National Cranberry Cooperative

Unprocessed quantity will be 7,800 bbls (12,600 – 4,800) including 3200 bbls in bins and 4,600 bbls in trucks (7,800 – 3,200).

* Will have to buy new dryers to account for increase in wet berries processed through dechaffing

2. At a steady state we'd be able to produce 6 (process capacity) x 4 (hours) = 24 dozen per night. At a starting state, assuming that 1st dozen takes 26 minutes, and we move into a steady state of production, we

This paper will be focused specifically on the production of Driscoll’s red raspberries. I will be looking at their supplier Reiter Affiliated Companies, the labor conditions, wages, and difference between the conventional and organic raspberries. There has also been a movement to change the definition of organic and alternative foods so that it also includes the labor conditions. Therefore, there will be clearer difference between organic foods and nonorganic other than just environmental and sustainable differences between the two. The goal is to describe the production and process of distributing raspberries from the time they are planted until they are pick and then distributed in stores.

Then, you will have to organize you time better and rearrange the idle periods to locate additional 10.5 hour ((64 minus 43)x1/2 hour) per month for blowing and finishing additional Vases.

Addition of two new dryers implies the increased capacity for the drying station. They add an additional capacity of 2*200bbls wet berries per hour.

The Brazilian acai berry has been a food staple for low income families for years and a cultural symbol for generations. This berry is vital in Brazil, where it is farmed and, until recently had a relatively small market. However, after an Oprah interview the demand for acai has become an international affair. The rising demand has created a free market; however the once inexpensive food staple has become too expensive for the low income families. This report will analyse the current markets advantages and disadvantages, followed by two possible government intervention models. The examined interventions will be export tariff and price ceiling.

Cranfield Inc. is a leading producer of juices for range of cranberry cocktails. After a market research experiment Cranfield Inc. has many different business decisions to make. One to introduce a new line called lite cocktail which requires space and machinery and will eat into sales of currently offered products. Or not to introduce the new product and lease out it’s space, or do nothing to save the space until it’s needed for its current product line.

 Each additional dryer will increase the amount of water-harvested berries that can be processed by 200 bbls. per hour for berries loaded to bulk trucks,

: Total capacity of 5 dumpers = 450 (barrel/hr) * 5 (dupms) = 2250 barrels/hr

In order to remedy the backlog at the Dryer area, it is recommended that one (1) extra Dryer be purchases, and not two (2) as was suggested by Will Walliston. Since the Separators (capacity of 1,200 bbls) are too big and expensive to improve upon or replicate, NCC should increase the capacity of the Dryer process so 1,200 Wet Berries (double) can be passed on to the Separators instead the current 600 bbls (filling up its capacity with Wet berries is ideal since Dry Berries can sit overnight).

Besides, the prices of mango are unstable, very expensive during the rainy season and starts to decline in December, the start of the dry season. Mango prices continue to slide down and experienced its lowest at its peak harvest in the month of March and April. The instability of prices for mango is primarily due to an overabundance of produce and short ripening period. Mango is not sun dried due to the following reasons: a) unhygienic (El-Ammin et al., 2006), b) loss of vitamin A and C are excessive by the direct exposure to ultraviolet rays from solar radiation (Madhlopa, Jones, and Kalenga Saka, 2002), and c) due to their high moisture content, drying them to the desired level for safe long storage is a challenge (Achachukwu and Kayode,

There is also a secondary problem regarding grading of process berries. Half of the berries graded top quality is actually not top quality and do not deserve extra premiums paid on the top quality berries. This is due to the inefficient quality assessment method.

An experiment was conducted to see the effect of cooling method AC, Quonset and Lab on extended shelf life for strawberries, blueberries, lettuce, and spinach. We put three plate samples in each location. Temperature and humidity for Ac, and Quonset were measured and recorded every 30 minutes by using temperature and humidity sensors. However the lab temperature and humidity were measured by the device. We compare it with the sensors we used in Ac room and the result is similar. Destructive quality evaluations firmness, color, odor, overall acceptability additional to weight loss were evaluated daily by two person in order to avoid bias.

Moreover, the arbitrary set of rules and corporate policy has been further modified at Delta Rice Mill due to old, unreliable equipment. For the next reason, the problem bases on worker’s willing to work on or dedicate one line to each size. Actually, it may decrease the productivity in some cases. Last but not least, the Delta Rice Mill want to increase their sales and remain the product’s quality as well as ensure to be on time for every shipments all time of year. For those mentioned reason above, if Delta Rice Mill wants to rise their performance in production and reduce the cost, they have to deal with those dilemmas as well.