I am a professor of manufacturing systems in the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at Virginia Tech and the Director of the Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center. For the past 20 years at Virginia Tech, my passion has been to teach and mentor students for the next generation of managers and leaders. Subjects I teach include computer control applications for forest products manufacturing, lean manufacturing, production operations management, and systems engineering design principles. Recently, I have been primary student advisor to the Wood Enterprise Institute, an experiential learning class where students practice what they learn in a manufacturing business environment. I have extensive training and experience in the area of industrial engineering and process control technologies to improve upon wood products manufacturing. Highlighting one of the key successes in this area, I have worked closely for many years with scientists from Electrical Engineering and from the USDA Forest Service to develop and patent machine vision technologies applied to lumber scanning and grading.
My experience has shown that developing or applying a technology in isolation from the core market focus of a business usually gets in the way of its value-adding effectiveness. Such experience has shifted my focus now toward applying systems engineering technologies to help link production capability more closely to true market demand. This focus has led to the joint venture between the College of Natural Resources and Pamplin’s College of Business through the creation of the Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech. The main goal of the Sloan Center is to facilitate collaborative efforts between the two Colleges and their stakeholders to help develop sustainable methods that keep activities in the forest industry’s value chain in balance with consumer demand. The bottom line message from the Sloan Center’s efforts: it much easer to balance the equation “business sustainability = resource sustainability” when the end-consumer is considered as an integral part of the system.
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Continuous Improvement Technologies
Lean Manufacturing Methods
Production Operations Management
Computer Applications in Manufacturing
Process Automation and Process Control
Investigator(s): Buehlmann, Urs, D. Earl Kline, and Phil Araman
Sponsor: Virginia Cooperative Extension
Amount: $1,776
March 24, 2009 - May 14, 2009
Workshop for remaining competitive in hardwood components production
Investigator(s): Urs Buehlmann, Brian Bond, Thomas Walthousen, Steve Lawser, Earl Kline, Steve Ehle, Jan Wiedenbeck, and Ed Thomas
Sponsor: National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA)
Amount: $5,000
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Online Distance Learning Course Development
Investigator(s): Quesada-Pineda, H., Kline, D.E., Bond, B. and Buehlmann, U
Sponsor: Provost Online Course Development Fund at Virginia Tech
Amount: $13,368
March 9, 2009 - June 30, 2010
Small and medium sized enterprises (SME): The future of the U.S. hardwood lumber industry
Investigator(s): Urs Buehlmann, Tod Riggio, Earl Kline, Shawn Grushecky, Scott Bowe, Daniel Saloni, Adam Taylor, Matthew Bumgardner, and Al Schuler
Sponsor: Wood Education Resource Center (WERC); USDA Forest Service
Amount: $197,572 with $98,786 from WERC
August 15, 2008 - August 14, 2010
In kind contribution: Donation of Cherry Lumber for the WEI program
Investigator(s): Quesada-Pineda, H. and Kline, D.E
Sponsor: Frank Miller Lumber Company
Amount: $4,500
November 1, 2008 - December 1, 2009
Experiential Business Learning Environment through the Wood Enterprise Institute
Investigator(s): Earl Kline
Sponsor: Virginia Tech, Provost Office Summer Session Grant Program
Amount: $5000
January 1, 2008 - January 31, 2008
Total Productive Maintenance for the Wood Products Industry
Investigator(s): Earl Kline and Brian Brashaw
Sponsor: Wood Education Resource Center, USDA Forest Service
Amount: $84,500 (VT Share: $42,250)
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2009
Advanced Lean Production and Certification for the Wood Products Manufacturing Industries
Investigator(s): Earl Kline and Steve Hunter
Sponsor: Wood Education Resource Center, USDA Forest Service
Amount: $25,000 (VT share: $12,500)
January 1, 2006 - January 30, 2008
Woods to Goods: Creating a web-based community to promote sustainable and competitive forest to consumer value streams
Investigator(s): Brian Bond, Dan Cumbo, Earl Kline, Jim Johnson, Eileen Van Aken
Sponsor: USDA Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center
Amount: $179,378
A Simulation Decision Support System for Rapid Comparison of Lean vs. Batch Furniture Manufacturing
Investigator(s): D. Earl Kline
Sponsor: Mississippi State University/Wood Education Resource Center
Amount: $25,100
September 9, 2005 - February 28, 2007
Meeting the needs of the Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) Constituents
Investigator(s): DavidBrinberg, Earl Kline, Kent Nakamoto, Dan Cumbo
Sponsor: USDA Forest Service, Wood Education and Resource Center
Amount: $157,500
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2007
Development of a Lean Manufacturing Based Management Tool for the Secondary Hardwood Manufacturing Industry
Investigator(s): D. Earl Kline and Dan Cumbo
Sponsor: USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
Amount: $8000
7/1/04 - 12/31/05
Lean Rough Mill Management
Investigator(s): Dan Cumbo, D. Earl Kline, Robert L. Smith
Sponsor:
Amount: $15,145
8/03 - 7/04
Refereed Journal Publications
Rappold, P, D. E. Kilne, B. H. Bond, and J. Wiedenbeck.
2009.
Rediprocal estimation of the raw material cost of producing hardwood lumber using the principles of activity-based costing.
Forest Products Journal
59(7/8):84,90.
Buehlmann, U., J. K. Wiedenbeck, R Noble, and D. E. Kline.
2008.
Creating a Standardized and Simplified Cutting Bill Using Group Technology.
Wood and Fiber Science
40(1):29-41.
Buehlmann, Urs, D. Earl Kline, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, and Robert Noble, Jr.
2008.
The influence of cutting bill requirements on lumber yield using a fractional factorial design - Part II: Correlation and number of part sizes.
Wood and Fiber Science
40(4):610-619.
Buehlmann, Urs, D. Earl Kline, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, and Robert Noble, Jr.
2008.
Validation of the Standardized and Simplified Cutting Bill.
Wood and Fiber Science
40(2):202-213.
Buehlmann, Urs, D. Earl Kline, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, and Robert Noble, Jr.
2008.
The influence of cutting bill requirements on lumber yield using a fractional factorial design - Part I: Linearity and least squares.
