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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT-1
Group Assignment
National Cranberries Co-operative
A.G.Lakshmanan
Aashish Mylapally
Abhishek Apurv
Adarsh Sharma
Bothra Deepak
Dr Dry/We Dry
Baggin Freezer
Bulk Another
3 Waste,
• Overtime for both regular and part time worker has been taken to be $
6.50 per hour.
• In calculating the payback time, the same cost saving will occur every day.
It is given in case that wet berries will make 70 % of total berries and that
normal running hours for plant is 11 (12-1) hours.
workers.
two-third Since
of theplant
workis working
force suboptimal
will be level
working on wetduring overtime
berries , only
drying process.
= 20*(2/3)
= 12
Analysis
Considering the cost of depreciation and cost of investment in
dryer.
dryer(8-10%) it will not be economical to buy another dryer.
Analysis
Workers 15
Workers 36
Adding 2 dryer
WB feed 800
Accumulation = (1270-800) * 11 = 5170
We’ll have to convert dry bins to wet bins, number of bins needed to be
converted
= (5170-3200)/250 =8
Workers = 15
Worker36
The chart displaying the initial scenario in all three cases – 10000, 15000,
20000 bbls/day – has been provided below:
Intake (BBls
Trucks
Wet
The chart displaying the new scenario in all three cases – 10000, 15000,
20000 bbls/day – with additional dryers (as applicable), has been provided
be;ow:
Intake (BBls
Trucks
Wet
• In the case of 10,000 bbl per day, overtime is minimal so another shift
is not needed.
• In the case of 15000 bbl per day, overtime is about 2 hrs which is not
enough to sc sche
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De-chaffing
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receiving and control room operator has started working.