Product Quality Management Research Articles

Quality and safety management of bakery semi-finished products based on HACCP

One of the main responsibilities of food industry organizations is to provide the population with safe food. The HACCP system allows us to anticipate and prevent errors through phased control of the technological chain of production, which is why it is recognized as a key part of food safety management practice in the global food industry. To ensure the safety and quality of the innovative bakery semi-finished product, the HACCP plan was developed, during which a product description was compiled, the main dangers, critical control points and corrective actions were identified. A feature of the developed bakery semi-finished product is the processing of the recipe mixture using a mechanoacoustic homogenizer. The HACCP system was developed according to the method described in GOST R 51705.1-2001 and GOST R ISO 9001-2015 using the “decision tree”. Each operation of the flowchart was analyzed to determine if there was a critical control point. As a result, four critical control points were identified in the following technological operations: mechanoacoustic treatment of the recipe, fermentation, packaging and labeling, storage.

Upholding raw material suppliers to higher quality standards to better support cell and gene therapy manufacturers

Health authority guidance recommends that all raw materials intended for use in the production and distribution of a cell and gene therapy (CGT) product be carefully selected and appropriately qualified. As part of this process, CGT manufacturers thoroughly evaluate the quality of materials to identify any potential risks to patient safety, process execution, product quality, and material management. This evaluation relies heavily on the review of supplier documentation, such as product descriptions, certificates of analyses (COA), certificates of origin (COO), and quality questionnaires. Currently, there is no standardization for the manufacture and characterization of raw materials, and the availability and details on each of these documents are at the discretion of the supplier. When limited information is available, it becomes the responsibility of the CGT manufacturer to work in cooperation with each supplier to seek, review, and audit their processing procedures and documentation to appropriately qualify the suitability of a material. Raw material suppliers can better support the CGT industry by committing to the highest possible quality standards in the manufacture, testing, and associated documentation for materials intended for CGT manufacture. This would provide a great service to the industry as a whole, because as more suppliers offer raw materials aligned with CMC guidelines and quality standards, the more CGT manufacturers can develop and deliver compliant products quickly, reliably, and safely to more patients.

Design pragmatic method to low-carbon economy visualisation in enterprise systems based on big data

ABSTRACT The production execution system is designed and constructed to achieve intelligent inspection of product quality and information management of energy conservation and emission reduction in intelligent factories. In this study, big data and business intelligence (BI) data are applied to analyse and standardise the production process, and a low-carbon economic visualisation platform is designed. The research results show that the application of big data technology in intelligent factory quality management and low-carbon economy visualisation platform can make up for the lack of objectivity of product quality management, and realise the visualisation of low-carbon economy data index.

Research on a Traceability Process of Sand Core Information by Printing QR Code on Sand Core Surface in the Casting Production Process

The quality of the sand core directly affects the quality of the casting during the casting process. The establishment of an information link between the sand core and the casting can realize the traceability of sand core production and process data in the casting production. The technology can be used when casting defects related to the sand core occur and quickly respond to the causes and optimize the manufacturing process of the sand core making process. This article describes the necessity of establishing a traceability process for sand core making information and introduces a traceability process of sand core information in casting production to ensure that each sand core has its own production process information, which is for product quality management and process optimization. It provides information supervision and promotes the development of intelligent casting manufacturing technology and management technology.

Analysis of the application of refined management in engineering construction management based on the Computer Dynamic Network System

At present, China’s construction engineering field shows a trend of high output value, low profit input and small output. The main reason for this problem is the serious shortage of construction engineering management, which makes the enterprise have no method to reduce production cost and input. Therefore, the construction and construction industry should apply the fine management in the development, which is of great importance to the production, cost reduction and efficiency enhancement in the actual construction process. Using computer network technology and database technology to construct a computer dynamic network system, based on the system, this paper discusses the application of fine management in the construction process management, and elaborates on the economic management application strategy for cost management and quality management in the project production.

