Feed Planning Work-Sample Assessment

Candidate instructions

Plan carefully. Show how you reached the answer.

You have approximately 90 minutes. Use a calculator or scratch paper if helpful. All information is synthetic. Work independently and explain assumptions where requested.

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What is being observed

Numerical accuracy Computer use Truck planning Problem-solving Risk awareness Communication

Before you begin

Candidate details

Full name

Assessment date

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Provided reference

Definitions and operating rules

Expected level

The level the application expects the bin to have by the end of that date after known consumption, animal transfers, and truckloads.

Reported level

The physical bin level submitted for that date. Reports are normally taken at approximately 06:00. A report may or may not already include a truckload scheduled for that date.

Confirmed level

The level accepted as correct for that date and used as the starting point for future projections. It must include all truckloads belonging to that date, including loads not yet delivered when the 06:00 report was taken.

How to choose a confirmed level

Truckload is not yet in the report

Expected: 9 tons Truckloads: 6 tons Reported: 3 tons

The reported level is about 6 tons below the expected level, matching the truckload. The likely confirmed level is 3 + 6 = 9 tons.

Truckload is already in the report

Expected: 9 tons Truckloads: 6 tons Reported: 8.8 tons

The reported level is already close to expected. Adding the truckload again would count it twice. The likely confirmed level is 8.8 tons.

These comparisons identify the likely answer. Large or unusual differences still require checking the ordering table, delivery record, animal transfers, and the barn before confirming.

How to calculate a future level

Start with the previous day's confirmed or projected level. Add any delivery listed for the new date, then subtract that date's consumption.

Example: 8 tons starting level + 6-ton delivery - 2 tons consumption = 12 tons projected level

The assessment asks you to enter the resulting level, not the formula. Apply an animal transfer before calculating consumption for any date on which that transfer is effective.

Animal consumption reference

Animals x kilograms of feed per animal per day / 1,000 = tons consumed per day

Example: 1,000 animals x 1.5 kg / 1,000 = 1.5 tons per day.

Ordering-table abbreviations

CAP

Maximum quantity the bin can safely hold, in tons.

CONS

Expected feed consumption per day, in tons.

LEVEL

The confirmed starting level used for the projection.

Truck-compartment rule

Each truck has 10 compartments, each holding up to 3 tons. Different feed types cannot share a compartment. Quantities of the same feed type may be combined before assigning compartments. A partially filled compartment cannot hold another feed type.

Section 1

Understanding bin levels

Choose or explain the correct treatment of the information.

1. Which level is the application's end-of-day projection?

Reported Expected Confirmed

2. A valid truckload belongs to today's date but was not included in the 06:00 reported level. How should it be treated when setting the confirmed level?

Exclude it because it is not physically present yet Include it in today's confirmed level, while verifying that the load is still expected Move it to tomorrow automatically

3. Explain how you determine whether a same-day truckload is already included in a reported level.

Section 2

Set the confirmed bin levels

All reported levels below were taken at approximately 06:00. Truckloads show the total quantity assigned to today's date. Enter the most likely confirmed level for every bin. Do not add a truckload twice.

Sow S1

Capacity12.0 t

Expected9.0 t

Reported3.0 t

Truckloads6.0 t

Bin 101

3.0 / 12.0 t reported

Expected

9.0 t

Truckloads

6.0 t

Reported

3.0 t

4. Confirmed

Nursery N1

Capacity20.0 t

Expected12.7 t

Reported12.5 t

Truckloads6.0 t

Bin 201

7.7 / 10.0 t reported

Expected

7.8 t

Truckloads

6.0 t

Reported

7.7 t

5. Confirmed

Bin 202

4.8 / 10.0 t reported

Expected

4.9 t

Truckloads

0.0 t

Reported

4.8 t

6. Confirmed

Finisher F1

Capacity28.0 t

Expected19.8 t

Reported13.7 t

Truckloads12.0 t

Bin 301

5.0 / 14.0 t reported

Expected

11.0 t

Truckloads

6.0 t

Reported

5.0 t

7. Confirmed

Bin 302

8.7 / 14.0 t reported

Expected

8.8 t

Truckloads

6.0 t

Reported

8.7 t

8. Confirmed

9. Explain why you added the truckload for some bins but did not add it for others.

Section 3

Ordering-table projections and animal transfers

The LEVEL column is Monday's confirmed starting level. Each date column contains the truckload quantity scheduled for that date. A dash means no truckload.

