Walt Disney

raw a Process Flow Diagram of the cranberry process beginning with

Receiving and ending with the Bailey Mills (i.e., no need to show Bulking

and Bagging at the end of the process). (~5 pts)

3. Compute the Capacity in barrels per hour of each process step. (~ 5 pts)

4. Consider a peak harvest day (16,800 barrels of berries unloaded with 70% of

them wet harvested). Assume that trucks arrive uniformly over a period of 12

hours. Identify the Bottleneck of the process by calculating/estimating the

implied utilization of each process step. (~ 6 pts)

5. When would processing be completed on such a peak harvest day? (~ 4 pts)

6. When would the last truck unload and how long would it have waited?

(~ 4 pts)

7. If you were Hugh Schaeffer, what changes would you make to improve

performance of the process? Estimate the magnitude (in $) of the costs and

benefits of each of your proposed changes. (Hint: Is there a difference in

benefits offered by the first dryer and the second dryer?) (~ 7 ptsCase Preparation Questions:

1. What are the performance problems facing receiving plant No. 1 (RP1)?

Describe the performance problems, not the underlying causes, and discuss

which are more important by roughly estimating their impact on profits.

(~ 6 pts)

2. Draw a Process Flow Diagram of