New B.Sc. Wood Products Program at Stellenbosch and Research Capabilities

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New B.Sc. Wood Products Programat
Stellenboschand Research Capabilities
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Wood Science Review November 2000
Xavier Deglise, Professor, School of Wood
Science and Timber Engineering (ENSTIB) Prof
Robert Kennedy, Dean Emeritus Faculty of
Forestry, University of British Columbia Mr John
Mortimer Executive Director South African Lumber
Millers Association
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Panels Recommendations

• ? International trend ? value-adding to primary
  product
• ? Stellenbosch graduates qualified
• Basic Wood Science
• Business Skills
• Engineering Skills
• Production Management in broadest sense
• ? New Dept. of Wood Products
  
  (cont. ?)

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Recommendations (cont.)

• B.Sc. Wood Products
• Models Rosenheim, UBC, Nancy, Vaxjo, Dresden,
  Canterbury
• M.Sc. .
• Ph.D. ..
• M. For. In Wood Products
• 
  (cont. ?)

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Proposed Programme structure
Wood Products Department
High School Leavers
Tertiary Education,
including Port
Elizabeth TechnikonLectures
4 Practical
yearsWorkB.Sc. Wood
B.Com B.Ed B.Sc B.Arch B.Eng B.Tech
Products M.Sc., Ph.D.
Interdisciplinaryin
Wood Science Wood Products

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Wood
Products
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Co-op benefits for industry

• Company becomes partner in development of skilled
  work force for industry
• Up-to-date knowledge wood processing
• Evaluation for future employment
• Money saving ideas from students

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Typical tasks for students during co-ops

• Time motion studies
• Assistance in re-engineering production processes
• Collection of production data
• Hands-on work in production line
• Yield calculations
• Preparation of schedule spreadsheets
• Reports inventory, stock, buying, shipping
• Tracking sources of losses
• Quality control
• Product testing
• Small research project

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Academic courses include(Stellenbosch Program)

• Engineering Mathematics
• Environmental Engineering
• Industrial Ergonomics
• Industrial Management
• Maintenance Technology
• Physics
• Quality assurance
• Statistics
• Wood Products

• Business Management
• Chemistry
• Computer-Aided Engineering
• Computer Literacy
• Decision Theory
• Electrotechnics
• Engineering Drawing
• Engineering Economy
• Engineering Management

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Keywords from Modules

• Entrepreneurship
• CAD/CAM
• Systems approach to problem solving
• Linear programming
• Decision theory
• Circuit theory Electromagnetism
• Works Drawings
• Accounting, balance sheet, cash flow
• Project management
• Supply chain management
• Pollution control

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Keywords (cont.)

• OHSA
• Operations Management
• Facilities Design Layout
• Communication, Management of People, Labour
  Relations
• Maintenance Strategies Management
• Quality Assurance Management
• CNC CMM machines
• ISO 9000 14 000
• Time Motion Studies
• Operations Management, Tactical Production
  Planning, Scheduling
• Production Planning Control

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Research Capabilities