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- Title
Case Analysis: Analyses of the National Cranberry Cooperative-- 2. Environmental Changes and Implementation.
- Authors
Porteus, Evan L.
- Abstract
This article presents further analysis of the National Cranberry Cooperative Case, published in the November-December 1989 issue of the journal "Interfaces."The first part focused on tactical options, assuming a fixed environment for Receiving Plant 1 (RPl). RPl should consider constructing a holding pool filled with water to replace the current receiving system. A scale would weigh each incoming truck and its load, and a sample of berries would be taken. Up to five trucks could be simultaneously driven onto a grate over the holding pool to dump their berries. A current generated by a circulation water pump would float the cranberries to one side of the pool where a grated wall would prevent them from exiting. However, scheduling arrivals over the different days of the peak season might still play an important role. For example, if RPl buys two new dryers, it may still want to limit the number of berries per day to 22,000 barrels, to protect against a surge that would cause excessive truck waiting.
- Subjects
NATIONAL Cranberry Cooperative (Organization); FRUIT processing plants; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; PERIODICALS; AUTOMOTIVE transportation; TRUCKS
- Publication
Interfaces, 1993, Vol 23, Issue 6, p81
- ISSN
0092-2102
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/inte.23.6.81