Running Head: Bottlenecks in a Process Bottlenecks in a Process Jason Rodriguez OPS/571 February 11‚ 2013 Scott Bruner In week one’s assignment I designed a flowchart for the company to be more consistent about leaving at the right time for work so I am not late. Being able to see the amount of time it takes me to leave every morning has been interesting to see on paper. With any type of flowchart‚ bottlenecks can happen‚ which can prevent being late to work
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case National Cranberry Cooperative MGT 413 Case Write Up #1 Group 6 Problems facing RP1 The National Cranberry Cooperative faces several challenges with its operations at receiving plant 1 (RP1) in 1970. The primary challenges that RP1 is facing transmits to capacity and efficiency of their cranberry processing. For example‚ often there are trucks waiting to unload their cranberries because of existing bottlenecks in the processing system. This
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Bottlenecks in a Process When it comes to my health‚ my fitness goals are among the highest priority in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Although my time spent at the gym contributes to my fitness goals‚ there are a few bottlenecks that affect the time I spend at the gym. The main bottleneck which I encounter is the front desk congestion and the limit of exercise machines during peak times. (Guthrie‚ Lee. 2003) How will I overcome this bottleneck? I will do so by applying Goldratt’s theory of constraints
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BUSINESS OceanSpray Cranberries Inc is the world’s leading grower owned corporative that harvests and exports of cranberry and grape fruit along with its bye-products in the form of juice‚ sauce‚ etc throughout the globe. Founded in 1912‚ at South Hanson‚ Ocean Spray Cranberries has managed to keep its brand name as the world leader in food products till date. It is only because of the various strategies it has adopted at different periods when encountered with a difficulty. In Cranberry Industry as described
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Bottlenecks or fail points Daily Issues Peak hour or busy stations crowded (Gap 5: expected service perceived service) Allow stay in paid area for 2 hours cause crowded‚ e.g. MongKok station (Gap 2: not having the right standards‚ Gap 5: expected service perceived service) Random Issues Not providing preferential fares (Gap 3: design service delivery Outsourcing customer service center service may cause service standard fall (Gap 2: not having the right service designs and standards)
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Team Case C. National Cranberry Cooperative Please read the course pack item “National Cranberry Cooperative”. Consider the following case assumptions: 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 dedicated to wet berries. E. Capacity of each of five dumpers is 600 bbl/hr. F. Capacity for Dechaffers
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rest of the morning is spent helpingmy mom and grandmother cooking in our large open kitchen. Every year for as long as I can remember‚ my grandmother uses my Nana’s recipies when cooking the thick butter garlic mashed potatoes‚ homemade sweet red cranberry sauce‚ and the rich creamy dark gravy. On the other hand‚ my mom and I always cook the french green beans‚ sausage and bread stuffing‚ and also our homemade pumpkin pie together. While the women spend most of the early afternoon in the kitchen getting
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Physical therapy is often times associated with injury or surgical recovery‚ but there are many surprising ailments that physical therapy can treat. As a non-pharmacological intervention‚ physical therapy can be perfect for those wary of medications‚ and it can often help heal the causes of a problem rather than just treating the symptoms. While the ailments that physical therapy can treat are nearly countless‚ three surprising health issues helped by physical therapy will be discussed here. Alzheimer’s:
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18000) of wet berries and 5400(30% of 18000) of dry berries. Since the process capacity is of bottleneck‚ the capacity of the cranberry process is 600 bbls/hour. Also‚ we have to take note that only wet berries go through the drying process and thus the processing of the dry berries are not affected by this. The process capacity of processing dry berries alone would be 1200 bbls per hour (Bottleneck = Quality Grading). However‚ even with the capacity of 1200 bbls per hour‚ all dry berries received
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happened to me‚ I found a five dollar bill on the floor. But that luck wouldn’t last long‚ I had lunch fourth period and at the end of my table there was a bunch of jerky seniors. These kids always seemed to ruin my day. They had knocked over some cranberry juice all over my wrinkled white shirt‚ but that wasn’t the worst of it‚ I didn’t have a shirt to change into after the incident. Of course‚ it doesn’t stop there‚ at ninth period‚ I had gym class and I didn’t have a change of clothes‚ so I had to
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