Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri
Due to the anthropogenic activities for the last 300 years, the earth has had so many changes. Human’s first conflict with nature started after the industrial revolution in 18th centuries, when factories were being built one after another. Among all these industries, food industry like many other...
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| description | Due to the anthropogenic activities for the last 300 years, the earth has had so many changes.
Human’s first conflict with nature started after the industrial revolution in 18th centuries,
when factories were being built one after another. Among all these industries, food industry
like many others generate wastes but the attention to this industry has always been less as the
waste characteristics is non-hazardous and biodegradable. The main challenges for food
industry when it comes to waste are: packaging, processing wastes and their influence over
municipal solid waste. For waste reduction, there has been many tools and approaches in
which Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) is the latest. MFCA was applied for the first
time in Malaysia in an SME and an Ice Cream factory in Ipoh. Based on the MFCA approach,
one product with highest amount of production was picked. Next step was to study the
product’s process flow, data collection, data analysis with STAN software and
countermeasure to reduce the cost and increase the profit. The result was interesting as waste
generation regardless of its measurement unit becomes more expensive as the process moves
forward. Therefore, after identifying the source of waste, the main efforts was to reduce waste
and costs at the later stages. Even though the cost reduction might not be significant but by
considering the number of SMEs in Malaysia, even small amount of saving from wastes
could have a positive impact on country’s economy and environment. |
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| spelling | um-91802020-05-31T19:29:49Z Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri Mohammad Amin , Ameri GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) Due to the anthropogenic activities for the last 300 years, the earth has had so many changes. Human’s first conflict with nature started after the industrial revolution in 18th centuries, when factories were being built one after another. Among all these industries, food industry like many others generate wastes but the attention to this industry has always been less as the waste characteristics is non-hazardous and biodegradable. The main challenges for food industry when it comes to waste are: packaging, processing wastes and their influence over municipal solid waste. For waste reduction, there has been many tools and approaches in which Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) is the latest. MFCA was applied for the first time in Malaysia in an SME and an Ice Cream factory in Ipoh. Based on the MFCA approach, one product with highest amount of production was picked. Next step was to study the product’s process flow, data collection, data analysis with STAN software and countermeasure to reduce the cost and increase the profit. The result was interesting as waste generation regardless of its measurement unit becomes more expensive as the process moves forward. Therefore, after identifying the source of waste, the main efforts was to reduce waste and costs at the later stages. Even though the cost reduction might not be significant but by considering the number of SMEs in Malaysia, even small amount of saving from wastes could have a positive impact on country’s economy and environment. 2017-03 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9180/1/Mohammad_Amin_Ameri.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9180/6/amin.pdf Mohammad Amin , Ameri (2017) Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9180/ |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) Mohammad Amin , Ameri Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri |
| title | Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri |
| title_full | Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri |
| title_fullStr | Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri |
| title_short | Improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / Mohammad Amin Ameri |
| title_sort | improving resource efficiency in an ice cream factory based on material flow cost accounting method / mohammad amin ameri |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) |
| url | http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9180/ http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9180/1/Mohammad_Amin_Ameri.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/9180/6/amin.pdf |