Trimming Department

1. Prep team

 

The goal and purpose of the prep team is to have 3 or 4 top trimmers to come early (6:30am) to prep the bags. At restaurants there is a prep team to help the cooks. Their average ticket time at a restaurant is 15-17 min for the food to be ready. Using this restaurant strategy, our prep team could prepare the bags to minimize the amount of shake and stems. A bag full of good quality flower will be provided to the trimmers to focus their effort on the good flower which is the most profitable for the company. The trimmers will save time and the average flower per hour will be higher which will allow us to process more grams per day and hit the goal.

 

2.Operation Schedule

 

We need a calendar to schedule and forecast the operations of the trimming department to maximize productivity and efficiency.

 

a.    What strain are we trimming?

b.    The whole amount (per grams) of the batch.

c.     Trimming technique (bucking, quality trim or fresh frozen)

d.    What and how many days are we allotting to that specific strain.

e.     Actual

f.      Notes

 

Example:

 

• Mac1

• 30k grams batch

• Technique: (quality trim)

 

Expectation:

 

6 days expectation

5 k per day

5,000 divided by the number of trimmers. (5,000/12)

416 grams per trimmer needs to be trimmed to hit the daily goal.

 

• Actual grams trimmed will determine if the team is behind or on schedule.

• The notes section could be used to add information such as “pre-roll” to let the trimmers know what technique to use on this specific batch.

 

With the operation schedule we can break down the amount of grams per person, per day so they can see the actual numbers. The expectation of grams per trimmer might be high, but this is the purpose of the prep team. By prepping the bags and separating the good flower from the bad flower and taking all the stems out of the bags will give the trimmers more time to focus on productivity and efficiency to hit the daily goal. It is very important to make sure that every trimmer has mastered the different trimming techniques and track their daily performance to ensure quality and productivity. These projections will give the team a sense of direction to help them focus on the production rather than converse with other trimmers.

 

 

 

 

 

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