Food Bev Asia

Food safety, sustainability, and health and nutrition are key themes in this month's issue, and of the Outlook 2025 section, where you will find exclusive interviews and a compilation of trends and forecasts for the year. Know more from our Q&As with Mr. Ken Loh. Business Development Manager, Mettler-Toledo, Ms. Cheryl Yong, Head of Marketing Asia Pacific-South at SIG, and Mr. Christian Philippsen, Managing Director at BENEO Asia Pacific. Exclusive to you, our readers, Ms. Lois Mo, APAC Marketing Director, Health & Wellness at ADM, writes a piece on addressing women's health issues. An editorial contribution from Johan Cerstiaens, Commercial Director at SVZ, analyzes the impact of consumer behavior on the future of beverage innovation. We hope that all these, and the latest industry updates and new products in this magazine will be significant to your business and decision-making. For more click on  Ringier-FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal-2025.03

      By MIFLORA MINOZA- GATCHALIAN, PhD., PFT CEO, Quality Partners Company, Ltd. Academician Emeritus, International Academy for Quality   Introduction To succeed the development of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the enterprise, three urgent challenges need to be hurdled and these are: (1) FIRST: Baseline Data and Information gathering; (2) SECOND : Improvement approaches to existing situation; and (3) THIRD: Growth Trends Monitoring Towards Stability. This is a BIG challenge needing full support and cooperation not only from top management but also from everyone in the organization. Only the most essential challenges per action stage will be presented in each of the three articles covering the three urgent total quality challenges. PATIENCE is a virtue which is a basic requirement per challenge or action stage, since each CHALLENGE requires TIME to perform while being seriously followed-through by a PROGRESS monitoring system.   The First urgent quality...