Executive Summary Operations Management Introduction As a leader in the fruit industry‚ National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) is ready to take on some changes in order to increase efficiency in its operation. The entire process flow by which cranberries enter‚ move‚ and exit Receiving Plant No. 1 (RP1) can be improved by tweaking certain stages of the overall operation. Such improvements will reduce the expensive overtime costs that have been incurred and reduce the waiting time for inbound delivery
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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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National Cranberry Cooperative Summary When Hugo Schaeffer‚ vice president of operation at the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) went through last fall’s process fruit operation at receiving plant No. 1(RP1) with the superintendent Will Walliston‚ he found that overtime costs and the time waiting to unload were still two big problems. Walliston gave two options to avoid these problems next fall is to buy and install two new dryers‚ and to convert dry berry holding bins so that they can store
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Table of 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 October 29th‚ 2014 OIE 500 – Analyzing And Designing Operation To Create Value; Walter T. Towner 2014 Problems with NCC • Overtime costs • Truck waiting • Wet harvesting becoming more common than dry harvesting • Even more overtime and truck waiting problems in the future OIE 500 – Analyzing And Designing Operation To Create Value; Walter T. Towner 2014 Process flow chart OIE 500 – Analyzing And Designing Operation To Create Value; Walter T
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eliminate the backlog. The cost benefit of adding the additional drying unit and advancing the shift start time are higher than the cost benefit of other options considered. THE COMPANY The Receiving Plant I (RPI) of National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) processes both wet and dry cranberries in a highly mechanized process involving 400 workers during peak season. The processed berries are sold in bulk and bags. PROBLEM STATEMENT NCC is currently wrestling with both
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Team Case C. National Cranberry Cooperative Please read the course pack item “National Cranberry Cooperative”. The assignment is composed by two parts‚ which are due on different day. The following are the common assumptions for both Part I and Part II A. All the processes (including Destone‚ Dechaff‚ and Dry) start from 7am. B. On an average “busy” day‚ there are 18‚000 bbls delivered over 12-hour period (from 7am to 7pm). C. Wet berries are 70% of all berries. D. Holding bins 17-24 are
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National Cranberry Cooperative 1. The wait time for trucks to back onto a Kiwanne dumper and empty their contents was up to three hours. Even though $75‚000 was spent on a fifth Kiwanne dumper‚ this did not seem to help overtime costs. This assumes that it is the delay in trucks emptying their contents that caused the overtime to be required. A potential cause is the lack of dryers and the lack of berry appropriate holding bins‚ i.e. not enough wet or dry berry holding bins – these causes
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NATIONAL CRANBERRY CO-OPERATIVE CASE STUDY * Nishi Sharma In 1971‚ National Cranberry Cooperative faced recurring operational problems that affected the productivity and relationship of NCC to growers. This analysis will discuss how NCC can improve its operation before the peak-season comes in. The analysis was based from facts cited in the case‚ using tools such as but not limited to process flow diagram‚ cost‚ benefit and utilization analysis‚ and work-force scheduling. The author recommends
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National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC) Case Analysis NCC Issues at Receiving Plant No.1 (RP1): Hugo Schaeffer‚ vice president of operations at NCC has currently identified three problems at the core of RP1. These three problems are: - Idle time: under the current process trucks are spending too much time waiting to unload cranberries at RP1 - Resource Utilization: the current allocation of full time and part time workers has resulted in increased costs as a result of both over time and absenteeism
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