Wood and Fiber Science
40(4):599-609.
Bond, Brian H., D. Earl Kline, and Philip A. Araman.
2007.
Differentiating defects in red oak lumber using color, shape and density.
Wood and Fiber Science
34(4):516-528.
Cumbo, D., D. Earl Kline, and Matthew S. Bumgardner.
2006.
Benchmarking Performance Measurement and Lean Manufacturing in the Rough Mill.
Forest Products Journal
56(6):25-30.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Gate-to-gate life-cycle inventory of oriented strandboard production.
Wood and Fiber Science
37(CORRIM Reports):74-84.
Buehlmann, Urs, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, and D. Earl Kline.
2003.
Effect of Cutting Bill Requirements on Lumber Yield in a Rip-First Rough Mill.
Wood and Fiber Science
35(2):187-200.
Sepulveda, P., D.E.Kline, and J.Oja.
2003.
Prediction of Fiber Orientation in Norway Spruce Logs Using an X-Ray Log Scanner: A Preliminary Study.
Wood and Fiber Science
35(3):409-428.
Kline, D. E., C. Surak, and P. A. Araman.
2003.
Automated hardwood lumber grading utilizing a multiple sensor machine vision technology.
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
41(1-3):139-155.
Abbott, A. L. and D. E. Kline.
2003.
Imaging and Analysis of Logs and Lumber.
Computer and Electronics in Agriculture
41(1-3):1-6.
Bowe, S. A., R.L. Smith, D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman .
2002.
A Segmental Analysis of Current and Future Scanning and Optimizing Technology in the Hardwood Sawmill Industry.
Forest Products Journal
52(3):68-76.
Dan W. Cumbo*, Robert L. Smith, D. Earl Kline.
2001.
Characterizing adopters of automated lumber grading systems.
Forest Products Journal
51(7/8):37-43.
Nyström, J., and D. E. Kline.
2000.
Automatic classification of compression wood in green southern yellow pine.
Wood and Fiber Science 32(3):301-310
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Kline, D. Earl, A. Widoyoko, Janice K. Wiedenbeck, and Philip A. Araman.
1998.
Performance of color camera machine vision in automated furniture rough mill systems.
Forest Products Journal
48(3):38-45.
Buehlmann, U., J. K. Wiedenbeck, and D. E. Kline.
1998.
Character-marked furniture: potential for lumber yield increase in rip-first rough mills.
Forest Products Journal 48(4):43-50
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Conners, R. W., D. E. Kline, P. A. Araman, and T. H. Drayer.
1997.
Machine Vision Technology in the Forest Products Industry: A Multiple Sensor Approach.
IEEE Computer 30(7):38-45
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Lin, W., D. E. Kline, P. A. Araman, and J. K. Wiedenbeck.
1995.
Design and evaluation of log-to-dimension manufacturing systems using system simulation.
Forest Products Journal 45(3):37-44
.
Lin, W., D. E. Kline, P. A. Araman, and J. K. Wiedenbeck.
1995.
Producing hardwood dimension parts directly from logs: an economic feasibility study.
Forest Products Journal 45(6):38-46
.
Lin, W., D. E. Kline, and P. Araman.
1994.
Dimension yields from Factory Grade 2 and 3 red oak logs.
Forest Products Journal 44(9):19-25
.
Kline, D. E., C. Regalado, E. M. Wengert, F. M. Lamb, and P. A. Araman.
1993.
Effect of hardwood sawmill edging and trimming practices on furniture part production.
Forest Products Journal 43(3):22-26
.
Wiedenbeck, J. K. and D. E. Kline.
1993.
System simulation modeling: a case study of the model development life cycle.
Wood and Fiber Science 26(2):192-204
.
Wirt, D. L., F. E. Woeste, D. E. Kline, T. E. McLain.
1992.
Design procedures for post frame end walls.
Applied Engineering in Agriculture 8(1):97-105
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Taylor, S. E., D. A. Bender, D. E. Kline, and K. S. Kline.
1992.
Comparison of approaches for modeling the effect of length on lumber tensile strength.
Forest Products Journal
42(2):23-30.
Regalado, C., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1992.
Optimal edging and trimming of hardwood lumber.
Forest Products Journal 42(2):8-14
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Araman, P. A., D. L. Schmoldt, T. H. Cho, D. Zhu, R. W. Conners, and D. E. Kline.
1992.
Machine vision systems for processing hardwood lumber and logs.
AI Applications
6(2):13-26.
Regalado, C., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1992.
Value of defect information in automated hardwood edger and trimmer systems.
Forest Products Journal 42(3):29-34
.
Kline, D. E., J. K. Wiedenbeck, and P. A. Araman.
1992.
Management of wood products manufacturing using simulation/animation.
Forest Products Journal 42(2):45-52
.
Kline, D. E. and D. A. Bender.
1990.
Maximum likelihood estimation for shifted Weibull and lognormal distributions.
Transactions of the ASAE
33(1):330-335.
Bender, D. A., D. E. Kline, and B. A. McCarl.
1990.
Postoptimal linear programming analysis for farm machinery.
Transactions of the ASAE
33(1):15-20.
McCarl, B. A., D. E. Kline, and D. A. Bender.
1990.
Improving on shadow price information for identifying critical farm machinery.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics
71(8):582-588.
Kline, D. E., D. A. Bender, and B. A. McCarl.
1989.
FINDS: Farm-Level Intelligent Decision Support System.
Applied Engineering in Agriculture
5(2):273-282.
Kline, D. E., D. A. Bender, B. A. McCarl, C. E. Van Donge.
1988.
Machinery selection using expert systems and linear programming.
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
3(1):45-61.
Kline, D. E., D. A. Bender, and J. L. Nieber.
1987.
Modified regression approach for modeling probability distributions.
Transactions of the ASAE
30(3):697-702.
Kline, D. E., D. A. Bender, W. A. LePori, and J. K. Schueller.
1986.
Evaluation of automated cable-drawn tillage systems using simulation.
Transactions of the ASAE
29(6):1549-1553.
Kline, D. E., F. E. Woeste, and B. A. Bendtsen.
1985.
Stochastic Model for Modulus of Elasticity of Lumber.
