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PROPER STORAGE PROTECTS COSTLY COCOA - A Sweet and Salty Biscuit Factory in Gaza

	Type de fiche	Description d'entreprise
	Mise en œuvre	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH  
 (Allemagne)
	
	Zone géographique	Proche Orient; Palestine
	Mots clés	CACAO

	Echelle d’action	Groupe
	Public(s) cible(s)	small scale enterprise

Contexte
Employing 75 people, this small family-run biscuit factory located in Gaza was in the midst of a reorganisation. During this period, less attention was being put on materials logistics and storage. A simple change in procedure helped the company save money on the purchase of raw materials by reducing the loss of raw materials during production. This action also helped the company to reduce waste levels.
Problématique / Objectifs
During a period of internal change in this factory, the General Manager had been putting most of his attention on the production line machines, and less so on the stock of raw materials and finished products. Raw materials that had been temporarily stored in the production area were being damaged due to floor water, heat, poor packaging, and accidental spillage. Much attention needs to be put on the raw materials used in biscuit production because of the high price (e.g. cocoa powder) and short expiration dates (e.g. for butter).
Description/Mise en oeuvre
During the remaining stage of the factory's reorganisation, all raw material inputs were stored in a designated area on wooden pallets protected from floor water. Once the reorganisation was complete, all materials were moved to the new storage area.
The packaging was regularly checked to ensure that the contents were secure.
Résultats/Eléments chiffrés
Investment cost: 2 days to organise the new storage and logistic structure
Annual savings: 10% of raw material purchases
Payback period: immediate

Enseignements
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Waste first has to be bought as raw material, sometimes at a high price. By better managing its stock of raw materials, this company gained savings on purchases, limited its use of material resources, and reduced the generation of waste_all of which reduced its impact on the environment.

ORGANISATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
As small companies 'grow up', there is a need to adopt more structured ways of organising processes. In this case, better logistics procedures helped the company save on expensive raw material costs and improved product quality. Having high technology production is useless if raw materials are damaged before they can even be used.

Auteur : Carolin Bothe
Saisie le : 08/01/2002 

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	Contact	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH  
 , GTZ
Postfach 5180, 62726, Eschborn
Tel.:++49 (0)6196 79-0, Fax: (0)6196 79-1115, E-mail: firstname.lastname@gtz.de
Site web: http://www.gtz.de/

	Références Bibliographiques	Eimer, Petra (P3U team); Bark, Kerstin .- Good Housekeeping Guide for Food Manufacturing and Processing , 2000/11/1  .- 100 pgs