Lapho uScott Danner, isikhulu esisebenza e-Kansas City, e-Kan.-based Liberty Fruit Co., etshela umnikazi kanye ne-CEO u-Arnold Caviar ukuthi udinga ukunweba indawo esanda kusikwa yenkampani ngamamitha-skwele angu-3,000, u-Caviar waphendula, “Sikrole. Uma sidinga ezingu-3,000 (ama-square feet), masenze ezingu-7,000.”
Ukwengezwa ku-Carol's Cuts, uphiko olusha lwe-Liberty, lwaqedwa ngo-2007, okulethe ukusebenza okuphelele kumamitha-skwele ayi-12,000. Lesi sigaba, esiqanjwe ngonkosikazi ka-Arnold Caviar, saqalwa ngo-2001 ngendawo engu-500-square-foot, futhi kungakapheli iminyaka emithathu sasiphindwe kathathu ngobukhulu. Eminye imisebenzi esanda kwenziwa e-Kansas City yayivaliwe, futhi i-Carol's Cuts yayithola indawo yemakethe ekhulayo.
"Ayikho enye iprosesa endaweni," kusho uDanner.
Isithelo Senkululeko
ULiberty useneminyaka engaphezu kwengama-40 enza ibhizinisi endaweni yaseKansas City. Isungulwe nguyise ka-Arnold Caviar, isizukulwane sesithathu seCaviars manje isihola ibhizinisi, nakuba u-Arnold - osephethe leli bhizinisi kusukela ngo-1985 - usabambe iqhaza ezinqumweni zebhizinisi, kusho uDanner. Le nkampani ingumthumeli, ipaki kanye neprosesa yezithelo nemifino esanda kusikwa.
Njengengxenye ye-Produce Alliance, i-Liberty isabalalisa endaweni enezifunda ezinhlanu endaweni engamakhilomitha angama-400 e-Kansas City: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska kanye ne-Oklahoma. Cishe amaphesenti angama-45 omkhiqizo adayiselwa amakhasimende e-foodservice, amaphesenti angama-30 athengiswa ngezitolo ezinkulu kanti amaphesenti angama-25 asele awokuthengisa. Lokho kuhlukahluka kuyingxenye yalokho okuye kwasiza i-Liberty yabona ukukhula ngamaphesenti angu-20 unyaka ngamunye kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
"Uma ingxenye eyodwa ihamba kancane, enye iyathatha," kusho uDanner.
Isikhungo se-Liberty sihlanganisa amamitha-skwele angaphezu kuka-120,000, nezindawo zokupholisa nokuvuthwa kwesimanjemanje. Izindawo eziyishumi nanye ezilawulwa izinga lokushisa zisiza ukugcina ubusha bemikhiqizo ehlukene, futhi uxhaxha lwenkampani lwamaloli nama-trailer angama-50 lungathumela amahora angama-24 ngosuku. Amaloli alandelwa ubuchwepheshe be-Global Positioning Satellite, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuthi i-Liberty yazi kahle ukuthi umkhiqizo ukuphi futhi yenze umsebenzi ongcono wokuhlela ukudiliva nokuthunyelwa.
Ngokungeziwe ebhizinisini lemikhumbi kanye nesigaba sika-Carol's Cuts esisikiwe esisha, i-Liberty yenza utamatisi omusha ngaphansi komkhiqizo we-Mary's Pride - oqanjwe ngomama ka-Arnold Caviar. Utamatisi we-Mary's Pride uthengiswa ezitolo njengesaladi elibomvu notamatisi we-roma. Amanye amatamatisi aya ukupakisha kabusha kanti amanye aya kuma-processor, ngoba i-Liberty ingayenza eshibhile kunokuba abanye abaprosesa bazenzele ngokwabo.
"Songa impahla eningi futhi singaletha umkhiqizo omusha," kusho uDanner.
Ukusika kukaCarol
Ngenkathi i-Carol's Cuts iqala, yayingemuva kwesikhungo se-Liberty, esinabasebenzi abayisishiyagalombili abasebenza kakhulu amakhasimende esevisi yokudla. Phakathi nonyaka, ukuhlukaniswa kwase kudlule indawo yaso futhi indawo yokuma yodwa, isitshalo esingamamitha-skwele ayi-5,000 salungiswa endaweni ye-Liberty. Eminyakeni emine eyalandela, uhlangothi olusha lwebhizinisi luphindeke kabili, okuholele ekwengezweni kwamamitha-skwele angu-7,000.
“Asihambanga, sabaleka,” kusho uDanner.
Umsebenzi wokusikwa kabusha ususukile ekucubunguleni umkhiqizo ongaphansi kwamaphawundi angu-40,000 ngonyaka waya ngaphezu kwamaphawundi angu-160,000. Ngesikhala esengeziwe, inkampani inendawo yokwandisa nakakhulu, futhi uDanner uthe angabona i-Carol's Cuts ikhula kabili kuya kwezintathu kunalokho eyikho manje.
"U-Arnold uzothi 'siphelelwe amandla, siphelelwe amandla,' kodwa awuphelelwa amandla kuze kube wenza amashifu amathathu kuwo wonke ulayini," kusho uDanner.
