Porters' Five Forces of Fast Food Industry

Innovative Integrated Management System (IIMS) for Sustainable Food Industry

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Suttiprasit
Director of The Centre for Standards and Quality Development of Production and Services
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
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ABSTRACT

It is evident that the long-term survival and growth of global food industry depend on the availability and efficient use of raw materials, energy and water and other facilities under the concept of sustainable practice, i.e. in environment, society and economics. Quality and safety managements are essential to ensure that the industry can continue to support the communities in which it operates. Awarding a number of certifications to show the high standing of international quality and hygiene characteristics are currently necessary, e.g. ISO 9001 : 2008, GMP/GHP, HACCP, ISO 22000, BRC and etc. To minimize the cost and maximize the efficiency, the Innovative Integration Management System (IIMS) has been created and implemented effectively under the frameworks of sustainability in a numbers of national and international food production companies in Thailand during the past years. This allow the organization in integrating all those common processes such as management review, document control, record control, training, monitoring & measuring, data analysing, internal audits, and corrective and preventive actions whereas the critical or specific processes required by each standard are still retained harmoniously with the others. This paper presents the details of IIMS methodological approach created as well as the sustainable implementation results of the IIMS.

Keywords: Innovative Integration, Management System, IIMS, Sustainable Industry, Quality, Food Safety.

1. Introduction

Sustainable industry is industry that enhances the sustainable development. Sustainable development was defined by the World Commission on

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