product groups

 

Product Groups allow the placement product to be different than the processing product. Targets are established based on the group. For example, the placement product may be BSR (Broiler Straight Run), however it may be processed as LSR (Large Straight Run) and SSR (Small Straight Run).  The Product Groups are created in General>General> Products>Animal>Poultry by creating a new product. After the Group Product has been created, Internal Mappings tab is completed with the Products that can source the Group Product.

 

The following options are outlined in the Product Groups document:

Create a Product

Prior to creating a BRPA Product Group, the product must be created in General>General> Products>Animal>Poultry.

  1. In General>General> Products>Animal>Poultry, select to add a new product
  2. Complete the following fields as required. Complete details on creating new products are available in General>General> Products>Animal>Poultry.
    1. Enter the code for the product group in Product No.
    2. Enter a description for the product group in Product Name.
    3. Select Animal Type as one of the following: Broiler Male, Broiler Female or Broiler Straight Run.
  3. Select the Internal Mapping tab
    1. Click to add a new line to the Internal Mapping grid
    2. Select the Product No of the product that is to be included in the product group.
    3. Repeat process for all products that are to be included in the product group.

Create a BRPA Product Group

Once the product has been created for the product group, the Product Group can be created in BRPA. The Products Group screen is comprised of four sections:

 

  1. In BMTS>BRPA>Master Data, select Product Groups.
  2. In the Products Group main index, click to create a new record.

  3. In the Production Performance dialog box, select the Product No and then click 'OK'.

 

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General

The General tab is used to enter the basic details for the product profile.

  1. The Active Flag will default as selected to indicate that the product group is active. If the Product Group is no longer required, un-check the option.

  2. In the Min Weight field, enter a minimum processing weight for the product group. This value is entered in lbs or kgs depending on the unit of measure.

  3. In the Max Weight field, enter a minimum processing weight for the product group. This value is entered in lbs or kgs depending on the unit of measure.

  4. Enter a Field Weight Percent Adj to represent the adjustment factor for the field weight. The field weight will be multiplied by the factor to get the processing weight.

  5. In the Min Target Age field, enter the age, in days, that is the minimum acceptable for processing.

  6. In the Max Target Age field, enter the age, in days, that is the maximum acceptable for processing.

  7. Placement Density is entered when Registry>Plant>BRPA>General>Head Capacity Mode = Density. The user entered value will calculate the head capacity during placement schedule calculation if the seasonal density is not populated in BRPA Products>Seasonal Factors. This field is entered as ft2 or m2 required for each bird placed.

  8. In the Max Percent Partial Pickup field, enter the maximum acceptable percentage of the entity that is allowed for a partial pickup.

Thinning

  1. Select the Allow Thinning flag to allow thinning to be done.
  2. In the Min Days After Thinned field, enter the number of days after thinning that the next pickup can be completed.
  3. Enter the Processing Density to indicate the desired lbs/ft2 or kgs/m2 to be processed. The logic will use this value to determine if the entity will exceed the density when running Registry>Plant>BRPA>General>BRPA Model is set to Thinning or Thinning with Lock for BRPA Projections.

Eviscerated

  1. Enter a Weight Precision to define the weight increment for the weights that are picked up in each planning loop.
  2. Enter a Coefficient of Variation statistic to analyze the standard deviation.
  3. In the Eviscerated Carcass Yield field, enter the percentage of bird weight that remains after evisceration.

Turkeys

  1. In the First Move Age field, enter the number of days where the bird is moved from brood to grow.
  2. Save and Close the record.