Foreign̆ and domestic̆ experience in assessing the quality level of residential̆ real estate

The subject of the study is the quality management of construction products. Improving the quality of construction is extremely important, as it prolongs the life of residential buildings and reduces their operating costs. In this regard, the analysis and comparison of foreign and domestic approaches to assessing the level of quality of residential real estate objects will reveal the directions of development in the field of improving the quality of housing in our country. The article studies foreign and domestic systems of management and quality control of construction, highlights the parameters and principles of the quality system of foreign countries, interaction with other organizations, quality organizations, regulatory documents, according to which a comparative analysis of existing systems is carried out. Many countries have a high level of quality of their products, in particular construction. Improving the quality of construction in our country is also very important, as this increases the service life of residential buildings and reduces the cost of their operation. In this regard, analyzing and comparing the foreign and domestic approach to assessing the quality level of residential real estate, you can see the directions of development in the field of improving the quality of housing in our country. In this study, in order to identify quality control systems for the construction of residential real estate in different countries, the following characteristics of such control systems are adopted: (1) the principle of the quality system, (2) interaction with other organizations; (3) the supervisory authority; (4) regulatory documents. The characteristics of construction quality control systems adopted in this study are considered as the experience of such use in developed countries. The foreign experience in approaches and principles of control systems in Russia is investigated.

MECHANICAL TREATMENT'S STABILITY QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT

The ambivalence of the content of the term «stability» of machining processes in the transition to the construction of digital production is established based on the analysis of regulatory and technical documentation regulating the issues of product quality management in mechanical engineering. It is shown that the Fisher criterion can be a quantitative assessment of the stability of processes that are in a state of statistical controllability.

ФУНКЦІОНАЛЬНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ СТАНДАРТИЗАЦІЇ І СЕРТИФІКАЦІЇ ЯК ЗАСОБИ БЕЗПЕКИ І ЯКОСТІ ТОВАРІВ, ОПЕРАЦІЙ ТА ПОСЛУГ

The article is devoted to the review of standardization and certification as a means of ensuring the safety and quality of goods, works and services. In modern conditions, the organization and implementation of the production process, trade, and the provision of various kinds of services is impossible without the state-level introduction of technical documents that control the appropriate level of quality of the provided products, services and utilized technologies, which ensure their development in the future. The purpose of this article is to systematize scientific information, highlight the functional features of standardization and certification as tools for quality management and ensuring consumers' rights to use high-quality and safe products as well as forming competitive advantages for domestic products. The advantages of standardization and certification that affect the quality and safety of goods have been identified. Their main function is to protect man, his property and the environment from the negative effects of modern scientific and technical developments, substandard manufacturers and sellers, as well as creating conditions for fair competition. The results of the presented research can be used to improve production quality management, in particular: the application of quality management systems, environmental management systems and other integrated systems. This will allow to increase production efficiency, improve product quality, improve the management of the national economy, and develop scientific and technical cooperation. Keywords: standardization, certification, product quality, product safety, standard.

Two economically optimized nonparametric schemes for monitoring process variability

AbstractControlling and reducing process variability is an essential aspect for maintaining the product or service quality. Even though most practitioners believe that an increasing process variability is often a more severe concern than a shift in location, barely a few research paid attention to the cost‐efficient monitoring of process variability. Some of the existing studies addressed the dispersion aspect, assuming that the quality characteristic is Gaussian. Non‐normal and complex distributions are not uncommon in modern production processes, time to event processes, or processes involving service quality. Unfortunately, we find no literature on economically designed nonparametric (distribution‐free) schemes for monitoring process variability. This article introduces two Shewhart‐type cost‐optimized nonparametric schemes for monitoring the variability of any unknown but continuous processes to fill the research gap. The proposed monitoring schemes are based on two popular two‐sample rank statistics for differences in scale parameters, known as the Ansari–Bradley statistic and the Mood statistic. We assess their actual performance for a set of process scenarios and illustrate the design along with the implementation steps. We discuss a practical problem related to product quality management. It is expected that the proposed schemes will be beneficial in various industrial operations.

