Egg Grade-Out Process
- Amanda Thomas
Summary:
This article documents the usage of Egg Gradeouts which can be found through System.
The purpose of the Egg Grade-Out feature is to provide a place to save egg grader output for each batch of graded, processed eggs. The Egg Grade-Out Form allows users to view, update and insert egg grade-out batches. Once Egg Gradeout's are entered in the system the eggs can then be priced for revenue. See Egg Grade-Out Valuation documentation
Grade-Out Set Up
Egg Size Matrix Configuration
Egg Size Matrix tables will need to be configured and assigned to a grader.
Navigate to System> Egg Size Matrix Config. to set all your Egg Size Types for each of your Graders. Egg Size Types can be set up within System>System Settings and under the tab System Types. Only System types will be available for reports so change the names of pre-existing types.
Assign Egg Size Matrix to Grader
Navigate to System>Equipment>Egg Processing Plant Equipment
Set up your equipment. If your equipment is an Egg grader, navigate to the Egg Grader Configuration Tab to assign your Egg Matrix Configuration and your Egg Grader Units for each Grader. Also, check if the grader supports Inline and/or Offline Eggs.
Create a New Grade Out Batch
Navigate to System> Grade-Out> Create New Batch
Batch Details
Batch Number - Create a batch number for this Egg Grade-Out
Batch Date - The date the Batch started.
Processing Plant - This selection loads all processing plants with all active graders.
Grader - This selection loads all egg graders assigned to the selected processing plant.
Egg Type - Select an Egg Type for this grade-out.
Grades
The rows are determined by the grader’s egg matrix configuration as set up above.
Enter the Count, Weight, Average, and/or Percent from the gradeout for each Egg Size Type. Percentage is a required field and the sum must equal 100%.
Each grade of egg is defined using System - Egg Size Matrix Configuration.
The configuration is applied to a piece of equipment under System - Equipment - Egg Processing Plant Equipment.
When creating a new batch in the Grade-Out, select a Processing Plant. All Graders affiliated with that processing plant are filtered upon selection.
Select a Grader and the Egg Size Matrix Configuration Grades will populate automatically. User may then proceed with keying the grade out data for the batch.
Keying Grade Data
Count (Unit). Key the count of eggs. The unit is determined through the Grader configuration on the Egg Processing Plant Equipment form.
Weight. Key the total weight for each grade of egg.
Average. Key the average weight for each grade of egg.
Percent. This value will auto-populate as egg counts are keyed.
**Note: The sum total of all rows percentages on the grades tab must equal 100% before you can save and close the grade-out. The count column can be summed as well for verification purposes.
Farms
This tab records the farm, flock, and house included in the Grade-Out.
Purchases
This tab links purchases to a Grade-Out
Batch Results
This tab list out the general information about the overall batch.
Start Time: The time and date the batch was started.
End Time: The time and date the batch ended.
Single Eggs In: Number of single eggs put into the grader.
Single Eggs Inline: Number of single eggs processed that are associated with an inline facility.
Single Eggs Offline: Number of single eggs processed that are associated with an offline facility.
Total Downtime: Time the machine was not processing eggs.
Fill Efficiency: Percent efficiency the machine was utilized.
Cases Per Hour: Number of cases processed per hour.
View an Existing Grade-Out Batch
Existing grade-out batches can be retrieved to view or update using this form.
Details (Search Criteria)
Batch Number - Enter the batch number of the Egg grade-out you would like to view.
Plant Code - Enter a processing plant to filter all results by a certain Processing Plant.
Egg Grader - This selection loads all egg graders assigned to the selected processing plant to filter by that grader.
Egg Type - This selection will filter the results by an Egg Type.
Starting Date - Enter a starting date range to pull up grade-outs that happened after this date.
Ending Date - Enter a Ending date range to pull up grade-outs that happened before this date.
Select a Grade-Out from the list
Once users have selected their filter criteria and clicked the “Search” button, the list of batches will load. Users can double-click a selection to load the egg grade-out form, or they can single-click and press the “Load” button.