A Kaizen Approach to Food Safety Quality Management in the Value Chain from Wheat to Bread /

• Main Author: Hill, Victoria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Food > Biotechnology.; Mathematical optimization.; Management science.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Food Science.; Optimization.; Operations Management.; Operations Research, Management Science.

This book provides a Management Science approach to quality management in food production. Aspects of food quality, product conformance and reliability/food safety are examined, starting with wheat and ending with its value chain transformation into bread. Protein qualities that influence glycemic i...

Table of Contents:

• The Bread VC: Its Health Impact and Structure in France and the U.S.
• Government Regulation of Food Quality: International and in France and the U.S.
• Industry Regulation of Quality in Bread, Flour and Wheat in France and the U.S.
• Discussion of Literature Review and Preliminary Data Analysis
• Modelling the Value Stream for Bread, Flour and Wheat Production
• QFD Models of French and U.S. Wheat Management Practices
• HACCP and VSM Models of French and U.S. Wheat Production Processes
• Findings, Recommendations and Conclusion.