CONTENTS

1 PALM OIL INDUSTRY IN THAILAND 1-1

1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1-1

1.2 MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM PALM OIL INDUSTRY 1-5
1.3 BUSINESS PERSPECTIVES IN PALM OIL INDUSTRY IN THAILAND 1-8

2 PALM OIL PRODUCTION PROCESS & MATERIAL FLOWS 2-1

2.1 PALM OIL PRODUCTION PROCESS 2-1

2.2 MATERIAL FLOW 2-6

3 MIS INTRODUCTION 3-1

3.1 BACKGROUND 3-1

3.2 OBJECTIVES OF MIS APPLICATION 3-1
3.3 BENEFITS OF MIS APPLICATION 3-2
3.4 MIS PRINCIPLES 3-2

4 APPLYING MIS PROCESS TO PALM OIL INDUSTRY 4-1

4.1 PRODUCTION PROCESS MODEL 4-1

4.2 DATA COLLECTION AND CONSOLIDATION 4-4
4.3 DATA PROCESSING 4-21
4.4 INFORMATION REPORTING & ANALYSIS 4-29
 LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1a Oil Palm Plantation in Thailand 1-2

Table 1.1b List of Palm Oil Factories and Milling Capacity 1-2
Table 1.2a Examples of Eco-Efficiency improvement 1-6
Table 3.4a Suggested Tools for MIS Implementation with their Pros and Cons 3-14
Table 4.2a Proposed Data Collection Scheme for Primary Production Process
Section (Section#1) 4-7
Table 4.2b Proposed Data Collection Scheme for Oil Room Section (Section#2) 4-10
Table 4.2c Proposed Data Collection Scheme for Dry Process Section (Section#3) 4-13
Table 4.2d Proposed Data Collection Scheme for Wastewater Treatment and
Biogas System Section (Section#4) 4-16
Table 4.2e Proposed Data Collection Scheme for Utility Section (Section#5) 4-19
Table 4.2f Proposed Data Collection Scheme for Internal Control Values 4-20
Table 4.3a Management Information derived from Data Processing 4-22
Table 4.4a Summary of Management Information 4-34
 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1a Distribution of Thailand’s Vegetable Oil Production 1-1

Figure 2.1a Standard Palm Oil Mill Process 2-1
Figure 2.2a Material Flow of Palm Oil 2-7
Figure 2.2b Material Flow of Water 2-8
Figure 2.2c Material Flow of Energy 2-9
Figure 3.4a General MIS Information Flow Diagram 3-8
Figure 3.4b Examples of Tools Used for MIS Process 3-13
Figure 4.1a Production Process Model for Palm Oil Industry 4-3
Figure 4.2a Locations of Data Collection in Primary Production Process (Section#1) 4-6
Figure 4.2b Locations of Data Collection in Oil Room (Section#2) 4-9
Figure 4.2c Locations of Data Collection in Dry Process (Section#3) 4-12
Figure 4.2d Locations of Data Collection in Wastewater Treatment and
Biogas System (Section#4) 4-15
Figure 4.2e Locations of Data Collection in Utility (Section#5) 4-18
 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AFTA Asean Free Trade Area

BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
CPO Crude Palm Oil
DG Diesel Generator
DIW Department of Industrial Works
EFB Empty Fruit Bunch
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
FFA Free Fatty Acids
FFB Fresh Fruit Bunch
GTZ German Society for Technical Cooperation
GUI Graphical User Interface
ICT Information & Communication Technology
IPPCS Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Strategy
IT Information Technology
KPI Key Performance Indicators
LAN Local Area Network
MIS Management Information Systems
MRP Manufacturing Resource Planning
MS Access Microsoft Access
MS Excel Microsoft Excel
NOx Oxide of Nitrogen
PEA Provincial Electricity Authority
PC Personal Computer