Methodologies for setting timber harvesting rates.

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dc.contributor.authorVisser, R.
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-14T20:35:42Z
dc.date.available2012-10-14T20:35:42Z
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.description.abstractTimber harvesting has always been a major business cost component for forest owners and or forest management companies. One major development in improving harvesting efficiency was the recognition that using independent contractors captured both the innovation skills as well as the motivation to improve productive effectiveness for those managing operations. Since the 1960’s most developed countries extensively use a contractual based harvesting workforce. What combines the forest manager and the harvesting contractor financially, through a contract, is the logging rate. In an idealized open market system the logging rate would be determined by supply and demand of services. However, a true open market system is rarely used to set harvesting rates. This paper discusses what constitutes a harvesting rate and reviews three different methodologies that can be used to develop them. Information was captured through interviews with company representatives in the USA and New Zealand, as well as reviewing relevant literature.en
dc.identifier.citationVisser, R. (2007) Methodologies for Setting timber harvesting rates. Vienna, Austria: Autro2007. Meeting the Needs of Tomorrows´ Forests: New Developments in Forest Engineering, 7-11 Oct. 2007.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/7134
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Forestryen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectlogging ratesen
dc.subjectcosting methodologyen
dc.subjectproduction studiesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::30 - Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences::3007 - Forestry sciences::300799 - Forestry sciences not elsewhere classifieden
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::38 - Economics::3801 - Applied economics::380101 - Agricultural economicsen
dc.titleMethodologies for setting timber harvesting rates.en
dc.typeConference Contributions - Published
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