EXAMINATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS IN AN ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB) BUSINESS WITH SUSTAINABLE VALUE STREAM MAPPING DESIGN (SUS-VSM)
Ahmet Bora Kirklikci
Pages: 75-86
Received: 24 Jul 2024
Published: 18 Nov 2024
DOI: 10.62991/ES1996530998
Views: 1,112
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Abstract: Sustainability in the forest products sector in Turkey depends on the sustainable management of the country's forests, but its importance has been increasing in recent years. Various practices are implemented in the sector for sustainability. However, little is known about the consequences of these practices in forest products businesses. Oriented Strand Board (OSB), an output of the forest products sector, is produced by mixing the chips obtained by chipping small-diameter round wood raw material in the longitudinal direction with glue and wax, and then pressing them under certain pressure and temperature. This study aims to examine sustainability indicators in an OSB business with Sustainable Value Stream Mapping Design (sus-VSM). The research was carried out in a business that has been producing OSB for more than 10 years in Turkey. The business has high quality efficiency (99.7%) in the economic indicator and high material efficiency (97.8%) in the environmental indicator. The safety efficiency level, one of the social indicators, is low (70%). The results showed that the business can be an exemplary business in terms of sustainable production by making improvements in the safety level. It is recommended to add efficiency regarding waste use by sector as a variable to the sus-VSM design in future studies.
Keywords: sustainable production, sustainable value stream mapping, sustainable occupational and health and safety, board industry, forest product sector
Cite this article: Ahmet Bora Kirklikci. EXAMINATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS IN AN ORIENTED STRAND BOARD (OSB) BUSINESS WITH SUSTAINABLE VALUE STREAM MAPPING DESIGN (SUS-VSM). Journal of International Scientific Publications: Ecology & Safety 18, 75-86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.62991/ES1996530998
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