Feeding Blitz
Trucks
Mill
People
What is the target for time (to be finished)?
Currently (12hr day - South)
Is Time the target?
Downtime
Matt
Evolution of Feedyards/Feeding
Have this back and forth between the rate limiting steps of Mill vs Trucks
Can people work 12 hr shifts?
If they work 4 on 4 off - they need 12 hr days
Cattle
Bunk Mgmt:
We - want there to be feed in the bunk all the time
AND - feed doesn't spoil
What is best for them?
Reason we have multiple feedings is mgmt and bunk space
- there might be something from a FTruck driving by and opening the chute - causes cattle to come to bunk
The number of hours is not that important
Winter there are some constrictions b/c of daylight
Summer they eat more at night
Eating behaviors change (needs it to be elastic)
No breaks
Back to the wall every day
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One truck dedicated to low rations?
This idea didn't go over that great
Software
Use software to sprinkle in low rations in middle of higher rations
Utilize a single truck to do low rations
Number of Rations
Can we get down to 3 rations from multiple rations
Mill Operator
What are we asking of them - are we asking too much
Software
Hydraulic
Electrical (480, 600V)
Flaker
Asking alot from the Mill operator (Ty)
Why are there so many issues with the Mill/Flaker?
Today = 4 trucks
5 Trucks when there are a bunch of moves (Monday)
Resources
Feeding
4 Trucks
1 Bunk reader (4 on 4 off)
1 Supervisor (trad schedule)
Resources
Mill
Loader OP
Mill Operator (x2) per shift
Could stagger their hours
Micro machine is down 3 x a week
Software (Comco) - alarms that really are not alarms
Supervisor
Truck Batching
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Needs Revoro
Ability to score delivery at a round level
They can add a comment category to the pen level but there is no way to tie a bunk uneveness etc to a specific driver -
- could you have a drop down at the round level that then you could tie to that individual truck driver?
Reporting / Analytics
IS there a way to optimize truck loads that are going many different places on the lot
Are we sending the correct information to Comco to handle Truck Batching vs in Mill -
Do we need to be sending the Batch size?
Questions:
What is the time to deliver a ration?
Can you have buttons in the truck to track when the truck is waiting and then going again?
Comco
Mill Batching
ID
Ration
Batch Size (17,000)
Truck Batching
ID
Ration
Batch Size (38,000)
Micro File
Load (ID)
Ration
Pen
Pen Load Size
Load (ID)
Ration
Pen
Pen Load Size
Must switch (in Micro and Comco?) each Ration to let it know the correct size to make (controls Micros as well)