ВПЛИВ ЯКОСТІ ПРОДУКЦІЇ НА МІЖНАРОДНУ КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНІСТЬ ВІТЧИЗНЯНИХ КОМПАНІЙ ФАРМАЦЕВТИЧНОЇ ГАЛУЗІ

The article considers the issues of the impact of product quality on international competitiveness on the example of the pharmaceutical industry of Ukraine. In order to increase the level of competitiveness, companies must form competitive strategies and develop competitive behavior in international markets. Domestic companies in the pharmaceutical industry are involved in global production and sales chains, which help increase the level of international competitiveness of Ukraini-an pharmaceutical companies. Ukraine imports most of its pharmaceutical products from abroad, and the country can pro-vide about a third of its population with its own pharmaceutical products. Increasing the level of international competitive-ness will contribute to the growth of exports, which is achieved through product quality management. The article analyzes the certification of some countries in the pharmaceutical sector. The author calculated the index of Ukraine's participation in the international cooperation of the pharmaceutical sector on the basis of export-import of domestic pharmaceutical products and GDP of Ukraine and the world. The author also constructed a multifactor regression model, which allowed to analyze the international competitiveness of pharmaceutical companies using one of the main factors -the volume of exports of do-mestic pharmaceutical products. Our hypothesis is that the increase in the international competitiveness of pharmaceutical companies, which in turn indicates the growth of exports of their products, is influenced by factors such as: the volume of sold pharmaceutical products, drugs and materials, the number of certificates of pharmaceutical companies and participation index of Ukraine in the international cooperation of the pharmaceutical sector. Thus, we proved the impact of product quality on the international competitiveness of domestic pharmaceutical companies.

Роль системи управління якістю в забезпеченні конкурентоспроможності продукції промислового підприємства

The article considers the concept of product quality as the main factor in increasing the competitiveness of the enterprise. The comparative characteristic of the basic systems of quality management is given, and also necessity of certification of system of quality management of the enterprise according to the international standards is specified. The main conceptual approaches to product quality management are identified. The interaction of the product quality management system with the enterprise management subsystems is considered.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ УПРАВЛІННЯ МАТЕРІАЛЬНИМИ РЕСУРСАМИ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ БУДІВЕЛЬНИХ МАТЕРІАЛІВ

In a market economy, it becomes important to improve the organization of enterprise management and, above all, the production process, efficient use of financial, material resources and inventories. Effective management of material resources increases profits and provides the necessary investment. To maintain high profitability and liquidity, the management of current activities of enterprises, in particular inventory management plays a significant role. The categorical apparatus of material resources management at the enterprise is considered, the definition of “material resources” is generalized, the definition of "material resources management" is offered, and also the system of material resources management at the enterprise is considered. In the management of material resources at the enterprise there are 2 approaches – logistics and reengineering. The main tasks of the mechanism of management of material resources of the enterprise of building materials are defined. These are: increasing the efficiency of material resources and choosing cheap sources of funding; introduction of new production, resource-saving technologies; minimization of costs for procurement, production and marketing activities; increasing the interest of employees of all services in the effective performance of their duties; product quality management. The analysis of efficiency of use of material resources at the enterprises of building materials which has shown, that manufacture of production is rather material-intensive is carried out. This is evidenced by the share of material costs in the cost of work, and the value of the utilization factor of materials indicates the economical use of material resources in production. Reserves for improving the efficiency of material resources at construction materials enterprises have been identified. The ways of the most rational use of material resources of construction materials enterprises are offered, in particular it is improvement of a design and technology of manufacturing of products, introduction of more progressive norms of expenses of resources, use of substitute materials, and reduction of losses at stages of transportation, storage and industrial use.

