in Figure 1, the processes include procurement, production, distribution and sales/market [18,19,22]. The activities include forest management, harvesting and transportation [19,23,24]. The independent entities involved in the forest supply chain are forest owners, harvesting enterprises, haulage companies, logistic (transportation) companies, storage sheds, terminals, power plants and bioethanol facilities [19,22].…”

“…Prior to performing this systematic review, the research team identified pre-existing literature reviews that had been conducted on related topics. The existing studies have tended to focus on: the optimization solutions of digital technologies in the forest supply chain [19]; and only considered part of forest supply chain [23,24]. The review developed by [23] was mainly based on three activities of the forest supply chain [23].…”

“…The existing studies have tended to focus on: the optimization solutions of digital technologies in the forest supply chain [19]; and only considered part of forest supply chain [23,24]. The review developed by [23] was mainly based on three activities of the forest supply chain [23]. The authors in [24] reviewed technologies implemented in wood supply but not the entire supply chain [24].…”