Accident rate manufacturing plant: a case study at the pulp and paper industry in east coast Malaysia

The purpose of this study is to analyze the accident rate in the last 12 months in Pulp and Paper Industries in East Coast Malaysia. Researcher believed that the level of safety climate has a relationship with the accident rate. Therefore, this study was undertaken to analyze the rate of accidents in the Pulp and Paper Industries in last 12 months. The study was conducted using questionnaires where the questionnaire was distributed to 100 respondents consisting of managers, executives, engineers, clerical and technicians in the organization. Software Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 16.0 is used to analyze the result. The finding of the study was found the rate of accidents at low levels (17 out of 98 respondent’s injury). This study shows that workers in Pulp and Paper Industries in Malaysian has a strong awareness and have a positive attitude and behaviour on issues related to safety. Therefore, the level of awareness of safety climate able to enhanced the safety

Inventory management improvement suggestion through time-siries forecasting for financial service company

Management is consistently facing fast-flowing and lots of changes in business, including in the inventory management. Especially for fast-moving inventories, the correct stocking, controlling, checking and safety stock calculation is highly needed to have an exquisite inventory management and to reduce the possibility of running out of inventory which leads to unavailability to meet the demand. One of the ways to overcome this is by doing an excellent and appropriate forecasting. Therefore, the objective of this concept paper is to analyse and recommend tools to improve inventory management using the appropriate time-series forecasting method. The firm studied in this study is serving its employees as customers that demand the routine items including stationeries and other routine products to support their job as auditors and consultants for its client. However, there are occasions when there is out-of-stock situation for fast-moving items, especially in the peak season period. Furthermore, the firm is only applying replenishment based on the used inventories from the previous month. Therefore, this study suggests to eliminate out-of-stock items situation by applying precaution initiatives such as time-series forecasting. This study is planned to employ 10 time-series forecasting methods such as moving average, exponential smoothing, regression analysis, Holt-Winters analysis, Seasonal analysis and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) using Risk Simulator Software. By simulating those methods, the most appropriate method is selected based on the forecasting accuracy measurement

Halal Assessment Model Design in Bakery Industry

Bakery product is a product with huge business opportunities in the domestic and international halal food market. Bakery companies are demanded to keep the trust of the consumers to the bakery product. The design of the halal assessment model is required to determine the critical point in the bakery-making business process. This assessment tool is intended to understand, know, and determine the critical point of the bakery production process from the halalness degree and is reviewed from all aspects such as the materials’ content, as well as the material acquisition and processing method based on 18 criteria of GMP principles (Good Manufacturing Practices). The halal assessment model designed in this research used QFD (Quality Function Deployment) approach which was integrated into the company’s business process and the halal critical bakery was grouped based on SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) model. Matrix 1 integrated GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) and business process (BP), matrix 2 integrated GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), and halal critical bakery (HCB). The results of the design model implementation based on the standards set by the Halal Auditor of LPPOM MUI found that the standard matrix component 1 was met by the company by 47%, while the matrix component 2 was only able to meet the Auditor standards by 34% and the matrix component 3 standards were able to fulfilled by the company by 75%. The fulfillment value of each matrix is influenced by the negative gap that occurs, the negative gap occurs because of the standard criteria in the technical matrix that are not met. The result of this halal assessment model design is expected to help the company in evaluating and controlling critical points found in the business processes

Designing Food Safety Management and Halal Assurance Systems in Mozzarella Cheese Production for Small-Medium Food Industry

Indonesia's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are having difficulty implementing a food safety management and halal assurance system. This article aims to design a food safety and halal assurance system for Dairy Farm SMEs. This research designed a food system by identifying the application of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and the HACCP to Dairy Farm SMEs based on the survey, in-depth interviews, and document standard review. The food safety system was implemented using HACCP, and six Critical Control Point (CCP) processes were identified, including milking (raw material), storage, pasteurization, curd filtering, and cheese packaging. The halal assurance system is implemented at Dairy Farm SMEs by identifying and improving the company's business processes and the mozzarella cheese production process. In addition, a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was developed, including a food safety system and a halal assurance system. The research results can be used wisely by Dairy Farm SMEs to assist in obtaining recommendations from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency and halal certification

Halal Assurance System for Leather Industry in Indonesia: Future Research Directions

