Innovation in Process Quality for Enhanced Competitiveness in the Lobster Industry

工艺质量创新，增强龙虾行业的竞争力

• 批准号: 548762-2019
• 负责人: Joseph, Alain
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Nova Scotia Community College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=680799
• 关键词: Innovation; Process; Quality; Enhanced; Competitiveness

Clare Machine Works Ltd. (CMW) is a proud Canadian company providing a wide range of engineering services and developing products for the fishing industry. With the growing lobster fishing industry, the company has identified the development of an innovative lobster bait automatic chopping and bagging system as key to increase their sales. As the market continues to grow, CMW now seeks Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC)'s support to become more cost-effective, and efficient in production via a high output process with improved consistency of the product. This will be done through innovation in process quality for enhanced competitiveness in their production process. Accessing NSCC's product development and process optimization resources will help CMW gain valuable knowledge regarding its proposed technology. In addition to the exposure of CMW personnel to applied research, this type of collaboration will support the company in its efforts to grow its business in the sector. The information from this applied research project will also support overcoming the hurdles in the optimization process to move the proposed system to market. The skills gained will be transferable to other industry partners in need, as effective modular design can evolve to a financial force that can greatly improve the competitive environment within the private sector. Moreover, the outcome from this project will enable CMW to innovate in ways that permit the company to adapt to changing market demands; this can be achieved through the increasingly common vertical integration in all sectors of the seafood industry.

克莱尔机械厂有限公司（CMW）是一家自豪的加拿大公司，为渔业提供广泛的工程服务和开发产品。随着龙虾捕捞业的不断发展，该公司已确定开发一种创新的龙虾诱饵自动切碎和装袋系统作为增加销售额的关键。随着市场的持续增长，CMW现在寻求新斯科舍省社区学院（NSCC）的支持，通过提高产品一致性的高产量工艺，提高生产的成本效益和效率。这将通过工艺质量的创新来实现，以提高其生产工艺的竞争力。CNONSCC的产品开发和工艺优化资源将帮助CMW获得有关其拟议技术的宝贵知识。除了CMW人员接触应用研究之外，这种类型的合作将支持公司在该领域发展业务的努力。该应用研究项目的信息还将有助于克服优化过程中的障碍，将拟议的系统推向市场。所获得的技能将转移到其他有需要的行业伙伴，因为有效的模块化设计可以发展成为一种财政力量，可以大大改善私营部门的竞争环境。此外，该项目的成果将使CMW能够以创新的方式适应不断变化的市场需求;这可以通过海产品行业所有部门日益普遍的垂直整合来实现。