Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company

Quality control is an essential element of manufacturing operations that reduces product defects and provides excellent products of the right specifications to the end consumer. Industry 4.0 solutions, such as digitalisation, along with lean manufacturing tools, may support quality control operation...

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Autores principales:	Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, Guy Coulthard, Sandeep Jagtap, Mohamed Afy-Shararah, John Patsavellas, Konstantinos Salonitis
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	waste digitalisation business process re-engineering food manufacturing lean packing Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bbe5f35a36f54895a3597aba83fb4e6b2021-11-25T19:00:21ZBusiness Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company10.3390/su1322123412071-1050https://doaj.org/article/bbe5f35a36f54895a3597aba83fb4e6b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12341https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Quality control is an essential element of manufacturing operations that reduces product defects and provides excellent products of the right specifications to the end consumer. Industry 4.0 solutions, such as digitalisation, along with lean manufacturing tools, may support quality control operations. This paper presents a case study of a food company wherein quality control checks were optimised using business process re-engineering to reduce physical waste and resource usage. Following close analysis of the company’s pack-house operations, it was proposed to adopt elements of Industry 4.0 by digitalising the quality control process. Implementing such a solution led to a reduction in the time needed to complete recorded checks, an increase in the time the pack-house quality control team spends with packers on the production lines, and the facilitation of defects identification. It also ensured that the product met the customers’ specifications and reduced the likelihood of rejection at the customers’ depot. The new system also enabled monitoring of each line in real-time and gathering of additional information faster and more accurately. This article proves how employing lean principles in combination with Industry 4.0 technologies can lead to savings in resources and a reduction in waste, which leads to improvements in operational efficiency.Guillermo Garcia-GarciaGuy CoulthardSandeep JagtapMohamed Afy-ShararahJohn PatsavellasKonstantinos SalonitisMDPI AGarticlewastedigitalisationbusiness process re-engineeringfood manufacturingleanpackingEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12341, p 12341 (2021)
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description	Quality control is an essential element of manufacturing operations that reduces product defects and provides excellent products of the right specifications to the end consumer. Industry 4.0 solutions, such as digitalisation, along with lean manufacturing tools, may support quality control operations. This paper presents a case study of a food company wherein quality control checks were optimised using business process re-engineering to reduce physical waste and resource usage. Following close analysis of the company’s pack-house operations, it was proposed to adopt elements of Industry 4.0 by digitalising the quality control process. Implementing such a solution led to a reduction in the time needed to complete recorded checks, an increase in the time the pack-house quality control team spends with packers on the production lines, and the facilitation of defects identification. It also ensured that the product met the customers’ specifications and reduced the likelihood of rejection at the customers’ depot. The new system also enabled monitoring of each line in real-time and gathering of additional information faster and more accurately. This article proves how employing lean principles in combination with Industry 4.0 technologies can lead to savings in resources and a reduction in waste, which leads to improvements in operational efficiency.
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author	Guillermo Garcia-Garcia Guy Coulthard Sandeep Jagtap Mohamed Afy-Shararah John Patsavellas Konstantinos Salonitis
author_facet	Guillermo Garcia-Garcia Guy Coulthard Sandeep Jagtap Mohamed Afy-Shararah John Patsavellas Konstantinos Salonitis
author_sort	Guillermo Garcia-Garcia
title	Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company
title_short	Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company
title_full	Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company
title_fullStr	Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company
title_full_unstemmed	Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company
title_sort	business process re-engineering to digitalise quality control checks for reducing physical waste and resource use in a food company
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Business Process Re-Engineering to Digitalise Quality Control Checks for Reducing Physical Waste and Resource Use in a Food Company

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