Agroecological approach to quality assessment of organic aromatic products

The developed complex scientific-methodical approach to the survey of organic agricultural enterprise was presented in order to confirm the quality of aromatic products of the “Organic” class. The analysis of agrochemical soils indicators was performed for the first time, which were cultivated according to organic technology for eleven years. It was proven that long-term use of organic farming contributes to the preservation and improvement of soil fertility. An elemental biomass analysis of the apical part of lavender plants grown by organic method was carried out, from which the essential oil was then obtained. It was confirmed that the essential oil composition depends on the place of its production and on the soil characteristics on which the plants were grown. The elemental analysis of essential oil showed that there is an intensive carry-over of all major macro- and micronutrients from the soil into plants during their growth and development. In the lavender essential oil, there are more than 50 substances that determine its uniqueness. Therefore, to confirm the quality of “Organic” class products, we propose to conduct a comprehensive assessment of all components of the organic production system “soil — plant — products”. Thermal analysis, electron microscopy with detectors for energy dispersion analysis, chromatographic analysis, potentiometry, flame photometry and chemical analytical methods were used for the research. Differences in quality indicators of organic essential oil and oil obtained with the traditional farming method were revealed. The study found that the produced lavender oil is a unique quality product grown in an organic way. At present, quality management of agricultural products is possible subject to specialists' availability in the agro-industrial complex with competence in the field of chemical-toxicological and environmental analysis knowing methods to determine the quality and safety of agricultural products, including organic products.

Green building as a target focus in quality and energy efficiency management of construction products

The urgency of the problem of improving the quality of construction products is caused by the need to ensure sustainable development of territories, increase the energy efficiency of buildings and structures, increase the efficiency of investment and construction projects, reduce resource costs, and reduce the negative impact on the environment. The article substantiates the relationship between the quality of construction products and their consumer value, which made it possible to structure the criteria for the quality of construction products and determine the benchmarks in quality management. Taking into account the substantiated criteria for the quality of construction, a methodological toolkit for improving the efficiency of quality management based on a value-oriented approach is proposed. A model has been developed for the efficiency of improving the quality of construction products based on the triad “resource efficiency - minimization of anthropogenic impact - environmental safety for human and nature” until the criteria for green building are achieved.

A Novel Optimal Selection Algorithm for Agricultural Trade Export in Blockchain‐Enabled Internet of Things

With the maturity of modern science and technology, such as networks and computers, Internet of Things has been widely used in various fields of industry, opening up a new situation for the development of the industry and creating a broader development platform. This paper systematically analyzes the characteristics and changes of the commodity structure, regional structure, market structure, and main structure of export management of agricultural products. The proposed algorithm uses computer technology, network technology, and remote communication technology, electronic, digital, and network—the entire business process of business. The empirical analysis shows that the structure of agricultural product export trade reflects the endowment and comparative advantage of agricultural resources in China. The proposed blockchain technology supports and guides agricultural export enterprises to develop their own brands, strengthen the quality and safety management of agricultural products, and innovate and expand the policy support system for optimizing the structure of agricultural product export trade. By optimizing the export mode of agricultural trade, we can achieve the purpose of increasing the export volume of agricultural products and the total value of trade exports. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, which can greatly improve the volume of trade exports and the total value of trade exports.

Production and construction quality management system of prefabricated buildings based on BIM technology

Production and construction quality management system of prefabricated buildings based on BIM technology

ЕКОЛОГІЧНІ ЦІЛІ МАРКЕТИНГОВИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЙ ЯК СТРАТЕГІЧНА ЦІННІСТЬ ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО РОЗВИТКУ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