Wood and Fiber Science
18(2):228-238.
Kline, D. E., F. E. Woeste, V. O. Shanholtz, and J. F. Reid.
1985.
Co-generation of hourly dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures.
Transactions of the ASAE
28(3):875-880.
Trade Journal Publications
Brian Bond and Earl Kline.
2009.
Preventative Maintenance Efforts Start with Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
Pallet EnterpriseApril, pp. 56-59.
D. Earl Kline.
2008.
Forest Industry Sustainability begins with the Customer.
HMR Executive2(11):1-2,4.
Brian Bond and Earl Kline.
2008.
Preventative Maintenance Programs Increase Productivity and Reduce Costs.
TimberLine14(10):39.
Brian Bond and Earl Kline.
2008.
Preventative Maintenance Programs Increase Productivity and Reduct Costs.
Pallet EnterpriceOctober, pp. 36-37.
P.M. Winistorfer, C. Becker III, D.E. Kline .
2005.
Will Virginia's Forest Industry Survive Global Competition? .
Virginia Forests, Virginia Forestry Association. VOL. LXI (3):10-14.
Dan Cumbo and D. Earl Kline.
2005.
Taking Stock of the Lean Rough Mill.
Wood and Wood Products. January, 2005.
Dan Cumbo and D. Earl Kline.
2004.
Opportunities Provided by Lean Manufacturing.
Pallet Central (2):13-15.
Other Publications
Buehlmann, Urs and Earl Kline.
2009.
Lean thinking workshop series concluded.
Inside VTWood 4(17):2-3.
Buehlmann, Urs and Earl Kline.
2009.
Lean thinking workshop in Harrisonburg, VA.
Inside VTWood 4(11):4.
Brinberg, David, Earl Kline, Delton Alderman, Philip Araman, Ed Cesa, Steve Milauskas, Tom Walthousen, Jan Wiedenbeck.
2008.
Exploring research priorities for the North American hardwood industry.
Feature Article, Forest Products Journal 58(3):6-15.
Earl Kline.
2008.
Students Run a Business in an Academic Setting.
CNR Newsletter, Fall 2008.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Demand Driven Supply Chains for Successful Market Competitiveness.
2006 Annual Magazine, Tennessee Forestry Association. P. 15.
Taylor Leonard.
2005.
Time-based Manufacturing System Design for Softwood Lumber Production.
Masters Thesis. Major Professor: Kline, D. Earl.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Lean Manufacturing Approach Offers Potential, Challenges.
Interview by Thomas G. Dolan, Pallet Enterprise. 12/1/2005. http://www.palletenterprise.com/articledatabase/view.asp?articleID=1796.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Lean Manufacturing - An Idea Whose Time is Coming to Forest Products.
Interview by Thomas G. Dolan, Pallet Enterprise. 11/1/2005. http://www.palletenterprise.com/articledatabase/view.asp?articleID=1516.
D. Earl Klne.
2005.
Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech.
Center Focus, Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, Virginia Tech.
Kline, D. E.
2004.
Machine vision systems to grade and process hardwood lumber", Report of the Forest Service, Fiscal Year 1992, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC, February 1993.
p 78.
Cumbo, Dan, Earl Kline, and Bob Smith.
2004.
Interview with a Continuous Improvement Engineer: Background Work To Do and Pitfalls To Avoid For A Successful Lean Transformation.
Research Update, Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. March. 2 pgs.
Cumbo, Dan, Earl Kline, and Robert Smith.
2003.
An Introduction To Lean Manufacturing With Emphasis On The Wood Products Industry.
Report to the Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management membership. 2 pgs.
Kline, D. E. .
2003.
Life Cycle Performance of Wood Building Materials- Southeastern Oriented Strandboard Prodution. Final Report Submitted to Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials ( CORRIM, Inc.).
Seattle, WA. December .
Kline, D.E., D. W. Cumbo, and R. Lovorn.
2003.
VFPA 2003 Summer Confernce - Lean Manufacturing: Doing More With Less.
Virginia Forest Products Association Newsletter. July-August.
Cumbo, D. and D. E. Kline.
2002.
Measuring Value Chain Performance With Emphasis On The Forest Products Industry.
Report to Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management membership. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. 27 pgs.
Kline, D. Earl.
2002.
Research Assignment Leave Final Report.
Office of the University Provost, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
2002.
Oriented Strandboard - Southeast. Phase II Interim Report.
Submitted to Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM, Inc.), Seattle, Washington.
Kline, D. E.
2002.
Oriented Strandboard - Southeast. Appendix E. In: Life Cycle Environmental Performance of Renewable Building Materials in the Context of Residential Building Construction.
Phase I Interim Research Report on the Research Plan to Develop Environmental-Performance Measures for Renewable Building Materials with Alternatives for Improved Performance. Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM, Inc), Seattle, Washington.
Kline, D. E.
2002.
Oriented Strandboard - Southeast. Phase II Interim Report.
ubmitted to Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM, Inc.), Seattle, Washington.
2. Cumbo, D. and D. E. Kline. 2002. Measuring value chain performance with emphasis on the forest products industry. Center for Forest Products Marketing, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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Kline, D.E., A. L. Hammett, N. Hosterman, and P. A. Araman .
2002.
Life Cycles Analysis: Potential for Hardwood Floorings From Recycled From Pallet Material .
Forest Products Society 53rd Annual Meeting. Boise, ID. June.
Kline, D. Earl.
2001.
Evaluation of Multi-sensor Machine Vision Systems for Automated Lumber Grading.
Final Report, Cooperative Research Agreement No. SRS 33-CA-99-732, submitted to the Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Cumbo, Dan W., Scott A. Bowe, Robert L. Smith, and D. Earl Kline.
2001.
Scanning and optimization technology in the hardwood industry.
Report to the Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management. 18 pp.
Bowe, S., R. Smith, P. Araman, and D.E. Kline.
2000.
Use of Advanced Hardwood Sawmill Equipment and Desired Features for Next Generation Systems.
Final Report. Center for Forest Products Marketing and Mangement. 9 pgs .
Kline, D. E. and R. W. Conners.
1999.
Characterization of Wood Features Using Multi-Sensor Information.
