Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs
A competent food factory cannot be achieved if the factory is poorly designed. This paper identified the difficulties experienced by Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SME) in designing a food factory due to challenges faced by them. Two important manufacturing issues were analyzed and discover...
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| author | Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira Ab. Aziz, Norashikin Zulkifli, Norzima Taip, Farah Saleena |
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| description | A competent food factory cannot be achieved if the factory is poorly designed. This paper identified the difficulties experienced by Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SME) in designing a food factory due to challenges faced by them. Two important manufacturing issues were analyzed and discovered to be related with poor factory design i.e. unsatisfactory food hygiene and lacking in sustainability. The analysis was based on a review of Malaysian data and literature. It is concluded that early considerations on food hygiene and sustainability can help SMEs to comply with hygiene standards, reduce cost and increase profit margin. |
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| spelling | upm-376922015-12-04T01:46:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37692/ Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira Ab. Aziz, Norashikin Zulkifli, Norzima Taip, Farah Saleena A competent food factory cannot be achieved if the factory is poorly designed. This paper identified the difficulties experienced by Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SME) in designing a food factory due to challenges faced by them. Two important manufacturing issues were analyzed and discovered to be related with poor factory design i.e. unsatisfactory food hygiene and lacking in sustainability. The analysis was based on a review of Malaysian data and literature. It is concluded that early considerations on food hygiene and sustainability can help SMEs to comply with hygiene standards, reduce cost and increase profit margin. Elsevier 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37692/1/Food%20factory%20design.pdf Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira and Ab. Aziz, Norashikin and Zulkifli, Norzima and Taip, Farah Saleena (2014) Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs. Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia, 2. pp. 328-336. ISSN 2210-7843 10.1016/j.aaspro.2014.11.046 |
| spellingShingle | Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira Ab. Aziz, Norashikin Zulkifli, Norzima Taip, Farah Saleena Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs |
| title | Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs |
| title_full | Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs |
| title_fullStr | Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs |
| title_short | Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs |
| title_sort | food factory design: reality and challenges faced by malaysian smes |
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