Adaptive Lumber Management

A method for planning an assembly of a laminated timber product comprising at least one layer comprising two or more boards, the method comprising:

• scanning each board in a plurality of boards for one or more of a plurality of characteristics of the board;
• identifying each board in the plurality of boards as belonging to one of a plurality of groups based on the one or more of the plurality of characteristics of the board;
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• selecting a subset of the plurality of boards from a one or more of the plurality of groups of boards for assembly into the at least one layer of two or more boards of the laminated timber product;
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• creating a map that indicates a presence of one or more of a plurality of characteristics of the at least one layer of the two or more boards selected from the subset of the plurality of boards for assembly into the laminated timber product based on a respective position in the map, and the one or more of the plurality of characteristics, of each board in the subset of the plurality of boards.