Use of the Pn-En Iso 9004:2010 Standard for Improvement of Competitiveness of the Food Industry Enterprises

Szkiel Agata ()
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Szkiel Agata: Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland

Foundations of Management, 2013, vol. 5, issue 1, 69-81

Abstract: Food industry companies, functioning in an ever-changing and uncertain environment, look for ways to increase their competitiveness, including the improvement of effectiveness and efficiency of the implemented food safety management systems. Directions that can be used for this purpose are provided by the PN-EN ISO 9004:2010 standard. In the first part of the elaboration presented the requirements for the food safety management system included in the PN-EN ISO 22000:2006, and then the guidance of the PN-EN ISO 9004:2010 standard for providing the enterprise management system in order to achieve a sustained success in the turbulent environment. Followed by compared the guidelines and requirements of these two standards in order to evaluate the possibility of their combined use in the food industry enterprises. Next presented this guidelines of the PN-EN ISO 9004:2010 standard, which have no references to the requirements of the PNEN 22000:2006, and are discussed how they can be helpful for enterprises in the food chain in the process of improvement of effectiveness and efficiency of the implemented food safety management systems

Keywords: food industry; PN-EN ISO 9004:2010; PN-EN ISO 22000:2006; quality management system; food safety management system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/fman-2014-0007

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