Cost/Benefit Analysis
The Greenleaf report conclusions are summarised below. The full
Cost/Benefit Analysis report is available for download.
1. The primary benefits of SmartStretchTM/ SmartShapeTM are:
- Stretching to tenderize pre-rigor meat (SmartStretchTM)
- Shaping irregular muscles (SmartShapeTM) to increase value by changing muscles consumer usage
Both benefits have commercial application with potential for reasonable return on investment.
These benefits are not considered to be available with competing technologies.
2. Some secondary benefits deliver additional commercial return over primary benefits. Depending on plant circumstances these benefits by themselves would not be significant enough to justify SmartStretchTM/ SmartShapeTM without the associated primary benefits.
3. A commercial system with equivalent volume capacity to the existing prototype does represent a viable commercial product for most applications. Volume is obviously a limitation but multiple units could be installed within reason.
4. This technology is a significant enabling technology if future international pressures on energy, environment and labour made hot boning a more important option for processing companies.
5. There are real commercial opportunities for existing cold boners to harvest hot boned cuts with the existing technology.
Summary of Benefits
