BENCHMARKS FOR CANE SUGAR MANUFACTURE TO ENSURE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

摘要

After reviewing and discussing operating data with sugar technologists from more than 40 countries around the world, it became obvious that technical performance varied significantly from company to company. Reasons given for poor performance, often not justified, are regional in nature, such as differences in social structure and culture. Also, the need for adequate training of operators/engineers/chemists in technologies and mid-level supervisors in management, which requires no capital expenditure, is often over looked. To compete in a global economy, it is important to establish performance criteria/benchmarks for the purpose of achieving lowest cost sugar production. This paper discusses benchmarks for the sugar industry in order for the industry to compete in the global market.