Bin #	CAP	CONS	LEVEL	Tue 18 Aug	Wed 19 Aug	Thu 20 Aug	Fri 21 Aug
Sow S1 - Gestation
101	12.0	2.0	9.0	-	6.0	-	-
Nursery N1 - Starter
202	10.0	1.2	4.8	-	-	-	-
Finisher F1 - Grower
301	14.0	2.5	11.0	-	-	6.0	-

10. Bin 101 level on Wednesday

11. Bin 101 level on Friday

12. Bin 301 level on Friday

13. Bin 202 has no delivery scheduled. State the first date it falls below 2 tons and what ordering action you would take before that happens.

Animal-transfer information

Barn	Starting animals	Budget	Effective transfer	Previous confirmed level
Nursery N8	1,000	1.5 kg/animal/day	200 animals enter before Wednesday feeding	8.0 tons confirmed Tuesday
Finisher F4	800	3.0 kg/animal/day	300 animals leave before Thursday feeding	7.0 tons confirmed Wednesday

The previous confirmed levels already account for consumption through Tuesday for Nursery N8 and through Wednesday for Finisher F4. Do not subtract those earlier days again.

No truckloads are scheduled for either barn during these calculations.

14. Nursery N8 consumption on Wednesday

15. Nursery N8 level on Wednesday

16. Finisher F4 consumption on Thursday

17. Finisher F4 projected level after Thursday consumption

18. Explain when each transfer takes effect and how it changes consumption and projected levels.

Section 4

Truckload planning

Compare two proposed truckloads. Remember that each truck has 10 compartments and each compartment holds up to 3 tons.

Truck compartment planner10 compartments, maximum 3.0 tons each

COMP. 13.0 t

COMP. 23.0 t

COMP. 33.0 t

COMP. 43.0 t

COMP. 53.0 t

COMP. 63.0 t

COMP. 73.0 t

COMP. 83.0 t

COMP. 93.0 t

COMP. 103.0 t

Proposed Truck A

Feed type	Quantity
Gestation	6 tons
Nursery starter	5 tons
Nursery finisher	4 tons
Finisher 1	7 tons
Finisher 2	6 tons

Proposed Truck B

Feed type	Quantity
Gestation	6 tons
Nursery starter	5 tons
Finisher 1	4 tons
Finisher 1	7 tons
Finisher 2	6 tons

The two Finisher 1 lines are the same feed type and may be combined before assigning compartments.

19. Compartments required for Truck A

20. Does Truck A fit?

Yes No

21. Compartments required for Truck B

22. Does Truck B fit?

Yes No

23. Show how you assigned the quantities to compartments and explain why one truckload fits or does not fit.

Section 5

Troubleshooting cases

Case A: Unexpected five-ton increase

Bin 601 has an expected level of 3.2 tons and a reported level of 8.2 tons. The ordering table contains no truckload for Tuesday and a 5.0-ton truckload for Wednesday. No animal-transfer or consumption change is recorded.

24. What could explain the difference, and what would you check or change before using the ordering table?

Case B: Two bins move in opposite directions

Bin	Feed	Expected	Reported	Truckload on ordering table
401	Finisher 1	7.5	4.4	3.0
402	Finisher 2	5.0	8.1	3.0

25. Diagnose what may have happened and state your immediate controls, checks, corrections, and planning response.

Case C: Bins approaching empty

Bin	Expected	Reported	CONS	Next truckload
501	1.1	0.2	1.5/day	None scheduled
502	5.5	5.2	1.0/day	6.0 tomorrow
503	0.8	0.1	1.2/day	None scheduled

26. Which bins require immediate action? State how you would protect feed supply and what you would verify.

Case D: Delivery remains for a barn entering cleanout

Nursery N9 still shows 800 animals, no outgoing animal transfer, 5.5 tons of feed, and a 6.0-ton truckload scheduled for tomorrow. The production schedule says the barn cleanout begins tomorrow.

27. Explain the conflict and what you would do before the truckload is dispatched.

Section 6

Final operational response

28. Prioritise Cases A-D. State what you handle first and why, considering animal feed supply, wrong-feed risk, and preventing unnecessary deliveries.

29. Write the concise message you would send to operations about the most urgent issue.

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