Gate/GTZ 
Interdev Agroalimentaire  

FULL BOTTLES  AND CLEAN FLOORS -  A FLOATER DOES THE TRICK 
A Lebanese Bottler of Olive Oil

	Type de fiche	Techniques/Technologies
	Mise en œuvre	International Chamber of Commerce Lebanon
(Liban), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH  
 (Allemagne)
	Partenaires	International Chamber of Commerce Lebanon
(Liban)
	
	Zone géographique	Proche Orient; Liban; 
	Mots clés	HUILE D'OLIVE

	Echelle d’action	Groupe

Contexte
With 27 employees, this company's main product was bottled olive oil. By using Good Housekeeping principles and thinking in ecological terms, the Production Manager was able to identify and make a small technical improvement_thereby avoiding the loss of valuable raw materials during the bottling process. At the same time, this action reduced water pollution and clean-up time in the factory.
Problématique / Objectifs
Prior to bottling, an operator visually monitored and controlled the level to which a reservoir was being filled with olive oil. In this small enterprise, some employees had responsibilities for several tasks at the same time. When this particular operator was away from his post performing other duties, the reservoir occasionally overflowed. This resulted in the loss of primary material (olive oil), which was subsequently cleaned up by using water and detergents.
Résultats/Eléments chiffrés
Investment cost: US$ 40 - For the purchase of an automatic floater and1-2 hours of labour for its installation
Annual savings: US$ 4,000 - From optimising the amount of raw material that ends up in the finished product
Payback period: Less than 3 days	

Enseignements
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
By ensuring that the maximum amount of raw material is bottled in the final product, this company gained significant cost savings and at the same time, reduced its environmental impact by generating less waste. Furthermore, the company's waste water is now less saturated with vegetable oils and is therefore more easily cleaned in the local sewage treatment system_which is a benefit from the environmental point-of-view.
ORGANISATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
While the loss on a daily basis of a small amount of raw material may not seem important, the accumulated cost of such losses can be significant for a small enterprise. In this case, Good Housekeeping principles were used to identify a simple measure that could be implemented very easily and at low cost. This action led to the recovery of valuable raw materials during the production process and cost savings.

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

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	Contact	International Chamber of Commerce Lebanon
, DELTA Lebanon
POB 18-1801, Beirut
Tel.:++961 (1) 200437 or 438, Fax: ++961 (1) 321 200, E-mail: icc-leb@sodetel.net.lb
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