National Cranberry Cooperative
NATIONAL CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE
National Cranberry Cooperative
Question 1
The receiving plant No. 1 is facing 3 problems:
1) Too much waiting time for trucks before they can unload their berries;
2) The overtime costs are too high;
3) The grading process of the berries is inadequate.
Question 2
Question 3
Process Flow Diagram for wet and dry cranberries
Working Note:
Arrival of berries- In the process fruit, first berries are arrived on receiving plant no.1. In which, average truck delivery was 75bbls.
Capacity of Temporary Holdings- 27 bins are used for holding both dry and wet berries. In which, 1-24 holding bins will hold 250bbls of barriers each and 25-27 will held 400 bbls of berries each.
Total capacity is: [(250*24) + (400*3)]
[6000 + 1200] that is 7200 bbls.
Destoning capacity- There are 3 destoning units and capacity of each unit is 1500 bbls, so the total capacity of destoning unit is: (1500 * 3) that is 4500 bbls.
Dechaffing capacity- There are 3 dechaffing units and capacity of each unit is 1500 bbls, so the total capacity of dechaffing unit is: (1500 * 3) that is 4500 bbls per hour.
Drying Capacity- There are 3 drying units and capacity of each unit is 200 bbls, so the total capacity of drying unit is: (200 * 3) that is 600 bbls.
Milling Capacity- In this step, berries are transferred to separator building from receiving building. Two types of quality grader are used in this step first jumbo separators and other is bailey mills. For this, 3 separator units are used, in which average capacity of each unit is 400 then total capacities are 1200 bbls (400 *3).
Bulking Capacity- Berries are directly loaded into bulk trucks. There are 2 bulk stations and capacity of each station is 1000 bbls, so total bulking capacity is 2000 (1000*2).
Bagging capacity- Maximum 8000 bbls are bagged in a 12-hour period. The maximum capacity in one hour is 667 bbls (8000/12).
Answer 2
National Cranberry Cooperative
Question 1
The receiving plant No. 1 is facing 3 problems:
1) Too much waiting time for trucks before they can unload their berries;
2) The overtime costs are too high;
3) The grading process of the berries is inadequate.
Question 2
Question 3
Process Flow Diagram for wet and dry cranberries
Working Note:
Arrival of berries- In the process fruit, first berries are arrived on receiving plant no.1. In which, average truck delivery was 75bbls.
Capacity of Temporary Holdings- 27 bins are used for holding both dry and wet berries. In which, 1-24 holding bins will hold 250bbls of barriers each and 25-27 will held 400 bbls of berries each.
Total capacity is: [(250*24) + (400*3)]
[6000 + 1200] that is 7200 bbls.
Destoning capacity- There are 3 destoning units and capacity of each unit is 1500 bbls, so the total capacity of destoning unit is: (1500 * 3) that is 4500 bbls.
Dechaffing capacity- There are 3 dechaffing units and capacity of each unit is 1500 bbls, so the total capacity of dechaffing unit is: (1500 * 3) that is 4500 bbls per hour.
Drying Capacity- There are 3 drying units and capacity of each unit is 200 bbls, so the total capacity of drying unit is: (200 * 3) that is 600 bbls.
Milling Capacity- In this step, berries are transferred to separator building from receiving building. Two types of quality grader are used in this step first jumbo separators and other is bailey mills. For this, 3 separator units are used, in which average capacity of each unit is 400 then total capacities are 1200 bbls (400 *3).
Bulking Capacity- Berries are directly loaded into bulk trucks. There are 2 bulk stations and capacity of each station is 1000 bbls, so total bulking capacity is 2000 (1000*2).
Bagging capacity- Maximum 8000 bbls are bagged in a 12-hour period. The maximum capacity in one hour is 667 bbls (8000/12).
Answer 2