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The easy way toGood ManufacturingBy JørnPedersen,M.Sc. inDairyTechnologyandManagingDirector,JP ConsultDemands on dairy producersDuring recent years, demands fromauthorities, customers and consumerstowards the dairy and foodindustry regarding documentationof production flow, and quality etchave raised with huge intensity.The dairy industry, primarily thelarger companies have complied thedemands by working out Quality,HACCP, Laboratory Manuals etc.,often followed by an official ISO certification.So far, the medium sized… in the dairy industryand minor dairies have not shownthe same interest or used resourceson the matter. Probably they havenot felt it was important or theydo not have the work force, time orfinancial resources to meet this demandingchallenge. However, in thefuture, authorities, customers, andconsumers will forward the samedemands on the minor and mediumsized companies. They will ask forbetter and clearer documentationregarding their daily production. Inthe end, these companies will needto work out their own manual.Quality & Working ManualBearing this in mind some Danishdairies and JP Consult in 2000 starteda project developing a ”StandardQuality & Working Manual”, whichis easily converted to a factory specificmanual. The idea has shown tobe viable and during the last 6 years,it has been further developed. Today, the following six titles are foundunder the umbrella name “X-townDairy Management Tools”:● Quality & Working Manual● Dairy Laboratory Manual● Hygiene Training Manual● Dairy Training Manual● Milk Balance Control● Dairy & Food LIMS (Laboratory InformationManagement System)The basic philosophy for all X-Town Dairy Management tools are,that they can easily be converted intoa factory specific manual by anyone,who has the necessary knowledgewithin dairy production and MicrosoftWord and Excel. All manuals arein English and can be of great helpand inspiration to all dairies, whowant to improve their quality controland/or documentation system to preparespecific factory manuals.Do you want to learn more aboutthe single title please visit - www.dairyconsult.dk.Figure 1: Menu D&F LIMS program.Dairy & Food LIMSThe latest development within theX-Town Dairy Management toolsis a Dairy & Food LIMS program.D&F LIMS is inspired from the goodexperience by using Excel in registrationof laboratory results andthe strengthening in EU statutoryregulations within the food industry,which require improvement infactory specific documentation forthe daily quality control. The mainfeatures within D&F LIMS are:● D&F LIMS covers the needs of mostdairy and food factories, and is aunique, small, easy operated program,which only cost a fraction ofexisting LIMS system (Laboratory InformationManagement System).46 Danish Dairy & Food Industry... worldwide 2006 NR. 16