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your analysis you can make the following assumptions.

$1.$ Drivers cost farmers $$8$ per hour.

$2.$ An average busy day has a continuous arrival rate of berries of $1500$bbls$./$hr$.$

$3.$ There are $20$ busy days in the average growing season.

$4.$ There is sufficient capacity in Bagging and Bulking.

$5.$ The case description of how many workers are needed when the plant runs overtime is

vague. Assume that there are $20$ workers and they are evenly split between full time and

seasonal employees.

You report should address the following questions.

$1.$ Draw a detailed process flow map of the current process at Receiving Plant #$1.$

$2.$ What is the capacity of each process step?

$3.$ What is the maximum long$-$term achievable throughput rate of Receiving Plant #$1?$ What

factors affect this throughput rate?

$4.$ Currently, what is $($are$)$ the major reason$($s$)$ for trucks waiting and excessive overtime?

$5.$ On average, how long will the trucks have to wait on a busy day? Assume a $7$am start of

processing berries.

$6.$ What benefits would you expect if the processing time was moved up from $11$am to $7$am

during the peak period? Should this be done for the entire season?

$7.$ What are your recommendations to NCC on how to deal with their problems?