Ncc Case
1. Capacity Utilization
Resource Pool Theo Cap Resource Pool Capacity Utilization
Receiving/Testing 1,528 99.4%
Dumping 2,250 67.5%
Temp Holding
Bins 1-16 4,000 38.0%
Bins 17-24 2,000 75.9%
Bins 25-27 1,200 126.6%
Total holding 7200 21.1% Destoning 4,500 33.8%
Dechaffing 4,500 33.8%
Drying 1,050 144.6%
Separation 1,200 126.6% Trucks Total Lbs Total bbls
Per day 243 1,834,020 18,340
Per hour 20 152,835 1,528
Per minute 2,547 25 Throughput 1,519 Dumping Capacity # of Converyors Minutes Avg bbl p/truck Avg bbl p/hr 5 10 75 2,250
Holding
Bins 1-16 Bins 17-24 Bins 25-27 Total
Per hour per bin 250 250 400
Total bbl p/hr 4,000 2,000 1,200 7,200
Total lbs p/hr 400,000 200,000 120,000 720,000 Destoning Units bbl/unit/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 1,500 4,500
Dechaffing
Units bbl/unit/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 1,500 4,500
Drying
Units Total Bulk bbl/hr Total Bagged bbl p/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 600 450 1,050
Separation
Units bbl/unit/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 400 1,200
2. The maximum long-term achievable throughput rate of Receiving Plant #1 is 23,100 bbl. per day. The main factor affecting this throughput rate was the bottleneck for drying berries to be loaded into bulk trucks or bagged. The processing rate of the three separator lines also affected the throughput rate as processing declined as the percentage of bad fruit increased.
1,050 bbl x 22 hours = 23,100 bbl.
3. The major reasons for the trucks waiting were because the holding bins became full and there was no place in the receiving plant to temporarily store berries before they could be further processed. Excessive overtime was caused by ineffectiveness in scheduling workers, higher than expected absenteeism, and the necessity for overtime crews to run out all of the wet fruit before shutting down.
Resource Pool Theo Cap Resource Pool Capacity Utilization
Receiving/Testing 1,528 99.4%
Dumping 2,250 67.5%
Temp Holding
Bins 1-16 4,000 38.0%
Bins 17-24 2,000 75.9%
Bins 25-27 1,200 126.6%
Total holding 7200 21.1% Destoning 4,500 33.8%
Dechaffing 4,500 33.8%
Drying 1,050 144.6%
Separation 1,200 126.6% Trucks Total Lbs Total bbls
Per day 243 1,834,020 18,340
Per hour 20 152,835 1,528
Per minute 2,547 25 Throughput 1,519 Dumping Capacity # of Converyors Minutes Avg bbl p/truck Avg bbl p/hr 5 10 75 2,250
Holding
Bins 1-16 Bins 17-24 Bins 25-27 Total
Per hour per bin 250 250 400
Total bbl p/hr 4,000 2,000 1,200 7,200
Total lbs p/hr 400,000 200,000 120,000 720,000 Destoning Units bbl/unit/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 1,500 4,500
Dechaffing
Units bbl/unit/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 1,500 4,500
Drying
Units Total Bulk bbl/hr Total Bagged bbl p/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 600 450 1,050
Separation
Units bbl/unit/hr Total bbl p/hr 3 400 1,200
2. The maximum long-term achievable throughput rate of Receiving Plant #1 is 23,100 bbl. per day. The main factor affecting this throughput rate was the bottleneck for drying berries to be loaded into bulk trucks or bagged. The processing rate of the three separator lines also affected the throughput rate as processing declined as the percentage of bad fruit increased.
1,050 bbl x 22 hours = 23,100 bbl.
3. The major reasons for the trucks waiting were because the holding bins became full and there was no place in the receiving plant to temporarily store berries before they could be further processed. Excessive overtime was caused by ineffectiveness in scheduling workers, higher than expected absenteeism, and the necessity for overtime crews to run out all of the wet fruit before shutting down.