The article investigated the factors that make it possible to optimally distribute the results of production and determine the interest of enterprises in the environmental importance of marketing communications. The environmental goals of the enterprise in the object of marketing communication are identified with orientation on resource protection, ecologization of staff training, reduction of waste, limitation of discharges and reduction of risks, production of ecologically pure products. The main content of marketing communication in the part of the environmental initiative will determine the strategic value of economic development of enterprises and provide for: demonstration of ecologically verified resources received at the entrance to the enterprise and their sparing use; training in resource conservation methods; reduction of wasteful discharges into the environment; providing information on waste reduction, recycling and reuse; reducing hazardous waste, potential hazards at the exit of the system-enterprise; informing on the implementation of environmental quality standards of products. The article specifies criteria of environmental management in terms of marketing communication objects (goods and production) in part of goals and objectives, means of communication, management, management object, type of actions, criteria for evaluations, marketing communication functions. It proposes functions of marketing communications taking into account ecological purposes and their orientation to demonstration of low- and waste-free technologies: informational, prestige, barrier, promotional, psychological and predictive. It was found that marketing communications is a managerial concept that takes into account environmental goals and aims at creating value for consumers and the way of actions, which includes the use of technology, tools and methods to satisfy consumers’ needs. Taking into account the environmental component in marketing communications allows for a new strategic management and reduces environmental risks in terms of quality management of production and marketing processes. Environmental goals create the basis for the business language of marketing communications and provide the image of an environmentally friendly entrepreneur.

ФОРМУВАННЯ СИСТЕМИ ЯКОСТІ ПІДПРИЄМСТВА

The introduction of a quality management system is important because it leads to improved productivity, optimization of business processes of the organization, and also leads to a reduction in production costs. The article considers the theoretical aspects of the quality management system at the enterprise, outlines the methods and classification of existing quality management systems. The essence of legal regulation of the quality management system is investigated and its current state is characterized. It is noted how some experts classify quality management methods. Recommendations for improving the quality management system at a domestic enterprise are offered. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental standards of ISO 9000 and how they are integrated into the state standards of Ukraine. When developing quality management systems, it should be borne in mind that the quality management system covers all processes that occur in the enterprise and on which the quality of products or services depends. According to the capabilities of the production process, the stages of the product life cycle are considered, which should be used at the appropriate stages of development and certification of the quality management system. The task of improving the quality and expanding the range of products is relevant in modern production conditions. This task is multifaceted and includes a number of scientific and technical, environmental, economic and social problems. An interdisciplinary approach is needed for an effective solution. One of the ways is product quality management based on assortment analysis and its innovative development. The experience of developed countries shows that the health of the nation, primarily through food, their safety, is more reliable when it is achieved by improving the quality of products based on standardization worldwide and internationally. At the international level, quality requirements are regulated by ISO standards, strictly focused on the consumer. The first such standards were the standards of the 9000 series, which came out in the late 80's pp. XX century More than half of the world's countries have implemented national standards identical to ISO standards, as well as certified enterprises in accordance with ISO standards.

Innovative wine products quality management system on Sevastopol region example

The article presents results of the current state studies of the wine industry in the Sevastopol region. It has been established that the problem of the viticulture development and winemaking in this region is not so much in the wine production technological aspects, but in the quality of raw materials for the production of wine products and the yield of grape plantations, as well as in ensuring that the price and wine products quality are consistent with the population purchasing power. Based on the results of the study, the feasibility of using innovative quality control technologies in the Sevastopol agro-industrial cluster was substantiated, ways of integrating the “precision viticulture” project into the organizational and economic structure of the Sevastopol agro-industrial cluster were developed. The structure of investment costs for the project of the meteorological platform “Demetra” implementation has been determined and the organizational structure of the “Digital Quality Center” has been developed. The possibility of using various financing options for a joint project of cluster participants to create a quality management system for the wine industry in the Sevastopol was considered.

Analysis of the information management system in the manufacturing process of cigarette enterprises using fuzzy AHP

In view of the production quality management of filter rods in the manufacturing and execution process of cigarette enterprises, this paper analyzes the necessity of implementing the manufacturing execution system (MES) in the production process of filter rods. In this paper, the filter rod quality system of cigarette enterprise based on MES is fully studied, and the constructive information management system demand analysis, cigarette quality control process, system function module design, implementation and test effect are given. This paper utilizes the Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to find the optimal system for processing the manufacturing of cigarette. The implementation of MSE based filter rod quality information management system for a cigarette enterprise ensures the quality control in the cigarette production process. Through visualization, real-time and dynamic way, the information management of cigarette production is completed, which greatly improves the quality of cigarette enterprise manufacturing process.