Analysis
I. Capacity Analysis
RP1 was highly mechanized. The process could be classified into several operations : receiving and testing, dumping, temporary holding, destoning, dechaffing, drying, separation, and bulking and bagging. We found major bottleneck on the dryers through NCC flowchart.
First, Bulk trucks carrying process berries arrived at RP1, loading 20~400 bbls. These tr
Productivity Bottleneck 1: Drying Process2: Quality Grading & Drying for Bulks3: Inefficient Positioning of Process
Financial BottleneckWorkforce
Bottleneck at Drying procedure
Overtime Costs & Truck Queue
To solve the problem,
Minimizing the Cost
Remove Truck Queue
Amount of berries
: 75 X 243 = 18225
But, we assumed it is 19000 for easiness of the calculation
Process Analysis of Receiving Plant #1
A) Receiving Plant No. 1 (RP1)
RP1 received both fresh fruits and process fruits from early September to early December. This operation involved more than 400 workers. However the process was highly mechanized in many ways and was classified into several operations: receiving and testing, dumping, temporary holding, de-stoning, de-chaffing, drying, separ
ANALYSIS
i. CAPACITY ANALYSIS
1. Berries upload to dump
(1) Average truck delivery is 75bbl
(2) Suppose to take 10minutes to each truck.
Each dumps capacity=75(bbl/hr)*6=450(bbl/hr)
(3) Total dumps capacity=450(bbl/hr)*5=2250(bbl/hr)
2. Temporary holding bins capacity
(1) Bins1-16(dry berries only) capacity=250bbl*16=4000bbl
(2) Bins17-24(dry & wet berries) capacity=250bbl/hr*8=200
before. So they need 5 trays.
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