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Optimized and scaled production of spice blends

Company: Mambo Partners LLC

Major(s):
Primary: IE
Secondary: MATSE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Spice Sisters is a small manufacturing and distribution business that produces sauces and spice blends in Johnstown, PA. The raw ingredients used to make the spice blends use fair-trade when possible. The blends have no sugar, salt or fillers that range in heat level. The goal of our company is to increase our sales and our customer base to include wholesale buyers. The primary objective of this project is to scale up the production of spice blends to meet the growing demand for high-quality spice blends in the market. Currently the entire process is done on a small scale. The problems that need to be addressed are: How to roast seeds (some are very small in size) and spices, larger quantities to proper state without scorching or burning occurring. Even mixing of fine powders while preventing loss of product. How to decrease manual labor for filling individual packages for sale by automating the weight calibration of each package and then automated filling. Scope The scope of this project includes the following: Study and baseline current production process and equipment Researching and recommendation of new equipment to increase production capacity. Propose/recommend new production processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Quality control measures to ensure product quality and consistency. Deliverables New equipment recommendations. New production processes recommendations. Establishing quality control measures. Increased production capacity of spice blends. Reduced production costs of spice blends. Improved product quality and consistency.