Comparison between individual harvesting and group harvesting in a Colombian oil palm plantation
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Author
Mosquera M., Mauricio
Fontanilla D., Carlos A.
Alarcón G., Wilmar H.
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Publicación:
Revista Palmas; Vol. 29 Núm. 2 (2008); 11-16
0121-2923
Revista Palmas; Vol. 29 Núm. 2 (2008); 11-16
0121-2923
Abstract
The main goal of this paper is showing the results of a time and motion study carried out in an oil palm plantation in Colombia. The objective of the study was to compare two methods of harvesting oil palms. In the first method one worker carried out every process of the harvest. In the second method two workers harvested (one of them cut bunches and the other one picked bunches and loose fruits up). The results showed that the cost per ton of bunches harvested was 17 per cent lower when the harvest was carried out by two workers, which is equivalent to $4.974 Colombian pesos (2.077 Colombian pesos /1 USD) El objetivo principal de este artículo es mostrar los resultados de un estudio de tiempos y movimientos realizado en una plantación de palma de aceite en Colombia. La finalidad de dicho estudio era comparar dos métodos de cosechar palma de aceite. En el primer método, un solo trabajador realizó todos los procesos de la cosecha. En el segundo, dos trabajadores cosecharon (uno de ellos cortaba los racimos y el otro recogía racimos y frutos). Los resultados arrojaron que el costo por tonelada cosechada de racimos era 17 por ciento menor cuando la cosecha era realizada por dos trabajadores, que equivalen a $4.974 pesos Colombianos (2.077 pesos Colombianos /1 dólar americano).
The main goal of this paper is showing the results of a time and motion study carried out in an oil palm plantation in Colombia. The objective of the study was to compare two methods of harvesting oil palms. In the first method one worker carried out every process of the harvest. In the second method two workers harvested (one of them cut bunches and the other one picked bunches and loose fruits up). The results showed that the cost per ton of bunches harvested was 17 per cent lower when the harvest was carried out by two workers, which is equivalent to $4.974 Colombian pesos (2.077 Colombian pesos /1 USD)
Palabras clave:
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
cosecha
métodos de optimización
manejo de la plantación
costos de producción
costos de explotación
palma de aceite
elaeis guineensis
cosecha
métodos de optimización
manejo de la plantación
costos de producción
costos de explotación