The first step in using the Strella system is to enter orders into the application. Currently, only one Country of Origin can be listed per PO in the...

The ripening model makes recommendations based on receiving QC data. Complete this step after receiving your shipment . At least 1 receiving QC ent...

After receiving a shipment and entering a receiving QC , you are ready to assign that shipment to a room. Select a room, zone, and type in order f...

Selecting a Target Date and Stage Goal initiates the cycle. Fruit is loaded for all zones. Receiving QC has been entered for each PO. The POs are ...

This article covers how to complete a daily QC using image-based QC. You will be prompted to complete a QC with a yellow banner on the room card. You...

Strella provides visibility into room-level ethylene levels on an hourly basis. Here is how to turn on autogas, track ethylene levels, and adjust aut...

Images are one of the many inputs that Strella uses to evaluate banana stage progression during ripening. Images alone are not a reliable indicator of...

Cycle notes are a way to communicate additional information about a cycle to Strella. You can add a note from the room page. If none of the reasons a...

The Ripen App is optimized for a single Target Date and a single Stage Goal per room zone. However, multiple shipments and color stages may be expecte...

Changes is inventory might require you to move pallets from one room to another room. The move function allows you to make those changes in the app ea...

Enter shipments after the final case counts and average color stage at shipment are finalized. Some facilities enter this information on the next day ...

To standardize color stages and reporting at shipout, Strella recommends the following procedure for staging and photographing bananas.  Position case...

If you accidentally loaded the wrong room, you can easy to cancel the cycle without deleting your purchase order by following these steps. Reach out t...

When using Strella app, program your ripening rooms using these settings. Holding Temperature: 58 Regular venting: 30 min every 3 hours Post-gas v...

Strella sensors are brick-sized devices that can measure temperature, humidity, CO2, O2, and ethylene in ripening rooms. The device activation tab is ...

Strella temperature probes are small, portable temp devices that can be using in ripening rooms and connected to the Strella platform as another data ...

If a sensor has been unused and dormant, it needs to be "activated", or turned on, prior to installation in a ripening room. To do this, press and hol...

The Strella app will display a banner when there is >50 PPM of ethylene in the room when the room is not gassing. There are a couple different reasons...

Cycle duration will now use the difference between the gas date and the target date , better reflecting total cycle length. The tooltip has been up...

The Strella Color Stages align closely with the Chiquita Color Scale. Both charts are attached as pdfs.

As a part of a QC check, you may be asked to answer questions about pulp to peel separation, peel color, interior color, latex, and/or grade. Here is ...

The full user manual for the penetrometer is attached at the end of this article.

For yellow fruit, typically a smoky, dull gray appearance. For green fruit, typically reddish-brown specks under the peel. Typically on the shoulder o...