Spring 2015 Student name: Ha Thu Tran Class: Operation Management 63.671. Case Study: National Cranberry Cooperative Date: Feb 19 2015 I. Background /Summary National Cranberry case is an interesting operational case study. The organization of National Cranberry was established and owned by growers of cranberries to process and market their own berries. It is a large corporation‚ which has operation in all primary growing areas of North America:
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Professor Wang Xiayang HOMEWORK: Case Writing –National Cranberry Cooperative NAME: JESSIE ZHOU/KOBE LIU STUDENT ID NO.: 08210359/ CLASS: 09PA STUDENT DECLARATION I declare that this assignment is my own work‚ which all sources of reference are acknowledged in full and it has not been submitted for any other course. Signature: Date: 10/10/30 NATIONAL CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE Contents 1. What are the problems facing receiving plant No. 1 (RPI)
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National Cranberry Cooperative Case 20090562 Political Science Junki Hong To begin with‚ this assignment is done with Kim Seo Yeon (20100472‚ Sociology). National Cranberry Cooperative Case is the study done by the Harvard Business School about a process of warehousing from the delivery and arriving of cranberry to a manufacturing in the warehouse. National Cranberry Cooperative was an organization formed and owned by growers of cranberries to process and markets their berries. The handling
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(RP1)‚ runs a large cranberry processing plant. He is faced with many issues; the industry is changing dramatically and Hugo needs to make some key changes in his plant to keep up with new trends. In order to do this‚ Hugo has asked us to examine the cranberry processing method at RP1. The following are our findings and recommendations to Hugo. Hugo has informed us of the following problems and asked us to identify any other problems we notice in the process: • Trucks queue for far too long
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Capacity per machine (bbls/hr) Total capacity (bbls/hr) 1 Truck arrive 8 75bbls/truck 600 2 Dumping 5 600 3000 3 Dry berry holding 16 250 4000 4 Dry/wet berry holding 8 250 2000 5 Wet berry holding 3 400 1200 6 Destoning 3 1500 4500 7 Dechaffing 3 1500 4500 8 Drying 3 200 600 9 Separating 3 400 1200 During peak period 9/20-10/9 Average daily deliveries = 16‚380 bbls/day Working hours = 12 hr/day Average hourly deliveries = 16‚380/12 = 1‚365 bbls/hr
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information which needs to be shown on your pay slip/statement Pay slips need to include the name of the company you work for‚ your name and Tax code‚ your national insurance number‚ the payment date‚ the deductions and adjustments made‚ your gross pay and your net pay and a summary of pay from year to date including national insurance 3. Identify two changes to personal information which you must report to your employer. You must inform your employer if you change your name‚ change
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When Is National Day 2013 in Malaysia? National Day falls on August 31th‚ 2013. National Day is celebrated every year in Malaysia on the 31st of August to commemorate the momentous occasion when the Federation of Malaya achieved independence from British rule in 1957. On the 30th of August‚ Malaysia’s then Prime Minister‚ Tunku Abdul Rahman took to the Royal Selangor Club Padang‚ now known as the Merdeka square at 11.58pm and observed two minutes of darkness. At the stroke of midnight‚ the Union
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lost sight of his roots and cultural heritage. On the occasion of the 41st National Day of UAE‚ we salute the Father of Nation‚ H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and celebrate the 40th National Day keeping the ‘Spirit of Union’ as the theme. These celebrations pay homage to the great leadership who has played the most pivotal role in turning around this nation in such a short span of time. December 2nd is National Day in the United Arab Emirates. The country has been in overdrive for weeks in
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National Cranberry Cooperative‚ 1996 Case Study Analysis IIMA PGPX 20.04.2013 Executive Summary National Cranberry Cooperative‚ a processing and marketing firm of berries‚ is facing challenges related to operational efficiency‚ high overtime cost and lengthy queues of delivery truck. Analyses of the case lead us to the following propositions to alleviate these problems: • Channel restructuring: Current practice of manual grading misclassifies significant
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National Day of Malaysia In 1956‚ the then Prime Minister of Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj led a delegation to London to hold talks with the British Government concerning independence for Malaya. The Malayan delegation‚ comprising of four representatives of the Malay Rulers and four Alliance representatives‚ convinced the British Government to set a date for independence: 31st August 1957. And so it came to pass that on the eve of 31 August 1957‚ at the Selangor Club Padang (now
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