SCHARFFEN BERGER CHOCOLATE MAKER CASE: AN ANALYSIS

1 shift * 8 hours Bean Cleaner 15 min

96% output

1 shift * 8 hours Roaster 1.25hrs 250 kg

1 shift * 8 hours Winnower

450 kgs/hr
74% output

24 hours

2 shifts * 8 hours

Conche with Ball Mill

1400 kgs /15 hrs

Melangeur

115 kgs/ 1.25 hrs

2 shifts * 8 hours
Tempering 140 kgs/ hr Packaging

PROCESSES
BEAN CLEANER 200 kg in 15 min 8 hour shift in a day 96% - rate of recovery Output in 1 day: 8*200*60/15 = 6400 kgs/day Recovery - .96*6400 = 6144 kg/day

ROASTER 250 kgs in 1.25 hrs 8 hour shift in a day Output in 1 day: 250 * 8/(1.25) = 1600 kg/day

WINNOWER 450 kgs in 1 hr Recovery = 185 / 250 8 hour shift in a day Output in 1 day: 450*(8/8)*(185/200) = 3330 kg/day

MELANGEUR 115 kgs in 1.25 hrs 2 shifts of 8 hrs each = 16 hours a day Output in 1 day: 115*16/1.25= 1472 kgs/day CONCHES and BALL MILL

1400 kgs in 15 hrs (Ball mill takes 3 hrs; each conche will take 12 hrs) Output in 1 day 12* 2* 1400* 2 = 5600 kgs/day (there are two conches)

TEMPERING AND MOLDING: 140 kgs in 1 hour 2 8-hour shifts in a day = 16 hrs Output in 1 day: 140* 16 = 2240 kgs/day

PROCESS
Bean Cleaner Roaster Winnower Melangeur Conches and Ball Mill Tempering and molding

THROUGHPUT RATE (kgs/day)

6144 1600 3330 1472 5600 2240

RECOMMENDATIONS
From the above table, it is clear that the bottleneck processes are: Melangeur Roaster Tempering and molding Hence the capacity can be increased by Increasing the shifts of the bottleneck processes Introducing new machines to perform the bottleneck operation

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