VENVAL : a plywood mill cost accounting program

Henry N. Spelter

doi:10.2737/FPL-GTR-68

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VENVAL : a plywood mill cost accounting program

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Authors:

Henry N. Spelter

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/FPL-GTR-68

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-68. Madison WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 25 pages.

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Abstract

This report documents a package of computer programs called VENVAL. These programs prepare plywood mill data for a linear programming (LP) model that, in turn, calculates the optimum mix of products to make, given a set of technologies and market prices. (The software to solve a linear program is not provided and must be obtained separately.) Linear programming finds the best solutions for a given set of circumstances. This paper illustrates and describes the software programs of VENVAL and its use in LP for softwood plywood mill operations.

Keywords

Plywood, cost accounting, linear programming, mill scheduling

Citation

Spelter, Henry. 1991. VENVAL : a plywood mill cost accounting program. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-68. Madison WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 25 pages.