Final Report, USDA-NRICGP Grant #97-35103-5145, Submitted to the USDA CSREES, Washington, D. C.
Kline, D. E.
1999.
Performance evaluation of the CAPH Center's multi-sensor lumber inspection system.
Final Cooperative Research Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
1998.
Performance data for the wood furniture industry.
Final Cooperative Research Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Princeton, West Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
1997.
The information superhighway: its role in our scientific community.
Wood and Fiber Science 29(1):1.
Kamke, F.A.; E. Kultikova and C.E. Lenth.
1996.
Influence of resin distribution on OSB properties.
report to Structural Board Association, Willowdale, Ontario. 73 pp.
Lin, T. and D. E. Kline.
1994.
Computer simulation of a wood furniture job shop.
Final Visiting Scientist Research Report, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
1994.
utomatic edging and trimming of hardwood lumber - Phase III.
Cooperative Research Final Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Sarin, S., and D. E. Kline.
1994.
Development of an integrated production control system for furniture manufacturing: Phase I.
Final Cooperative Research Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Princeton, West Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
1993.
Automatic edging and trimming of hardwood lumber - Phase II.
Cooperative Research Final Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
1992.
Automatic edging and trimming of hardwood lumber.
Cooperative Research Final Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E.
1992.
Optimizing processing systems which convert hardwood logs to rough dimension stock - Phase II.
Cooperative Research Final Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E..
1990.
Optimizing processing systems which convert hardwood logs to rough dimension stock. - Phase I.
Cooperative Research Final Report submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Kline, D. E., J. F. Reid, and F. E. Woeste.
1982.
Computer simulation of hourly dry-bulb temperatures.
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 82-5, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Conference Proceedings
Quesada-Pineda, H. and Kline, D.E.
2009.
The Wood Enterprise Institute (WEI) Internship: A New Model to Foster Partnerships between Firms and Universities.
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. The Inn at Virginia Tech. February 18. Blacksburg, VA.
Brandon Martin, Earl Kline, Steve Prisley, Rien Visser.
2007.
Online information systems for today's Forest industry.
Austro2007/FORMEC´07: Meeting the Needs of Tomorrows´ Forests – New Developments in Forest Engineering, October 7 – 11, 2007, Vienna and Heiligenkreuz – Austria.
Kline, D. E., C. Surak, and P. A. Araman.
2004.
A lumber grading system for the future --- an update evaluation.
In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Hardwood Symposium, May 11-13, 2000, Canaan Valley, West Virginia. pp. 123-129.
Kline, D. Earl, Philip A. Araman and Chris Surak.
2002.
Evaluation of automated lumber grading system.
The Ninth Conference on Wood Industry. 145-151.
D. Earl Kline, Philip A. Araman, and Chris Surak*.
2001.
Evaluation of an automated hardwood lumber grading system.
Proceedings of ScanTech 2001, Wood Machining Institute, Berkeley, California 94701. pp. 141 - 151.
Bowe, S., R. Smith, P. Araman, and D. E. Kline.
2000.
Use of advanced hardwood sawmill equipment and desired features for next generation systems.
In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Hardwood Symposium, May 11-13, 2000, Canaan Valley, West Virginia. pp. 131-140.
Kline, D. E., C. Surak, and P. A. Araman.
2000.
Evaluation of a multi-sensor machine vision system for automated hardwood lumber grading.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Processing and Scanning of Wood, August 21-23, 2000, Mountain Lake, Virginia. pp. 79-87.
Cumbo, D., D. E. Kline, and R. L. Smith.
2000.
Features lumber people desire in an automated lumber grading system.
In: Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Hardwood Symposium, May 11-13, 2000, Canaan Valley, West Virginia. pp. 115-122.
Kline, D. E., R. W. Conners, and P. A. Araman.
2000.
Technology to sort lumber by color and grain for furniture parts.
In: Proceedings of the Quality Lumber Drying in the Pacific Northwest, September 30 - October 2, 1999, Seattle, Washington. pp. 67-73.
Buehlmann, U., R. Noble Jr., and D. E. Kline.
1999.
Lumber yield estimation using the method of least squares.
Proceedings of the Conference on Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing (FAIM). Tilburg, Netherlands. pp. 657-673.
Bond, B. H., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1998.
Characterization of defects in lumber using color shape, and density information.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Multisource-Multisensor Information Fusion, CSREA Press, pp. 581-587.
Lu, Q., R. W. Conners, D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1997.
A real-time algorithm for color sorting edge-glued panel parts.
International Conference on Image Processing, IEEE Signal Processing Society, Santa Barbara, California, Vol. 1 pp. 822-825.
Lu, Q., S. Srikanteswara, W. E. King, T. H. Drayer, R. W. Conners, D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1997.
A machine vision system for color sorting edge-glued panel parts.
Proceedings, IECON '97 - 23rd International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, Vol. 3, pp. 1460-1464.
Kline, D. E.
1997.
Scanning and control technologies in hardwood processing: an overview.
Proceedings of the Eastern Hardwood Resources, Technologies, and Markets Conference, Forest Products Society, April 21-23, 1997, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. pp. 81-90.
Kline, D. E., R. W. Conners, and P. A. Araman.
1997.
Scanning hardwood lumber for processing and grading --- what to do and why.
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Scanning Technology and Process Optimization for the Wood Products Industry, Miller Freeman, Inc. pp. 49-59.
Srikanteswara, S., Q. Lu, W. E. King, T. H. Drayer, R. W. Conners, D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1997.
Real-time implementation of a color sorting system.
Proceedings of SPIE 3205:170-179.
Kline, D. E. and O. Rykov.
1997.
Comparison of color-based and x-ray-based machine vision systems.
Proceedings of the International Forum on Problems of Science, Technology, and Education. Moscow, Russia. pp. 67-88 (in Russian).
Conners, R. W., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1996.
Parts color matching scanner for edge gluing --- research that works.
In: Hardwood Symposium Proceedings 1996, May 8-11, 1996, Cashiers, North Carolina, pp. 109-116.
Conners, R. W., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1996.
Automatic color sorting system for hardwood edge-glued panel parts.
