A SBSC framework for wet roundwood storage logistics

• Framework integrating SWOT, KPI, and SBSC analyses. • Categorization criteria for wet storage to enhance wood supply chain management. • Key performance indicators for evaluating wet storage performance. • Technological and digital advancement in wet storage management. • Strategies for sustainable, resilient and efficient roundwood storage logistics. Natural disturbances fueled by climate change impacts result in severe supply challenges of wood supply chains. This contributes to secondary forest damage, potential roundwood value deterioration and decreasing economic viability of forest enterprises. Innovative logistics concepts providing intermediate storage capacity are therefore crucial to ensure competitiveness and resilience of wood supply chains. Stakeholders assess storage options maintaining roundwood value as crucial to operate in price-volatile markets. Wet storage in wood stockyards represents a promising quality preservation method, especially for sawmilling industry’s main assortment, spruce logs. Consequently, a comprehensive study including a literature research, expert interviews and data collection at case studies of wet storages operated in Austria, Germany and Italy was conducted to explore the potential of wet storage to mitigate supply difficulties. The development of a web-based calculation tool ( https://holzlogistikplattform.at ) allows economic comparisons of different wet storages, including high-tech types and cost-efficient storages. Technical advancements such as automatized terminals enable autonomous registration of truck shipments, whereas AI-supported irrigation results in water savings of up to 30 %, supporting sustainability of wet storage. Combining KPI (key performance indicators) with SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analyses results in a SBSC (Sustainability Balanced Scorecard) for wet storage as novel framework for resilience measurement of wet storages covering economic, process, development, stakeholder, and sustainability dimensions. Future emphasis on research regarding best practices of operated wet storages based on the presented framework for qualitative and quantitative analyses, as well as technological advancements in roundwood storage are strongly recommended.