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Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg, Germany

Cutting-edge research and development in logistics, automation, production management, and virtual training. Expertise in integrated forest-to-factory logistics, asset monitoring, energy recovery from wood, sustainability, and RFID tagging. Contact us for tailor-made wood supply chain solutions and biomass-fired cogeneration plants.

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Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg, Germany

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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg, Germany Cutting edge research and development: • Logistics • Automation • Production and Plant Management • Virtual Development and Training

  2. Management, Maintenance Processing,Utilization AssortmentFormation Logging Skidding Storage Transport Extended Wood Logistics Chain Research and Development Fields • Integrated Logistics from the Forest to the Factory • IT based services to control raw material supply chains • GIS, GPS and Galileo supported solutions for asset and vehicle monitoring • Environmental compatibility and sustainability • RF based identification and identification systems • Methods for Energy Recovery from Wood and Biomass • Supply strategies and plant dimensioning • ORC process, plant engineering and determination of energy output

  3. Competencies Customized Technology and Process Engineering • Customized transport, handling and storage systems • Quantity-based assortment formation and processing • Site-based logging methods and systems • Site and supply concepts Mobile Information Exchange with Location Based Services • Order management • Assortments, quantities, sites, statuses, etc. • Positioning and condition monitoring • Routes, weather, equipment, human resources, storage sites, orders, nature, etc. • Route guidance to the last meter • Navigation, routing, GIS, Galileo Tagging and Identification with RFID • Raw material and storage sites • Means of transportation and transport equipment,tools and maintenance assets • Wood processing products

  4. References Saxony-Anhalt Wood Logistics • Complete integral system and mobile services for improving the logistics chain from forest to factory Biomass-fired Cogeneration Plant in Templin • Industrial ORC pilot plant based on the Fraunhofer IFF CHP systems solution Energy Wood Production Chains in Europe “Echaine” • Environmental Analysis for Heat and Power Production

  5. Research Interests in the 7th Framework Programme Tailor-made Wood Supply • Developing logistics and decision support systems for optimized supply chain management, optimizing transport operations for delivery of tailor-made raw materials to satisfy customer specifications and to satisfy customer specifications. • Overcoming economic bottlenecks along the forestry wood chain, providing efficient mobilization of forest raw material. • Mapping forest resources with respect to quantity, dimensions, quality and specific properties using field measurements, geographic information systems and novel remote sensing techniques. Technologies to Boost Heat and Power • Life cycle assessment of the environmental costs and benefits of the utilization of forest residues and biomass from coppices for heat and electricity production at the local and regional level. • Development and demonstration of small-scale biomass-fired power plants based on novel electricity generating techniques.

  6. Contact • Mr Ralf Opierzynski Senior Manager International Projects International Competence Center Logistics (ICCL) ralf.opierzynski@iff.fraunhofer.de • Ms Ina Ehrhardt Head of Department Information Logistics ina.ehrhardt@iff.fraunhofer.de Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation Sandtorstr. 22 39106 Magdeburg Germany www.iff.fraunhofer.de

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