XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS

Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997


VOLUME 3, TOPIC 12


    CONTRIBUTION OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF NURSERY PRODUCTION

    M. VukiDevic,1 N. RankoviD,1 A. VlainiD

    The proposed modern concept of operations management in the systems of nursery production, which from the systems management aspect belongs to the category of open systems, is at the tactical level of dynamic systems management and consists of two stages. The essential elements, necessary for the understanding of the concept of operations management, are presented using an an example the first year of production of two-year old Austrian pine seedlings. Stage 1 involves the preparation of an annual plan for each species of seedling, and is presented by a network plan. This stage determines the required manpower and technical resources, the necessary quantities per type of material, finances, etc. Stage 2, based on the network plan, includes the preparation of quarterly plans according to term units (weeks) and is presented by a transplan. This stage enables the elimination of disturbances, e.g. parameter disturbances resulting from changeable microclimatic conditions, by open loop control, analysis of the limited resources in the time function, optimum strategy of managing material supplies, active analysis of changed direct costs resulting from the engaged resources or modified methods or work, etc. The presented concept of operations management in the systems of nursery production has been based on the principles of the theory of systems adapted to the specificities of plant production in nurseries, i.e. work with living material, in open and extensive areas, diversity of assortment and production of seedlings of various tree species, with different characteristics, age, purpose, etc.

    Keywords: Nursery production, open system of management, open loop control, network plan, transplan, direct costs

    1Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade University, Kneza Vieslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Yugoslavia.



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