In: the Third International Symposium on Computers in Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturing, May 7-8, 1996, High Point, North Carolina. pp 115-120.
Araman, P. A., D. E. Kline and M. F. Winn.
1996.
A computer program you can use: edging and trimming trainer.
In: Hardwood Symposium Proceedings 1996, May 8-11, 1996, Cashiers, North Carolina. pp. 61-68.
Araman, P. A., W. Lin, and D. E. Kline.
1995.
Research on producing green dimension directly from hardwood logs.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Hardwood Symposium, May 17-10, 1995, pp 91-97.
Conners, R. W., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1995.
Developing a multi sensor scanning system for hardwood inspection and processing.
Proceedings, 2nd International Workshop/Seminar on Scanning Technology and Image Processing on Wood, Skelleftea, Sweden, Technical Report. pp 107-118.
Conners, R. W., D. E. Kline, and P. A. Araman.
1994.
A multiple sensor machine vison system technology for the hardwood secondary remanufacturing industry.
Proceedings from the Second International Symposium on Computers in Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturing., August 23-24, 1994., pp 155-161.
Kline, D. E., S. C. Sarin, S. Aggarwal, D. Prakash, and R. L. Brisbin.
1994.
Integrated production control in furniture manufacturing.
Proceedings from the Second International Symposium on Computers in Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturing., August 23-24, 1994., pp 119-143.
Kline, D. E., R. W. Conners, D. L. Schmoldt, P. A. Araman, and R. L. Brisbin.
1993.
A multiple sensor machine vision system for automatic hardwood feature detection.
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Scanning Technology in the Wood Industry, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 1-11.
Conners, R. W., D. E. Kline., P. A. Araman, and R. L. Brisbin.
1992.
Reflections on the development of a machine vision technology for the forest products industry.
Proceedings of the Taiwan/USA Joint Workshop on KBES for the Furniture Industry, Pingtung, Taiwan, pp. 6-1 - 6-11.
Kline, D. E.
1992.
Knowledge-based expert systems in process engineering-part I: basic concepts.
Proceedings of the Taiwan/USA Joint Workshop on KBES for the Furniture Industry, Pingtung, Taiwan, pp. 7-1 - 7-11.
Kline, D. E.
1992.
Knowledge-based expert systems in process engineering-part II: applications for furniture manufacturing.
Proceedings of the Taiwan/USA Joint Workshop on KBES for the Furniture Industry, Pingtung, Taiwan, pp. 9-1 - 9-12.
Massey, J. G. and D. E. Kline.
1992.
Artificial intelligence applications in wood science.
Proceedings of the IUFRO All-Division 5 Conference, Nancy, France, pp. 861-871.
Kline, D. E., P. A. Araman, and C. Regalado.
1991.
Increasing hardwood lumber recovery and value at the edger and trimmer.
Proceedings of the 1991 Forest Industries' Wood Technology Clinic & Show, Portland, Oregon, pp 1-13.
Conners, R. W., C. T. Ng, T. H. Drayer, J. G. Tront, D. E. Kline, and C. J. Gatchell.
1990.
Computer vision hardware system for automatic rough mills of furniture plants.
Proceedings of SPIE, Applications of Artificial Intelligence VIII, Orlando, Florida, pp 1-16. .
Kline, D. E. and P. A. Araman.
1990.
Computer simulation of a hardwood processing plant.
Proceedings of the Southeastern Section of the Forest Products Research Society, Process Control/Production Management of Wood Products: Technology for the 90's, Athens, Georgia, pp 41-50.
Presentations
Kline, Earl and Urs Buehlmann.
2009.
Lean Thinking .
Lean Thinking for Managers, Supervisors, and Entrepreneurs. Danville, VA. May 2009.
Kline, Earl and Urs Buehlmann.
2009.
Lean Thinking .
Lean Thinking for Managers, Supervisors, and Entrepreneurs. Virginia Beach, VA. May 2009.
Kline, Earl and Buehlmann, Urs.
2009.
Lean Thinking.
Lean Thinking for Managers, Supervisors, and Entrepreneurs. Abingdon, VA. April 2009.
Kline, Earl and Urs Buehlmann.
2009.
Lean Thinking .
Lean Thinking for Managers, Supervisors, and Entrepreneurs. Harrisonburg, VA. March 2009.
D. Earl Kline and Francisco X. Aguilar.
2009.
Location and Clustering in a Resource-based Industry: Practical and Policy Implications to the Wood Products Industry.
Conference Presentation at the 2009 Annual Industry Studies Association Conference, Chicago IL, May 27-29, 2009.
Earl Kline.
2009.
Lean thinking and forest products competitiveness.
Workshop Presentation at the Remaining Competitive in Hardwood Components Production conference, Princeton, WV, April 20-21, 2009.
Earl Kline.
2009.
Sloan Center and Wood Enterprise Institute Update.
Presentation at the Business and Research Opportunities for Virginia Hardwood Products Workshop, Sponsored by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 3, 2009.
Quesada-Pineda, H., Gazo, R. and Kline, E.
2009.
The Research and Innovation Process in the Wood Products Industry: A Framework to Pursue Competitiveness.
Forest Products Society 63rd International Convention. Process/Quality Control. Poster Session. June 21-23, Boise, ID.
D. Earl Kline.
2009.
Energy Stratigies: Environmental and Energy Issues Panel.
Volatile Energy Costs, Uncertain Economy, and Future Environmental Regulations: Linkages, Coping Strategies, and Research Needs, Panel Presentation at the National Research Center for Coal and Energy (NRCCE, West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV, April 22 – 23, 2009
.
Kline, D. Earl.
2008.
Impacts of High and Volatile Energy Costs: the Forest Industries.
Invited Presentation. Workshop on Impacts of High and Volatile Energy Costs on Energy Intensive Industries, National Research Center for Coal and Energy, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 9-10.
Earl Kline.
2008.
Woods to Goods and Lean Manufacturing - project results.
Invited presentation, Director's Management Review of the Wood Education and Resource Center, Princeton, West Virginia, June 11.
D. Earl Kline.
2008.
Lean Manufacturing.
Invited Presentation, NAASF Forest Utilization Committee Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 3.
Kline, D. Earl.
2008.
