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Abstract
A company needs to know what it knows and how to take care of this
knowledge. The way forest knowledge is handled within a forest company
is a means to turn knowledge into a source of competitive advantage. Forest
data and its information are important parts of the forest planning. The aim
of this study is to describe and analyze how forest knowledge is used for
timber production planning in a large forest owning company in Sweden.
The study is conducted as a case study at Sveaskog - the largest forest
owning company in Sweden. Concepts and theories from knowledge
management are used. The study is limited to present the forest planning
process from the long term felling strategy until the stands are transferred to
the tract bank. Interviews with key persons within the organization were
used to capture how forest knowledge is used. The information is presented
through the four knowledge management processes: creation, storageretrieving,
transferring and applying. The planning system relies to a great
extent on codified knowledge realized through a push strategy. It appears
that the system works as a consistent whole.