Cranberry

The major trends of the cranberry industry and the problems facing RP#1 There are several major trends that we can observe in the cranberry industry for the period of 1945-1979 (See Table 1 in the Appendix). First, there is a steady production increase in each of the five-year periods: from 615,000 barrels in 1945-1949 to 1,546,120 barrels 30 years later. The production growth was caused by the increasing mechanisation of cranberry industry. For example, water harvesting could result in a yield

Cranberries are symbols of vacations, but more than a year you can benefit from your delicious well-being. They are quite piquant and most people need to be tasty. Their juice is often mixed with sweets or mixed with other juice to cut tart flavor. Being a dip plant, Cranberry Bush produces high concentrated fruit filled with nutrition. Since very little seed can take root, nature has ensured that each berry is packed with as many nutrients as possible. Why is Cranberry juice good for you? Cranberry

Cranberry Production in Canada Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs and they are small, red, acidic berries that are used in often used in cooking. Cranberries overall have many health benefits as it is most effective for tract infections as it inhibits bacteria from attaching to the bladder and overall contain many antioxidants. Many believe cranberries grow under water as they are seen in commercials to be floating on water but what we are seeing is the result of wet harvesting.

value for money, health, indulgence, convenience and ethical quality (SGF Forum, 2012). Consumers are fully aware of the health benefits associated with cranberry juice, and AQC’s wide range of cranberry juice products (pure, blended, white, and light) would answer their need. However, consumers may not know that AQC is the major producer of cranberry juice drinks, and buy cheaper private label especially if purchasing in volume, while some consumers are still prepared to pay higher for premium quality

NATIONAL CRANBERRY COOPERATIVE National Cranberry Cooperative Question 1 The receiving plant No. 1 is facing 3 problems: 1) Too much waiting time for trucks before they can unload their berries; 2) The overtime costs are too high; 3) The grading process of the berries is inadequate. Question 2 Question 3 Process Flow Diagram for wet and dry cranberries Working Note: Arrival of berries- In the process fruit, first berries are arrived on receiving plant

9-688-122 REV: MARCH 17, 2006 National Cranberry Cooperative (Abridged) On February 14, 1981, Hugo Schaeffer, vice president of operations at the National Cranberry Cooperative (NCC), called his assistant, Mel O’Brien, into his office and said: Mel, I spent all day yesterday reviewing last fall’s process fruit operations at receiving plant #1 [RP1] with Will Walliston, the superintendent, and talking with the co-op members [growers] in that area. It’s obvious to me that we haven’t solved

National Cranberry Cooperative Case 20090562 Political Science Junki Hong To begin with, this assignment is done with Kim Seo Yeon (20100472, Sociology). National Cranberry Cooperative Case is the study done by the Harvard Business School about a process of warehousing from the delivery and arriving of cranberry to a manufacturing in the warehouse. National Cranberry Cooperative was an organization formed and owned by growers of cranberries to process and markets their berries. The handling

National Cranberry Cooperative In early 1981, at the National Cranberry Cooperative’s receiving plant number 1 (RP1), overtime costs are too high and delivery trucks and their drivers have to wait several hours to unload. The trucks have to wait because the plant’s holding bins fill up and there is not temporary storage. The holding bins fill up because within the cranberry operating system there is a bottleneck, a place in the production process where production slows down because of a slow or

Problem Statement: The National Cranberry Cooperative is having issues at their RP1 with trucks and drivers spending too much time waiting before the berries have been unloaded, employee absence has caused the overtime costs to skyrocket, and the grading process of berries needs to be altered. Analysis: Problem 1: When the trucks first arrive at RP1 the employees duty is to grade the berries by sampling a small amount of the berries. The grades the berries are given are from 1 being poorest of

National Cranberry is a cooperative of berry growers around North America that share common production facilities and for the last several years have been experiencing capacity bottlenecks among other issues. After initial analysis, two main factors that contributed to a decrease in production were found. The first issue in the business is that the supply trucks and drivers delivering the harvest were not properly organized and there was not enough space and organization to allow for smooth offloading