STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IN SERBIAN FOOD PACKAGING
This paper gives an overview of the food packaging process in seven food companies in the dairy and confectionery sector. A total of 23 production runs have been analyzed regarding the three packers' rules outlined in the Serbian legislation and process capability tests related to statistical p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Center for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
2014-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal for Quality Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijqr.net/journal/v8-n3/3.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper gives an overview of the food packaging process in seven food companies in the dairy and confectionery sector. A total of 23 production runs have been analyzed regarding the three packers' rules outlined in the Serbian legislation and process capability tests related to statistical process control. None of the companies had any type of statistical process control in place. Results confirmed that more companies show overweight packaging compared to underfilling. Production runs are more accurate than precise, although in some cases the productions are both inaccurate and imprecise. Education / training of the new generation of food industry workers (both on operational and managerial level) with courses in the food area covering elements of quality assurance and statistical process control can help in implementing effective food packaging. |
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| ISSN: | 1800-6450 1800-7473 |