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Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Before you start receiving fruit, it is important to understand a few basic terms used in the system:
Retention Sample:
A specific amount of fruit kept back from a packed order. We test one sample day-by-day for up to 12 days to observe fruit quality over that time.
Expected Shelf Life:
The target number of days the fruit is expected to remain good for the customer.
Benchmark Target:
A specific firmness goal for each day. As fruit naturally softens, the system compares your daily reading to the ideal benchmark and tells you if the fruit is "On target" or "Out of target."
CORE FLOWS:
Finding Your Daily Sample
CORE FLOWS:
Finding Your Daily Sample
Goal: To locate the correct digital record for the fruit you are testing today.
Steps:
Open the Retention Sample module. You will see a list of Product Categories (e.g., 2's, 4's, Green Dot).
You can tap the drop-down arrows to find your specific product.
Select the specific pallet/product you need to test and press 'create' for new retention samples or 'open' for existing ones.
What Happens Next?: The individual retention sample logging screen opens, and you are ready to record today's test.
CORE FLOWS:
Recording the Daily Firmness & Quality
CORE FLOWS:
Recording the Daily Firmness & Quality
Goal: To physically test the fruit and log the results into the system for today's specific day (e.g., Day 1, Day 2).
Steps:
On the sample's page, select 'add sample'.
Test the avocados using your penetrometer. Under Avo 1 and Avo 2, enter the KG readings for Side 1 and Side 2. The system will calculate the Firmness Average automatically.
Take a clear, well-lit picture of the cut fruit and the penetrometer, and upload it under Retention sample images.
Click Save.
What Happens Next?: The system logs the day's test. If the fruit is healthy and has no damage, you are done with this sample until tomorrow.
CORE FLOWS:
Logging Internal Damage (Failed Shelf Life)
CORE FLOWS:
Logging Internal Damage (Failed Shelf Life)
Goal:
To properly record when a sample has spoiled or shows internal defects.
Steps:
If you cut the fruit open and find issues, go to the Internal Damage section at the bottom of the screen.
Click Add damage and select the specific issue (e.g., Fungal, Vascular browning).
Click Save.
What Happens Next?:
The system officially brings the "Expected Shelf Life" down to the day the damage was found.
Important: Even though the shelf life has failed, you must still continue testing the rest of the samples on the remaining days so we have a complete data log.
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