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    New Job requires MATH

    In a perfect world... this would be an option. It's not. The machine operator (dispenser) speaks maybe a lick of English. If I bring the 'expected losses' thing to my supervisor she'll say she knows but it's still unacceptable, and thus must be fixed which is what brought me here in the first...
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    New Job requires MATH

    The thing about packaging mass quantities of fruit as fast as possible: it's messy, and handling it is unpredictable. One of my responsibilities is to collect salvage where it gathers; salvage is edible fruit that hasnt made itself into a bag. In my example given I stated there was 650 lbs. of...
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    New Job requires MATH

    Our machine operator tries to do this, but the problem with this is the expectations from our superiors. If a 6 oz. bag has 7 oz. of fruit inside, its considered a loss of 1 oz. Due to the fast pace environment its impossible to take the time to remove the excess fruit, and with a small order...
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    New Job requires MATH

    A bit of background first-- I started a position palletizing in a fruit factory. Basically what we do is take dried fruit and package it. As palletizer I am responsible for recording the total # of cases(total cases or TCS), the weight of the total cases (actual or A), the weight of the fruit...
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