Fluid Milk Plants in the Southeast: Methods, Equipment, & Layout

James C. Taylor and Ralph W. Brown

No 310683, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report Introduction: During the past 2 decades many innovations in fluid milk marketing have materially affected the work methods, equipment, and facility designs used in fluid milk plants. Among the major factors affecting plant operations have been: (1) A general development of more efficient types of equipment; (2) the advent of receiving milk in bulk; and (3) the trend to paper containers and dispenser cans. This study was undertaken, therefore, to measure the effects of these innovations on the work methods and equipment used in fluid milk plants in Georgia. The objectives were to: (1) Measure the relative efficiencies of various work methods and various types and combinations of types of equipment used in fluid milk plants; (2) compare the various combinations of work methods and equipment types by plant types for the purpose of determining their effects on total plant costs; (3) appraise the effects of volume on labor and equipment requirements and costs; and (4) develop facility layouts, including equipment arrangement

Keywords: Industrial Organization; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 88
Date: 1958-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310683

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