Cost analysis of larch bark coatings for flooring tiles

A manufacturing system involves several production steps with inputs and outputs of material flow at
different stages all over value stream. This work presents a method to estimate the fabrication costs of 3mm
larch bark based coatings for floorings. The article describes an empirical study involving all the production
steps required to manufacture a composite board based on wood biomass that can substitute a cork coating
for tiling. For a small production capacity and a medium density level of 600kg/m³, the findings indicate that
the total costs can vary from 10.6 to 13.4 €/m². These prices are 13 to 25% higher compared to the value of
classical cork coatings, but is also the difference between small to large production capacity