Postharvest operations
Planning before production starts
Production plans often have to be set while supply and priorities are still changing and some operating constraints are not yet clear.
Growth Mindset builds forecasting and planning tools that bring the information together early enough to prepare the run and update the plan as conditions change.
New Zealand apple postharvest
Apple packhouse planning for the next production run
Production records, daily plans and priorities were spread across different systems and files. Controllers needed one current view of the next run before setting up the line.
Growth Mindset built an application that brought the information together so the team could review the expected fruit mix, production rates and equipment requirements before production began.
New Zealand kiwifruit postharvest
Kiwifruit forecasting and line planning across several packhouses
Several packhouses needed the same forecasting and line-planning method, but their equipment, settings and operating priorities differed.
Growth Mindset built a configurable system that forecast the likely fruit size mix and prepared a line plan for each site. Each packhouse could use the same core method without being forced into the same plan.
