Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries [Paperback]

Quality management for breweries is critical for continued success. This guidebook decodes how to create and manage a quality system in the context of the brewery environment and affords an understanding of how quality management is intertwined at all levels of the operation. It will guide you in developing a comprehensive program that will grow with your brewery, help ensure quality processes in the brewery and continue providing great beer for your fans.Craft beer sales are flourishing across the U.S. and breweries are opening at a rapid rate. Without a continual emphasis on producing the highest quality beer, the health of the entire craft brewing industry is jeopardized. In other words, proper quality management for small, regional and national breweries is critical. This guidebook decodes how to create and manage a quality system in the context of the brewery environment. Written for staff who manage quality in breweries of all types and sizesnew and established alikethis book affords an understanding of how quality management is intertwined at all levels of the operation. Whether you are a brewmaster wearing many hats, lab staff, production staff or on a quality team, this book will guide you in developing a comprehensive program that will grow with your brewery, help ensure quality processes in the brewery and continue providing great beer for your fans.Quality Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers?by Mary PellettieriTable of ContentsForewordIntroduction?1.???Defining Quality in a Brewery????? What is Quality?????? Establishment of the Role of the Brewing Chemist?2.???Quality Management and Governance?3.???Components of a Quality ProgramAll about the PeopleConducting the Right Tests and Conducting Them WellDetermine Quality Check Specification and FrequencyRepeatable Corrective Action?4.???Supporting Functions to the Quality ProgramHuman Resources; Skills and AccountabilityAsset Care or Maintenance of EquipmentSanitation and Good Manufacturing Practl£ª