A production operations system
Taking a fruit processing plant off paper.
- Sector
- Fresh-produce processing
- Region
- West Africa
- Status
- Pilot, in progress
The same four records, before and after
On paper
After the fact
Reconciled on Friday.
- Intake
- Sheet on a clipboard
- Station corrections
- Three people, by hand
- Output weights
- A second book
- Reconciliation
- Friday, by calculator
In the system
Live
Reconciled as the shift runs.
- Intake
- Tablet, at the gate
- Station corrections
- By the operator
- Output weights
- At the scale
- Reconciliation
- As the shift runs
What the system holds, stage by stage
01
Intake
Recorded once at the gate, signal or not.
02
Allocation
The batch keeps its name through every split.
03
Stations
Logged by the person doing the work.
04
Weighing
Weighed straight into the batch's record.
05
Reconciliation
In against out, adding up as the shift runs.
One batch, forward and backward
Detail
The full engineering write-up.
The data model, traceability, staffing, and what the pilot does not yet claim.