I-Carol's Cuts isebenzisa olayini abayi-10 kwishifu eyodwa yantambama eqala ngo-3 ntambama kuya ku-10 ntambama. i-shift yosuku iqala.
Imikhiqizo engaphezu kuka-230 idlula emigqeni yokucubungula entsha yenkampani, nemishini eminingi esanda kwengezwa ngesikhathi sokunwetshwa. Cishe noma yiluphi uhlobo lokucubungula lungenziwa, kuye ngokuthi ikhasimende lifunani. Imishini emisha yonge isikhathi esiningi, nezinqubo ezinjengokucwecwa amazambane zaqedwa ngokushesha izikhathi ezingama-20.
“Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi awusoze waba nemishini eminingi kakhulu,” kusho uDanner.
Ulwazi luka-Liberty nokuphathwa kwezinsiza kusiza isitshalo esisanda kusikwa sikhiqize izithelo nemifino engcono. Umkhiqizo ongahluziwe uhlala ubanda kusukela ekufikeni ngokucutshungulwa, futhi izinga lokushisa ligadwa endaweni yokubeka uze ulethwe kumakhasimende. Iphakheji yomkhiqizo inedethi "ecutshungulwe", ngakho amakhasimende azi ukuthi umkhiqizo wabo umusha.
Ukwengeza ulayini osikiwe omusha kusho ukuqaphela nakakhulu ngokuphepha kokudla. I-Carol's Cuts inezinqubo ze-HACCP ezisebenzayo kanye nabasebenzi bokuqinisekisa ikhwalithi yesikhathi esigcwele ukuze baqaphe futhi babhale phansi izinqubo - uDanner athi iyisidingo seprosesa kulezi zinsuku.
“Akukhona ukuthi besingenzi izinto ezifanele – yimibhalo,” kusho yena.
Kunezincwadi ezingama-20 zamadokhumenti ezitifiketi ezahlukahlukene nokuhlolwa okufanele kube okwakamuva, futhi abasebenzi abaqeqeshiwe abaqinisekisa ikhwalithi banganqanda iphutha elibizayo noma amaphuzu aphuthelwe lapho kuhlolwa.
"Kuvele kusenze inkampani engcono," kusho uDanner. “Intengo ngeke isaba yiyo yonke into.”
Ukukhula Nokusekelwa
Umgomo we-Liberty Fruit Co. - kanye nezigaba zayo ze-Mary's Pride and Carol's Cuts - ukuba isitolo esitobhile samakhasimende. Ukusiza ukufinyelela lowo mgomo, i-Liberty yaba yilungu le-Produce Alliance ngo-2001. I-Produce Alliance yinkampani yokuphatha egxile ekutholeni nasekusabalaliseni umkhiqizo wamakhasimende esevisi yokudla. Inkampani ayingeni ekusikeni okusha, kodwa ubuchwepheshe obusebenzisa i-Produce Alliance buye basiza i-Liberty ukuthi iqaphe futhi ilandelele umkhiqizo wayo ngempumelelo.
"I-IT yethu ingaphambi komncintiswano," kusho uDanner.
Kodwa ukukhulisa inkampani kungase kuhilele izindleko eziningi, ngakho u-Arnold no-Allen Caviar bafuna ukuqaphela ukuthi imali isetshenziswa kanjani. Kuze kube yilapho i-Carol's Cuts ikhula, i-Liberty yayingenaso isikweletu, futhi ngisho nemali mboleko abayithatha ukuze bangeze isikhashana futhi ingenani eliphansi kakhulu elidingekayo.
Umndeni wakwaCaviar ubulokhu uzimele, ukholelwa ukuthi inkampani kufanele isebenzise imali enayo kuphela esikhundleni sokuboleka imali, kusho uDanner. Lowo mqondo usiza abantu ukuba benze izinqumo ezihlakaniphile, ngoba yonke into kufanele ifakwe ephepheni futhi idola ngalinye elisetshenzisiwe liphuma ngqo esikhwameni.
Njengoba inkampani ibukeka ikhula ngokuqhubekayo, uDanner akaboni lokho kushintsha. Izinto zamathikithi amakhulu njengemishini noma izakhiwo zingadinga imalimboleko, kodwa zizoqhubeka zisetshenziswa kancane ukuze kugcinwe i-Liberty ingenazikweletu ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ukusiza
Kule minyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule, i-Liberty Fruit Co. ihlele futhi yaxhasa umqhudelwano wegalofu ukuze iqoqe imali yeSibhedlela Sezingane Somusa Nomtholampilo e-Kansas City. I-fundraiser ingumzamo obalulekile wokuqongelela imali ka-Arnold.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, abadlali begalofu bandize besuka kuzo zombili izinhlaka ukuze babambe iqhaza futhi abaxhasi bafolile, okuhlanganisa namagama amakhulu afana ne-Dole Fresh Vegetable, Gills Onions kanye ne-River Ranch Fresh Foods. Umqhudelwano wangonyaka odlule uqoqe imali engaphezu kuka-$100,000 2008 kulesi sibhedlela, kwabhidlika amarekhodi adlule ngisho nalokho obekulindelwe ngabahleli. Le nkampani inethemba elikhulu ngomqhudelwano ka-22, ozobanjwa ngoSepthemba XNUMX e-Tiffany Springs Golf Club e-Kansas City, Mo.