A system study of the production department of MSG in Union Ajinomoto, Inc.

Date of Publication

2000

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

College

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Department/Unit

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Abstract/Summary

Executive Summary. In the Philippines, Union Ajinomoto, Inc. is the leading producer in the flavoring extracts and food coloring industry. They produce AJINOMOTO Super Seasoning, which everybody knows as MSG or monosodium glutamate, Ginisa Flavor Mix, and AJINOMOTO Soy Sauce. Since most of the company's resources are allocated for MSG manufacturing, we intend to study the activities and factors that involve the production of MSG for the year 1998.

Based from our analysis of their present system, the problem that we saw was at the Packaging Section which has exceeded its acceptable reject rate by 0.402% for its big packages. Because of this, the company incurs an additional rework cost of Php 22,085.847. The group was able to generate alternatives for the solution for this problem and after doing the Kepner-Tregoe analysis, two proposed solutions were produced: reduce the amount of MSG packed in boxes and reduce the number of boxes stacked.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU09438

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

91 numb. leaves ; Computer print-out.

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