Situation analysis: By 1981, the cranberry industry isin a state of transition on two fronts. First and foremost is the increase in production over utilization. In fact, the surplus increased significantly by 1978 andthe growers turned to the Agriculture Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and created the Cranberry Marketing Order to limit production over the next six years. The other trend is the increasing mechanization of cranberry harvesting. Employed primarily in water harvesting, mechanization greatly increased cranberry production per acre. However, this method tendsto damage the plants, the fruit and reduce the time cranberries can be sold fresh. Looking to next year’s crop, it is expected that water harvesting, with the aid of mechanization, will constitute 70% of production, as compare to increase from 58% in the lastyear. Problem diagnosis: Receiving plant #1 (RP1) was facing two problems. First, overtime costs were still too high, despite spending $100,000 on a 5th......

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