Demand driven materials management: from the “woods” to the consumer.
Invited Presentation. TMS Annual Meeting & Expo, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 9-13.
Stiess, Timothy and D. Earl Kline.
2008.
The Woods to Goods Community: Building Supply Chain Partnerships and Meeting End-User’s Needs.
Poster Presentation. Panel World Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, February 7-9.
Kline, Earl and Brian Bond.
2008.
Total Productive Maintenace for the Forest Products Industry.
50th Annual Convention. Virginia Forest Products Association, Williamsburg, Virginia, February 15-17.
Kline, D. Earl.
2007.
Forest Industries Center Research: Woods to Goods Demand Driven Supply Chains.
Poster presentation at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Affiliates, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, March 30.
Garrett Norman and Earl Kline.
2007.
Rough Mill Management for the Lean Customer.
Technical Session at the Forest Products Society, 61st International Convention, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 11.
Earl Kline and Brian Brashaw.
2007.
Application of Manufacturing Simulation Games for Change Management Training in the Wood Products Industry.
Technical Session at the Forest Products Society, 61st International Convention, June 13, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Kline, D. Earl.
2007.
5-S: The 1st Building Block of Continuous Improvement.
Bifold Reflection 5S Continuous Improvement Event, CMI Craftmaster Doors, Christiansburg, Virginia, July 18.
D. Earl Kline.
2007.
Lean concepts --- doing more with less.
Commonwealth of Virginia Energy and Sustainability Conference, October 18, Lexington, Virginia.
Kline, D. Earl.
2007.
Demand Driven Supply Chains.
Invited presentation for the Sloan Foundation Workshop on Globalization and the Real Estate Industry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, March 2.
Stiess, Timothy, D. Earl Kline, Brian H. Bond, and Omar A. Espinoza.
2007.
Woods to Goods: Sustainable Forest to Consumer Supply Chains.
Poster presentation at the Deans Forum on the Envinronment, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, Feburary 26.
Kline, D. Earl and Brandon Martin.
2007.
Woods to Goods Supply Chain Management Concept.
Annual Meeting of the Virginia Forest Products Association, Williamsburg, Virginia, February 3.
Kline, D. Earl.
2007.
Forest Industry Competitiveness.
Invited Presentation to Rick Boucher Congressional Staff Visit, Brooks Forest Products Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, October 23.
Earl Kline.
2007.
Lean Systems to Improve Competitiveness.
Technical Session at the Forest Products Society, 61st International Convention, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 11.
Kline, D. Earl.
2007.
Continuous Improvement Philosophies for the Secondary Industry.
Innovation and Technology in the Primary and Secondary Forest Products Industries, Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Section of the Forest Products Society, Memphis, Tennessee, January 17-18.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Forest Industry Competitiveness: Woods to Goods, Value Streams.
Presentation to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Brooks Forest Products Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 20.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Woods to Goods: RFID tracking and GIS technologies.
Graduate and Faculty Seminar, Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, Blacksburg, Virginia, February 28.
Kline, D. Earl and David Brinberg.
2006.
Tailored Technolgy Transfer for AHFA Members.
Board Meeting, American Home Furnishings Alliance, High Point, North Carolina, April 30.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Forest Industry Competitiveness: Woods to Goods, Value Streams.
Presentation to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Brooks Forest Products Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 20.
Kline, D. Earl and Brandon Martin.
2006.
Woods to Goods Value Chain.
Presentation to the IFO Industry Cooperative Advisory Board, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 15.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Woods to Goods.
Stiles Executive Briefing Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 19-21.
Dan Shipman and D. Earl Kline.
2006.
Veneer Inventory System Study.
Final Presentation and report. Undergraduate Independent Study - WOOD 4974. Merillat, Atkins, VA. May 4, 2006.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
Consumer Driven Marketing: Woods to Goods Value Chains.
Invited Presentation at the Tennessee Forestry Association, Nashville, Tennessee, September 6-8.
Kline, D. Earl, Dan W. Cumbo, Timothy Stiess, and Brian H. Bond.
2006.
Woods-to-Goods: Measuring the Quality Screen for the Forest to the Consumer Supply Chain.
Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Forest Products Society, Newport Beach, California, June 25-28.
Kline, D. Earl.
2006.
The Secrets to Growing Manufacturing Sectors in the Forest Industries.
Invited Session Presentation at the 2006 NIST MEP National Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 24.
Brinberg, David and D. Earl Kline.
2005.
Overview of the Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center.
Fall Advisory Board Meeting, Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 28.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Life-cycle environmental performance of renewable building materials.
Invited Presentation, Graduate Seminar Series, Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, March 1.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech.
Seminar, Wood Materials Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, June 28.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech.
Fall Advisory Board Meeting, Wood Based Composites Center, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 28.
Brinberg, David, Anne Collins Albimino, and Earl Kline.
2005.
The Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center.
Poster Presentation, Outreach Now -- A Forum on the Scholarship of Outreach, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 28.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech.
Invited Speaker, 2005 Plant Tour Event Banquet, Wood Component Manufacturers Association, Wytheville, Virginia, October 3.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Understanding Forest to Consumer Value Streams: RFID Tracking and GIS Visualization Technologies.
Sloan Foundation Seminar Series on Radio Frequency Identification, Baylor University, Baylor, Texas, October 20-21.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech.
Presentation at the Summer Conference, Virginia Forest Products Association, Hot Springs, Virginia, July 9.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
The Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech.
Presentation, Department of Forest Products, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, June 29.
Rappold, Patrick, D. Earl Kline, Brian H. Bond, and Janice K. Wiedenbeck.
2005.
Measuring grade and volume of lumber produced at the log breakdown machine centers in a hardwood sawmill.
Technical Session Presentation, 59th International Convention, Forest Products Society, Quebec City, Canada, June 19-22.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Overview of the Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center: Current Status and Future Plans.
Seminar to the Department of Forestry, Blacksburg, Virginia, September 16.
Kline, D. Earl and David Brinberg.
2005.
Supporting Global Business Competitiveness through the Sloan Foundation.
17th Annual Management Conference, Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association, Hershey, Pennsylvania, September 24-27.
Kline, D. Earl.
2005.