Facing challenges to lead the halal industry worldwide, Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim populations in the world has a target to become a major producer in the global halal industry by 2024. By strengthening the halal value chain as one of the strategies, the Indonesian government forces the local entrepreneurs to implement a Halal Assurance System (HAS) and use the halal logo by enacting the law and regulation regarding halal assurance for all products traded in Indonesia including non-food sectors. The urgency of labeling the leather products with halal logo due to the material of these products are derived from animals needs to be studied further by researchers from multi- disciplines. This research aims to conduct a review of the existing literature on HAS and relates them to the issues mainly faced by the leather industry to identify the possible themes and challenges for new research in the field of HAS for non-food products. A total of 20 articles screened from 106 articles retrieved from well-known databases, Emerald, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science in the latest ten years were identified in this study. The review summarizes there are four themes that place in order to be studied comprehensively, the success and barrier factors of implementing HAS for non-food products, the external factors that influence the decision making of implementing HAS, the relationship between HAS implementation and the business performance, and the traceability system to support the HAS practices

Quality management implementation and their impact on operational performance of Pakistan’s food processing SMEs

SMEs are well-known as the economic backbone of any country. Similarly, in Pakistan, they play a vital role in socio-economic development and income generation. However, some of Pakistan’s Food Processing SMEs are reportedly less involved in the country’s exports due to their inability to meet the quality of produce required for global markets. Pakistan’s food industry is transforming from a traditional food processing system to higher-value-added products due to the demand from lifestyle and health-conscious customers. This study aims to identify the critical success factors of quality management and analyze their impact on operational performance amongst food-processing SMEs in Pakistan. Previous studies demonstrated that critical Success Factors provide an effective way of focusing strategic direction, and enable management to focus on critical areas. Toward that end a questionnaire was developed and employed for data collection from respondents selected using a snowball sampling technique. A total of 302 food processing SMEs responded the survey. SPSS-Version 23 and Smart-PLS 3 were used for data analysis. It is believed that this study will help food manufacturers in Pakistan to improve their operational performance and product quality by practicing certain critical factors

IDENTIFYING FACTORS FOR THE SUCCESS OF HALAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN LEATHER INDUSTRY

The need to apply halal management practices to non-food industries today is still merely seen as a necessity to meet the requirements of Islamic rules. Meanwhile, this approach has demonstrated that it can improve organizational efficacy in a variety of contexts. This study seeks to investigate the depth of halal principles implementation among leather industries and comes up with strategies for how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the leather industry can use halal management practices to move toward halal certification and enhance its performance. An exploratory-descriptive approach was used to get the current state of halal practices among leather industry SMEs through interviews and survey questionnaires. Five stakeholders were interviewed in a semi-structured manner. A survey questionnaire was distributed to 127 SMEs in the leather industry center of Sukaregang, Garut, Indonesia. This paper discusses the key factors of halal implementation and determines which halal practices need more emphasis. The result showed that the current knowledge, awareness, and implementation of halal requirements among leather SMEs in Indonesia are still low. An action plan for the industry, authority, and supplier was provided. The implication of this research can contribute to the leather industry players that intent to implement halal management system effectively and stakeholders in making decision to accelerate halal certification process

Aspek kualiti, keselamatan dan kesihatan di kalangan PKS makanan: satu sorotan kajian

Pengembangan perniagaan terutama dalam mendapat pasaran memerlukan komitmen yang sepenuhnya daripada para pengusaha tanpa mengambil kira saiz syarikat termasuklah perusahaan yang tergolong dalam Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana (PKS). Selain faktor kualiti dan kos sebagai salah satu jaminan kejayaan di pasaran, aspek keselamatan dan kesihatan juga perlu diambil kira bagi menghadapi persaingan dalam pasaran global terutamanya dalam produk makanan. Artikel ini merupakan satu sorotan kajian yang menyentuh aspek amalan keselamatan dan kebersihan dalam kalangan PKS pemprosesan makanan di Malaysia. Aspek pengaruh demografi pengeluar makanan terhadap kualiti dan keselamatan produk makanan serta standard pemprosesan makanan yang digunakan oleh PKS pemprosesan makanan turut dibincangkan dalam artikel ini. Di samping itu, aspek kebersihan makanan dan keselamatan makanan yang memenuhi keperluan populasi majoriti rakyat Malaysia yang beragama Islam, standard Halal (MS1500:2004), turut dibincangkan, selain standard-standard antarabangsa yang diamalkan dalam industri pemprosesan makanan