Please review the HBS Case Study # $675014-$PDF$-$ENG, National Cranberry Cooperative, and respond to

the following questions:

$1.$ What are the problems facing receiving plant No$.1($RP$1)?(2$ Points$)$

$2.$ Draw a Process Flow Diagram of the cranberry process beginning with Receiving and ending with

the Bailey Mills $($i$.$e$.,$ ignore Sorting and Shipping at the end of the process$).(2\mathrm{.}5$ Points$)$

$3.$ Compute the Capacity in barrels per hour of each process step. $(4\mathrm{.}5$ Points$)$

$4.$ Consider a peak harvest day $(19,000$ barrels of berries unloaded with $70\%$ of them wet harvested$).$

Assume that trucks arrive uniformly over a period of $11$ hours. Identify the Bottleneck of the process.

$(2$ Points$)$

$5.$ When would processing be completed on a peak day? $(3$ Points$)$

$6.$ How many trucks would be waiting on a peak day $($on average$)?(1$ Points$)$

$7.$ If you were Hugh Schaeffer, what changes would you make to improve performance of the process?

Estimate the magnitude of the costs and benefits of these changes. $(2\mathrm{.}5$ Points$)$

$8.$ By making changes to the process as a result of question $7,$ would the direct labor cost be impacted?

Discuss it in one paragraph. Calculations are highly recommended $.($