scholarly journals Work Plan: Phase II Investigation at the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility in Montgomery City, Missouri

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine M LaFreniere
Keyword(s):  
Phase Ii ◽  
Grain Storage ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Work Plan ◽  
Plan Phase

scholarly journals A decision support system for cost determination in grain storage facility operations

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 735-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domingos S. M. Valente ◽  
Daniel M. de Queiroz ◽  
Paulo C. Corrêa ◽  
Luis C. da Silva ◽  
Sônia M. L. R. do Vale
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Turnover Rate ◽  
Grain Storage ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Processing And Storage ◽  
Cost Determination ◽  
And Storage

Many research works have being carried out on analyzing grain storage facility costs; however a few of them had taken into account the analysis of factors associated to all pre-processing and storage steps. The objective of this work was to develop a decision support system for determining the grain storage facility costs and utilization fees in grain storage facilities. The data of a CONAB storage facility located in Ponta Grossa - PR, Brazil, was used as input of the system developed to analyze its specific characteristics, such as amount of product received and stored throughout the year, hourly capacity of drying, cleaning, and receiving, and dispatch. By applying the decision support system, it was observed that the reception and expedition costs were exponentially reduced as the turnover rate of the storage increased. The cleaning and drying costs increased linearly with grain initial moisture. The storage cost increased exponentially as the occupancy rate of the storage facility decreased.

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