Dairy Mass Balance Audits

DSI's Mass Balance Plant Audits assist dairy and food product manufacturers identify and report shrink, yield and quality improvement opportunities directly from their plant floor systems to their finanicals for accurate and timely cost analysis.

Features:

• Program objective and problem qualification definition

• Current solution and constraints analysis

• Process variance analysis:

  • By process zone

  • Cause & effect correlation

  • Probablity analysis

  • Range versus impact analysis

  • Measurement system

  • Baseline & goal determination

• Process capacity/utilization analysis

• Current/future state data flow analysis

• Solutions recomemndations:

  • Rought cost and time estimates

  • Prioritized by ROI payback model

  • Standard operating procedures

  • Data/information plan - ERP

Technologies Utilized & Evaluated:

• Plant floor automation systems

• Plant floor and Laboratory instrumentation

• Six Sigma quality systems RDMAIC

• Project Management Institute standards

• Linear correlation analysis

• Predictive model control systems

• Lean Manufacturing methods

Customer Benefits Include:

• Greater yields (0.1% - 2.0%)

• Increased quality via reduced variations

• Reduced shrink (o.1% - 5%)

• Accurate inventory management

• Auccrate and timely manufacturing costs analysis

• Greater level tracking (Protein, Fat, etc.)

• Great producer satisfaction

• Greater customer satisfaction