Understanding Lean Manufacturing for Furniture Design.
Invited Lecture, FNR 419 - Furniture and Cabinet Design and Manufacture, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, March 2.
Kline, D. Earl.
2004.
Integrating Lean Manufacturing Into Your Business.
Invited presentation, KCMA 16th Annual Management Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 19.
Kline, D. Earl.
2004.
Creating a Sustainable Forestry Industry in Virginia - A New Initiative at Vriginia Tech.
46th Annual Convention, Virginia Forest Products Association, Williamsburg, Virginia, January 30- February 1.
Kline, D. Earl.
2003.
Management initiative for the Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management.
Presentation: Annual meeting of the Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, March 17.
Rappold*, Patrick M., D. Earl Kline, Brian H. Bond, and Janice K. Wiedenbeck.
2003.
Determining Hardwood Sawmill Efficiency Factors.
Technical Forum Presentation: 57th Annual Meeting, Forest Products Society, June 22-25.
Kline, D. Earl.
2003.
Lean Manufacturing and Your Business.
Presentation at the Virginia Forest Products Association 2003 Summer Conference, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, July 11-13.
Cumbo, Dan W., D. Earl Kline, and Robert L. Smith.
2003.
Virginia Productivity and Quality Initiative in Forest Products.
Technical Forum Presentation, 57th Annual Meeting, Forest Products Society, June 23-25.
Kline. D. Earl.
2002.
Undergraduate and graduate programs in wood science and forest products at Virginia Tech.
Invited seminar presentation, University of Bio-Bio, Concepcion, Chile, November 26.
Kline, D. Earl.
2002.
Scanning Technology for Improved Process Control in Wood Composites Manufacturing.
Invited presentation at the CORMA, International Forestry and Timber Meeting, Concepcion, Chile, November 15.
Kline, D. Earl, R. O. Settle, and Philip H. Steele.
2002.
Influence of lumber crook on rough mill dimension yield.
Technical Forum Presentation, 56th Annual Meeting, Forest Products Society, June 23-26.
Buehlmann, Urs, D. Earl Kline, and Janice K. Wiedenbeck.
2002.
Yield response surface: a comprehensive investigation of the yield-cutting bill part size relationship.
Technical Session Presentation, 56th Annual Meeting, Forest Products Society, June 23-26.
Steele, Philip H., Eric Ehlers and D. Earl Kline.
2002.
Procedure for developing rough mill benchmarking yields.
Technical Session Presentation, 56th Annual Meeting, Forest Products Society, June 23-26.
Kline, D. Earl and Z. Che.
2002.
Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis of Southeastern Oriented Strand Board Manufacture.
Technical Forum Presentation, 56th Annual Meeting, Forest Products Society, June 23-26.
Steele, Philip H., Eric Ehlers and D. Earl Kline.
2001.
Yield Benchmark Study: Prelininary Results.
Wood Component Maufacturers 2001 Plant Tour Event, September 30-October 2.
Awards and Honors
1997 Hardwood Research Award for Research Leading to “Automatic Color sorting of Hardwood Edge-Glued Panel Parts”.
National Hardwood Lumber Association. Hardwood utilization award for the research paper.
2. The Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award, The International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair (IWF), August 1996.
Award for outstanding developments in innovative technology for an “Automatic Color Sorting System (CESYS) for Edge-Glued Panel Parts”. .
Award for Excellence of the Southern Extension Forest Resource Specialists for Exceptional Programming in Computer Software.
April 1992.
Graduate Theses / Dissertations
Garrett Norman.
2008.
M.S.
Pull Manufacturing System Design for Rough Mill Systems: A Case Study.
Major Professor: Earl Kline.
Patrick Rappold.
2006.
Ph.D.
Activity-based product costing in a hardwood sawmill through the use of discrete-event simulation.
Major Professor: Kline, D. Earl and Brian Bond.
Taylor Leonard.
2005.
M.S.
Time-based Manufacturing System Design for Softwood Lumber Production.
Major Professor: D. Earl Kline.
Xiangyu Xiao.
2004.
Ph.D.
A. Multiple Sensors Approach to Wood Defect Detection.
Major Professor: D. Earl Kline and Richard W. Conners (Co-Chair).
Widoyoko, Agus.
1996.
M.S. thesis.
Evaluation of color-based machine vision for lumber processing in furniture rough mills.
Major Professor: Kline, D. Earl.
Hou, Y. Jason.
1993.
M.S. thesis.
Developing a flexible range sensing system for industrial inspection applications (Co-chair with Dr. Richard W. Conners).
Major Professor: Kline, D. Earl.
Lin, Wenjie.
1993.
Ph.D. dissertation.
Evaluation of a direct processing system for converting No. 3 grade red oak logs into dimension parts.
Major Professor: Kline, D. Earl.
Regalado, Carmen de Castro.
1991.
M.S. thesis.
Optimization of edging and trimming operations for red oak lumber.
Major Professor: Kline, D. Earl.
Short Courses / Continuing Education
Remaining Competitive in Hardwood Components Production.
Instructor: Buehlmann, Urs, Brian Bond, Earl Kline, Jan Wiedenbeck, Ed Thomas, Thomas Walthousen, Steve Lawser, and Steve Ehle.
Location: Princeton, WV.
Dates: April 20-21, 2009.
Lean Thinking.
Instructor: Buehlmann, Urs, Earl Kline, and Matthew Yancey.
Location: Harrisonburg, VA.
Dates: March 24, 2009.
Lean Thinking.
Instructor: Buehlmann, Urs, Earl Kline, and William Worrell.
Location: Abingdon, VA.
Dates: April 2, 2009.
Supporting Hardwood Exports to India. Organized by Quesada-Pineda, H.J. Sponsored by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) and the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at Virginia Tech. Attendance 6.
Instructor: Winistorfer, P., Kline, E., Hindman, D., Bolding, C., Rupert, R., Bond, B., and Perkins, B.
Location: Blacksburg, VA.
Dates: June 3, 2009.
Lean Thinking.
Instructor: Buehlmann, Urs, Earl Kline, and Neil Clark.
Location: Virginia Beach, VA.
Dates: May 7, 2009.
Lean Thinking.
