dry up all the moist. The other dry berries were held in bins 1-16. They would go through one of the three destoning units (processing up to 1500 bbls.) and then go to the dechaffing units. In all, wet berries would be processed through dryer-included system and dry berries would be processed through other machines which frequently made both berries process at the same time through the system.
Process Fruit Receiving
At the beginning of the process of RP1, bulk trucks that carry process berries arrived randomly. Prior to unloading, they were weighted and recorded, and 30lbs of samples which had been through small version of cleaning and drying process were taken to estimate the percentage of the truck’s net weight made up of clean as well as dry berries.
The berries were graded acc
dry berries so that they can hold both water harvested and dry berries.
About this case, we went through a procedure to get the best solution regarding adding new dryers and converting bins. Moreover, we discussed our own creative solutions considering the trend of increasing water harvested berries.
2. In the current flow of the process, identify the bottleneck area(s). What are the causes
and freeze drying processes are used for products with delicate flavours and textures like coffee granules, eggs, prawns and vegetables. The process involves freezing, and evaporating the ice away, under reduced pressure. It is an expensive process but gives a produce which is high in flavour and palatability. Milk may be dried on rollers or by spraying concentrated milk into hot air chambers.
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