This article covers essential topics across the cannabis industry, including facility design pitfalls, quality control challenges with cutting agents, maximizing profitability from raw cannabis, addressing transfer loss in manufacturing, strategies for recovering waste material, considerations for storage, and methods to mitigate theft and loss.
by Jeff Wu - August 10, 2022
This multi-part series explores the realities that are unique to hemp/cannabis that impacts manufacturing and post-processing operations — this article will not include the “big-six” as an individual topic, as it is commonly covered online.
Pre-Manufacturing Topics:
Facility Design – Many site designs are often drafted by architects or executives who have never actually run manufacturing, resulting in disastrous outcomes. This article discusses pitfalls in facility design within the cannabis industry, providing examples of inefficiencies and suggesting corrective actions.
Identifying Cutting Agents for Inbound Extract Quality Control – Addressing issues such as bubbling live resin or excessively runny crude highlights challenges in cannabis supply chains, ranging from unintentional mix-ups to lack of knowledge.
Manufacturing Topics:
Maximizing Profits from Raw Cannabis Inputs – Explore various strategies to enhance profitability from raw cannabis materials.
Actual Transfer Loss Data and Figures – Gain insights into where and how transfer losses occur in manufacturing processes, impacting the yield from inputs like oil into vaporizer cartridges.
Recovering & Recapturing Waste Material – Learn about effective pathways for reclaiming high-value extracts and concentrates from waste materials.
Post-Manufacturing Topics:
Storage – Understand the critical role of proper storage practices in preserving the quality and integrity of cannabis products post-manufacturing.
Theft and Loss – Strategies to mitigate the risk of theft and loss, crucial for maintaining profitability and operational efficiency.
