A conjoint study of quantitative and semi-quantitative assessment of failure in a strudel manufacturing plant by means of FMEA and HACCP, Cause and Effect and Pareto diagram

Abstract

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) model was applied for the risk assessment of strudel manufacturing. A tentative approach of FMEA application to the strudel industry was attempted in order to identify the potential failures in the flow diagram and to compare them with the critical control points in the strudel processing. Preliminary Hazard Analysis was employed towards analysing and predicting the occurring failure modes in a food chain system (strudel processing plant), based on the functions, characteristics and/or interactions of the ingredients or the processes, upon which the system depends. Critical control points were identified and implemented in the Cause and Effect diagram (also known as Ishikawa, tree diagram and fishbone diagram) in order to reveal the underlying causes of failures. Finally, Pareto diagrams were employed in an attempt to optimise the detection potential of FMEA.