Mill hygiene and pest control: Good housekeeping and vigilant inspection are two critical ways to prevent infestation

摘要

My late father always claimed that an untidy desk was the sign of an untidy mind, thus judging people's likely work standards by the appearance of their workspace. The same ethic applies to your mills in that an untidy mill often reflects the character of its management and sends a signal that this place may not be well run. Certainly an untidy and unkempt mill does allow infestation to take hold. Mill hygiene is not a hot topic in everyday management tasks, but it should rank fairly high when it comes to managers taking that all-important daily walk round the mill site. In order to set and maintain standards that are acceptable to your customers, it is important to get their views of what they expect. Rather than treat audits as times when you comeunder the hammer and are criticized for not doing things correctly, millers should take the opportunity to turn the tables and get the customer to define what they require in terms of cleanliness and hygiene standards.