Instructor: Buehlmann, Urs, Earl Kline, and Jason Fisher.
Location: Danville, VA.
Dates: May 14, 2009.
Total Productive Maintenance for Softwood Lumber Manufacturers.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline and Brian Bond.
Location: Red Oak, VA.
Dates: November 14, 2008.
Total Productive Maintenance for the Forest Products Industry.
Instructor: Brian Bond, Earl Kline and Amy Jahnke.
Location: Richmond, VA.
Dates: May 15, 2008.
Total Productive Maintenance for the Forest Products Industry.
Instructor: Earl Kline, Brian Brashaw, and Robert Vatalaro.
Location: University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN.
Dates: March 27, 2008.
Inventory management basics for small scale wood processing.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline and Brian Bond.
Location: Radford, Virginia.
Dates: October 19, 2007.
8th Lean Manufacturing Workshop for Wood Products.
Instructor: Earl Kline and Brian Brashaw.
Location: Princeton, WV .
Dates: May 7-9, 2007.
Lean Manufacturing for Wood Furniture Production: """"Train the Trainer"""".
Instructor: John Hudson, Ken Martin, and Earl Kline.
Location: Stanleytown, VA.
Dates: June 19-21, 2007.
7th Lean Manufacturing Workshop for Wood Products.
Instructor: Earl Kline and Brian Brashaw.
Location: Bayport, Minnesota.
Dates: December 11-13, 2006.
Lean Manufacturing in the Wood Products Industry.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline and Brian Brashaw.
Location: Bayport, Minnesota.
Dates: February 6-8, 2006.
Lean Manufacturing for Wood Furniture Manufacturing.
Instructor: Kline, D. Earl and Tim Stiess.
Location: Stanley Furniture Company, Inc., Stanleytown, VA.
Dates: September 28-29, 2006.
Achieving Manufacturing Excellence.
Instructor: Kline, D. Earl, Eileen Van Aken, Barry Thomas, Spencer Dick, and Hal Mitchell.
Location: Atlanta, GA.
Dates: August 24, 2006.
Lean Manufacturing in the Wood Products Industry.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline, Dan Cumbo, and Brian Brashaw.
Location: Princeton, WV.
Dates: May 8-10, 2006 (19 participants).
Lean Manufacturing in the Wood Products Industry.
Instructor: Kline, D. Earl, D. Cumbo, Brian Brashaw, and Brian Bond.
Location: Princeton, WV.
Dates: August 8-10, 2005 (15 participants).
Leadership for the Successful Lean Journey.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline.
Location: AWFS, Las Vegas, NV.
Dates: July 28, 2005.
Taking Lean to the Marketplace.
Instructor: Dan Cumbo, D. Earl Kline, R. L. Smith.
Location: Blacksburg, VA.
Dates: May 10-12, 2004 (20 participants).
Lean Manufacturing in the Wood Products Industry.
Instructor: Dan Cumbo, Earl Kline.
Location: Blacksburg VA .
Dates: October 20-22 , 2004 (15 participants).
Lean Manufacturing.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline, Dan Cumbo, Robert L. Smith.
Location: Blacksburg, Virginia.
Dates: May 10-12, 2004 (20 participants).
Lean Manufacturing.
Instructor: D. Earl Kline, D. Cumbo, R. L. Smith.
Location: Blacksburg, VA.
Dates: May 10-12, 2003 (24 participants).
University Service
University Committee for Undergraduate Curriculum.
College representative for the Academic Year 2008-2009
Usher.
University Commencement, May 9, 2008
CNR Engagement Committee.
Advise and help the College of Natural resources develop and implement it's engagement mission
Department Faculty Search Committee.
Manufacturing Systems Faculty Search Committee. Committee Members: Brian Bond, Linda Caudill, Bob Smith, Earl Kline (Chair)
University Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum (CUC).
Review and recommend approval of all university curriculum matters. Service Term: 2006-2008
University Commission on Undergraduate Studies and Policies (CUSP).
University committee to review and approve all recommended curriculum and student policy matters. Service Term 2006-2008
Department Faculty Search Committee.
Forest Products Business Management Faculty Search Committee member
Earl Kline, Assistant Marshall.
University Commencement Ceremony, May 11, 2007
Department Service.
Promotion and Tenure Committee
Professional Services
Environmental Audit for Improved Business Performance.
Participated in and energy and environmental assessment audit for a cabinet frame manufacturing facility, Masco Builder Cabinet Group, Jackson, OH, May 18-20, 2009
Creating a Pull Production system in a Hardwood Veneer Manufacturing System.
Continuous Improvement Event, Columbia Forest Products, Chatham, Virginia, January 28-31, 2008
Creating a Pull System for Improved Inventory Management.
Continuous Improvement Event, Stanley Furniture, Stanleytown, Virginia, February 12-16, 2007
Volatile Engegy Costs and Energy-Intensive Industries: Impacts and Coping Strategies.
Planning committee meeting for a joint Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Workshop, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 7-8, 2007
Rotary Visit of Luis Fernando Guillen.
Earl Kline hosted a visit from Luis Fernando Guillen from Mexico to tour the Brooks Center on Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Mr. Guillen works for Santa Cruz, a upholstered furniture manufacturing company. This Rotary (www.rotary.org) sponsored visit allowed Mr. Guillen to visit with wood products faculty and tour the Brooks Center research facilities
Session Chair of New Strategic Perspectives.
Earl Kline chaired the session entitled ""New Strategic Perspectives"" at the Sloan Foundation's 2007 Annual Industry Studies Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, April 26, 2007
Sloan Foundation Material-Centric Cluster Network Meeting.
Initial meeting and planning to form a materials industry cluster from among Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Centers dealing with various aspects of industrial materials, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2007
Total Productive Maintenance Techniques in Wood Products Manufacturing.
Participation in a continuous improvement event to improve the performance of processing equipment in a panel processing plant, Merillat, Atkins, Virginia, January 8-11, 2006
Technologically Advanced Workforce Visioning Exercise.
Focus Group Participant, Agenda 2020, AF&PA Ofice, Washington, DC, May 3, 2006
D. Earl Kline
Professor
Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest Products
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Manufacturing Systems Engineering