Contents 1.) Introduction 2 2.) Process Analysis 2 3.) Process Flow at National Cranberry Cooperative 4 4.) Installing a Light Grading System 5 5.) Decreasing the truck waiting time 6 6.) Bag pack or Bulk Pack 8 7.) Conclusions 9 1.) Introduction This case analysis looks at the two primary problems at the receiving plant no. 1 (RP 1) faced by National Cranberry Cooperative during the cranberry harvesting period‚ viz. 1) too much waiting period for trucks before they unload
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National Cranberry Cooperative Fill in your name in the header. Please read the Course Syllabus for guidelines on collaboration in assignments: Below‚ write your answers to Guiding Questions 1-4. The case is due at the beginning of class on January 29 (Wednesday). Please submit only one document per group. We will discuss the answers in class. You may want to print out your answers and charts for your reference during the class discussion. Some additional information about National Cranberry follows
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1. Problems facing receiving plant No. 1 (RP1) The problems that The National Cranberry Cooperative is facing with are described in the table below. Mostly they are related to the problem of capacity. Problem | Implications | Presence of bottlenecks in the stages of drying and separating of berries. | Excessive overtime costs. | | Overcapacities in other stages of processing of berries. | 2. Process Flow Diagram From 8-10 min to few hours 400*3= 1200 bbls/h 1500*3 = 4500 bbls/h
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the current scenario‚ the major bottlenecks in the system are the drying units for wet berries and the berry separation lines. While the drying units’ capacity can be increased by purchasing additional units‚ the throughput of the system will still be limited by the limitation of the separation lines. If the average rate of inflow of berries is 1500bbl/hr‚ then with the effective separation capacity of 1200bbl/hr‚ the plant will incur a backlog of 300bbl/hr. If the shift start
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Indentifying Bottlenecks Ops 571 Brian Birch John Smith 5/1/2012 Waking up and getting out of the door to work in the morning is a process that takes several steps to complete. In order to get out of the house in less than one hour and fifteen minutes several of these step must be altered or eliminated from the process. In every process there are steps that slow down the process called bottlenecks. Examining the entire
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Identifying Bottlenecks in the Hiring Process Sara Knight OPS/571 September 17‚ 2012 Stephanie Coleman Identifying Bottlenecks in the Hiring Process A bottleneck is any resource whose capacity is less than the demand placed on it. It can cause an entire process to slow down or stop completely. (Chase‚ Jacobs & Aquilano‚ 2005‚ pg 725). In the hiring process‚ there are many things that may be considered bottlenecks which may slow down the hiring process. This paper will identify a major
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Here’s the problem‚ gang… We now that the bottleneck in the process is the Drying unit. Using the diagram‚ we can assess: 1. TPT is 19‚000*.7 wet barrels/12 work hrs in work day = 1108 wet bbls per day 2. The dryer unit can process 600 bbls wet cranberries per day Looking at the process we know that there is a bottleneck at Drying unit: I. The capacity of the drying unit is 600 bbl /hr which is much lower than the required 1108 wet bbl/day we need. II. On an average day a total
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Angelina Tambunan ACCT 508 Book Report ‘The Goal’ I. Summary The story takes place at a fictitious town called Bearington where the Uniware manufacturing plant of the UniCo Company is situated. Whatever products the plant manufactures was not mentioned in the novel. The plant is headed by the plant manager Alex Rogo who is also the lead character of the novel. The problems begin when one upset customer approaches Alex’s boss‚ Bill Peach about a very late order. Actually Alex’s plant has
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Case Report: National Cranberry Cooperative Fill in your name in the header. Please read the Assignment Collaboration Guidelines in Course Syllabus: Collaboration between groups is not allowed; however‚ if you hear something from some other group‚ please give a reference. Below‚ write your answers to Questions 1-4 (on BB/Cases). Your analysis should be based on the assumptions listed in the Syllabus. If you need to make additional assumptions to answer a question‚ clearly state them‚ logically
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