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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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Main Authors: Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira, Ab. Aziz, Norashikin, Zulkifli, Norzima, Taip, Farah Saleena
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37692/1/Food%20factory%20design.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.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
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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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author Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira
Ab. Aziz, Norashikin
Zulkifli, Norzima
Taip, Farah Saleena
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Ab. Aziz, Norashikin
Zulkifli, Norzima
Taip, Farah Saleena
Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs
author_facet Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira
Ab. Aziz, Norashikin
Zulkifli, Norzima
Taip, Farah Saleena
author_sort Noor Hasnan, Noor Zafira
title Food factory design: reality and challenges faced by Malaysian SMEs
title_short 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_sort food factory design: reality and challenges faced by malaysian smes
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37692/1/Food%20factory%20design.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37692/
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