Team 3 National Cranberry Cooperative Analysis and recommendations 1. 2. The resource with least capacity determines the maximum long-term achievable throughput rate. Because wet and dry berries follow different routes at RP#1 there will be a maximum achievable throughput for each. The capacity of the dryers is the bottleneck for the wet berries. The maximum throughput for wet berries is 600 bbls/hr. For dry berries the separation process is the bottleneck. The maximum throughput
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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 berries at the RP1 and 2)
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The National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) is an organization created and owned by cranberry growers to process and market their berries. In the early 1990’s, there was a growing surplus of berries so the growers resorted to the Agriculture Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 to restrict the amount of crop processed. In addition, the cranberry harvesting process was becoming more automated during this period of time. There are two types of berry harvesting: 1) water harvesting which involves flooding
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National Cranberry Cooperative 1. Answer on “Flow Map” (attached Document) 2. Throughput Rate is the rate systems generate product per unit of time or I= R (x) T; R=I/T. Here is, R is for rate, I is for inventory, and T is time. Therefore, I must find I when T=4hr, R=3.25 4hr (x) 3.25bbl = 13bbl per hr 3. If the PP1 opens at 7:00AM and Closes at 7:00PM, then the total bbls of cranberry’s processed for that day will be 18,000 bbls. I come to this conclusion because there are 1500 bbls
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products. With surplus cranberries and changing American households some enterprising growers began canning cranberries that were below-grade for fresh market. Competition between canners was fierce because profits were thin. Threat of substitutes is a strong competitive force. Other fruit-based juices, beverages not containing fruit, and water are considered to be strong substitutes for cranberry juice – especially in single serving packages. There are fewer substitutes for cranberry products sold for
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1. Develop a process flow diagram for processing cranberries (both wet and dry). Show the capacities at the different stages. No Yes 5 Dumpsters 3000 bbls/hr 4000 bbls 1200 bbls 2000 bbls 3 units 4500 bbls/hr Dry 3 units Wet 4500 bbls/hr 3 units 450 to 600 bbls/hr 1200 bbls/hr Term Papers and Free Essays 3 units 4 units 2 units 667 bbls/hr 800 bbls/hr 2000 bbls/hr
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1. Purchase the light meter and hire an operator. A major unnecessary cost is being incurred in the form of cranberries being misidentified by the chief berry receiver. Half of the 450,000 bbls of cranberries labeled as No. 3 turned out to be No.2, each one costing $1.5 for a total overpayment of $337,500. The cost of a light meter operator would be around $26,000/yr and the system cost would be $40,000, the total cost would be $66,000. With a savings of $337,500 per year, the return on investment
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National Cranberry Cooperative 1. Analyze the current process. Please see the Excel file. 2. On a busy day, what is RP#1’s current maximum throughput rate? The separator line could process up to 450 bbls/hr. instead of 400 bbls/hr. The other bottleneck for this question is dryer process. So the maximum throughput rate should be: 600+450=1050 bbls/hr. 3. Assuming that processing starts at 7 am on a “busy” day, present the situation during such a day, by constructing an inventory
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the drying stage only for wet berries, so Inventory piled up rate = rate of wet berries needed to be processed - processing rate of bottle neck = 18340bbls x 70% / 12 hrs - 600bbls/hr = 1070bbls / hr - 600bbls / hr = 470bbls / hr (a barrel of cranberries weighs 100lbs) And we know bins #17 - #27 (total 11 bins) can hold 3200bbls, so we can get how long wet berries will be filled in the bins. 3200bbls / 470bbls/hr = 6.8 hrs, which means that trucks start waiting from 1:48pm. At the end of the
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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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