Innovations in Apple Handling Methods and Equipment

Earl W. Carlsen, Raoul S. Duerden, D. Loyd Hunter and Herrick, Joseph F.,

No 310028, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report Introduction: One of the objectives of materials-handling research conducted in Washington State apple houses was to develop and test improved methods for using present equipment and to introduce and test, under actual operating conditions, some of the newer types of equipment not now being used. The program included testing 8 innovations, 5 of which applied to the receiving of apples; 1 to shipping; 1 to the possibility of reducing costs of pallets; and 1 to moving fruit between floor levels. The 8 innovations are reported in the sections that follow. Emphasis was given to costs of receiving fruit because of their importance in warehousing. During the receiving period of 6 to 8 weeks, labor is scarce and it is difficult to regulate smoothly large crews of new help. Also, it is necessary to move fruit promptly and handle it gently to preserve quality. Although these factors cannot be measured in monetary terms, plant managers should consider them in selecting equipment.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 108
Date: 1955-01
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310028/files/mrr68.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uamsmr:310028

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310028

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().