Forest industry supply chain mapping: An application in Louisiana

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2009

Abstract

A project was undertaken for mapping the supply chain of the forest industry in the State of Louisiana, United States. Telephone surveys were conducted, in which the respondents were asked to describe the locations of their top five customers and top five suppliers. Respondents were also asked to classify their company as primary, secondary, or distributor. Most respondents only gave information on one or two of their customers and two to three of their suppliers. The results indicate that Primary industry companies located within Region 4 export 36 percent of their products out of state. The results also show that Secondary industry companies located within Region 4 import 37 percent of their supplies from out of state. The results for the Distributor industry companies indicate that companies located within Region 4 import 25 percent of their supplies from out of state. Products exported from Secondary industry companies have a higher value than products exported from Primary industry companies.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Forest Products Journal

First Page

7

Last Page

16

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