Application of electrophysical heating methods in food production processes

Sustainability of food production is a major concern today. This study assessed the environmental impact of fruit production and discussed business implications for sustainability. Data were collected from three agricultural enterprises growing six species of fruit, extending over a total of 34 hectares, and producing roughly one thousand tons of fruit per year. The results of the life-cycle assessment (LCA) showed that several production activities heavily impact the environment: in descending order of absolute terms, fruit refrigeration, agronomic operations, irrigation, and fertilizer use were recognized as the most impacting. Other activities, including agrochemical applications, planting, and plastic use for harvesting and packaging, showed overall lower impacts. The high environmental impact associated with most of the production activities emphasizes the need to make the primary food production cleaner, more resource-efficient, and less energy-intensive. Affordable incremental innovations able to reshape the way business is conducted in the context of primary food production are proposed, mainly relying on process rationalization and digital switchover. The analysis of the business path toward increased sustainability involves strategic issues, ranging from the reshaping of production processes to relationships with consumers, affecting value proposition, creation, and capture.

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Reducing Time Losses In Operational Actions Of A Food Production Lines

Management and Production Engineering Review ◽

10.2478/mper-2013-0005 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 39-49

Author(s):

Jukka Lintilä ◽

Josu Takala

Keyword(s):

Production Line ◽

Food Production ◽

Research Method ◽

Production Equipment ◽

Production Lines ◽

Theoretical Part ◽

Production Processes ◽

Operational Activities ◽

Questionnaire Research ◽

Operational Time

Abstract Most of the companies are interested in developing their production processes. With production process development, companies can meet their customers demands better. Tight competition is one reason that forces companies to use their production equipment as efficiently as they can. Improved production processes result in cost savings, flexibility, and in opportunities to plan companies activities more efficiently. The purpose of this research is to examine and cut operational times in food production processes. Two production lines were chosen for closer examination: spread/butter production line and quark production line. The main focus was to prevent operational time losses in these production lines. Research is divided into two separate sections: theoretical and empirical part. Theoretical part formulates guidelines and theoretical basis which is then employed in the empirical part. The theoretical part discusses Lean management philosophy, OEE indicator, SMED and questionnaire research method that comes from the sense and respond theory. In the empirical section, SMED and questionnaire method are used to examine operational activities. The focus is in finding critical characteristics from the production line’s starting-, product change-, and closing-setups. Result was that certain characteristics can be found to be critical factors. Those characteristics are connected to operational time losses. Another result is, that SMED and questionnaire research method are an effective way to examine issues with production. Both methods produced similar results in finding development targets from the production line, hence the simultaneous use of both is beneficial, as additional confirmation for the first methods findings can be obtained by securing the result with the other one.

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Prospects for the transition of the Russian fisheries complex to the digital economy and the formation of an industry ecosystem

Fisheries ◽

10.37663/0131-6184-2021-6-40-45 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (6) ◽

pp. 40-45

Author(s):

Abdurashid Yafasov

Keyword(s):

Industry 4.0 ◽

Food Production ◽

Business Models ◽

Management Systems ◽

Economic Systems ◽

Fishing Industry ◽

Digital Ecosystem ◽

Production Processes ◽

New Business ◽

New Business Models

The necessity of accelerated modernization and digitalization of production and management systems of the Rus-sian fishing industry in the concept of its own digital ecosystem is shown. The fishing industry is considered as a concern - a major actor of the national economy, integrated in terms of food production in Industry 4.0 with the transition to Industry 5.0. The vision and mission of the industry, new business models and management systems of production processes and socio-economic systems are conceptually formulated.

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Innovative development of hotel and restaurant industry and food production: proceedings of II International scientific and practical Internet conference

10.46489/idohar-310509 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Subject Area ◽

Restaurant Industry ◽

Innovative Development ◽

Innovative Technologies ◽

Production Processes ◽

Wide Range

The collection contains proceedings of II International scientific and practical Internet conference “Innovative development of hotel and restaurant industry and food production”, subject area of which contains a wide range of issues related to world achievements and innovative technologies in restaurant business, food production processes and equipment improvement, as well as modern trends and strategies for the development of hotel and restaurant business.

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The Industrialisation of Food Production Processes: A Neglected Revolution

Beyond the State? ◽

10.1007/978-1-349-17227-6_9 ◽

1983 ◽

pp. 152-170

Author(s):

Boris Frankel

Keyword(s):

Food Production ◽

Production Processes

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WATER GOVERNANCE: THE FUTURE OF GROWTH WITH FOOD AND WATER

Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUS ISSN 2179-3565 ◽

10.24212/2179-3565.2017v8i3p118-128 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 118

Author(s):

João Almeida Santos ◽

Maria Cristina Sanches Amorim ◽

Arnoldo José De Hoyos Guevara

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Food Production ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Water Governance ◽

Agricultural Product ◽

Control Mechanisms ◽

Single Product ◽

Production Processes ◽

Very High

Forecasts for the next four decades are warning about shortage of water and food, particularly in developing economies. The demand for food will increase because of population growth, especially in developing economies. The problem is reinforced by the lack of water and reduction in food production. Today the consumption of water for food production is high because people do not realize that this is a scarce resource and that can definitely missing. We must create a policy for the management of water and that people are informed that it is not possible to use the feature without any control. The governance of water is important to establish ways and use control mechanisms and implementation of the resource in the various production processes. The waste during the manufacturing process is very high because: a) there is no control on the amount that should be applied to each type of agricultural product; b) the irrigation process is still done by equipment spraying water in large quantities; c) as water is still abundant for the current agricultural production in producing countries, there is no investment in machinery or equipment that can reduce water consumption; d) government authorities in developing countries do not plan and do not make any kind of control on the use of water or water governance; e) the food production process is carried out intensively and in large areas, it produces a single product and this requires large amounts of water.

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