DMS site managers Marty Hansen (Te Puke) and Aaron Price (Te Puna). Photo / Supplied
End-of-year results show that DMS once again leads the post-harvest industry with the lowest onshore fruit-loss rates for both Hayward (Green) and Sungold (Gold).
This is the seventh consecutive year the Western Bay of Plenty kiwifruit operator has topped the fruit-loss charts.
The charts are considered the number one metric
for quality when comparing packhouse onshore performance.
The DMS Sungold fruit-loss result for this season was 0.1 per cent, considerably stronger than the industry average, which finished on 0.72 per cent. The DMS Hayward fruit-loss was 0.16 per cent, which was a fraction of industry's 1.29 per cent.
Post-harvest operations manager Lorry Leydon puts DMS' ongoing success down to a continual investment in people, culture, and the ability to offer the full package to growers - from growing the crop right through to loading it onto a truck.
