The receiving time at the plant can be determined from the sched- 

 ule by subtracting the "time" at which the first load arrives at the plant 

 from the time at which the last load is unloaded. In Table 4 this is the 

 time elapsing between 4.67 hours and 10.25 hours or 5.58 hours, well 

 within the nine hour plant receiving time restriction. 



Table 4. Schedule of Times Involved in the Assembly of Supply Band III, 



190 Crate Trucks, 5,000 Pound Per Year Density Level, 



9 Man-6 Load Complement 



* Clock time. 

 t Elapsed time. 



J Load 6 waits at processing plant for .80 hours while load 5 is being unloaded. 

 § Truck 1 waits at plant .32 hours before starting trip back to farm to pick up 

 load 6. 



IV. Cost of Broiler Assembly 



The physical input-output relationships or technical coefficients in 

 broiler assembly have been developed and the physical input quantities 

 required for each firm at each density situation determined. Appropriate 

 cost rates must be applied to the physical input quantities to establish a 

 function relating output and cost. The cost rates developed and used in 

 this study are those appropriate for current New England conditions. 



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