The use of management science techniques to improve decision making in poultry processing facilities /

accommodating user made production decisions. Final profits

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conrad, Kenneth Allen, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1994.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:accommodating user made production decisions. Final profits
and base prices of final products. The system altered cut-up
and dark meat final products to determine the effects of
and final product mixes were compared to a composite-base run
been developed to meet these challenges. Parts Pro utilizes
carcasses. This results in a less flexible environment in
combination with the incrementally increased profits of white
combined with 20% increases in white meat final products
control trial was run using a composite average of the strain
cross data and base final product prices. Strain cross A
different strains of broilers (A,B,C,D), was used in
Experiment 3 was conducted to determine the system's
facilities to evolve into major complexes that rely
facility, as well as the request of the decision maker. This
facility. In Experiment 1 , genetic information from four
Final trial profits were less than the composite-base trial.
genetic information about the poultry flock to develop a
in a poultry processing facility.
increasingly on machinery to process mass numbers of chicken
information is delivered to the second component, the model
its model builder (MB) component to gather statistical and
mathematical model representing the constraints of the
means to accommodate the production of requested products.
model. Three experiments were conducted to determine if
nearly 60% increase in price of the unproduced product caused
newly altered product mix was less than the composite-base
offered the highest profit of any combinations. Experiment 2
PartsPro was capable of representing a poultry processing
prices and strain cross on final product. A composite-base
producing agribusiness has caused poultry processing
sensitivity to price changes of unproduced products. A
solder (MS) which is responsible for solving the mathematical
techniques can be applied successfully to aid decision making
that was the average genetic yields of all strain crosses,
The growth of the poultry industry into a major meat
the system to alter final product mix. Total profit of the
trial. This research demonstrates that management science
was conducted to determine if the system was capable of
which production decisions are made. A software system has
Item Description:"Major subject: Poultry Science".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 157 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.