Industrial management system comparative analysis for sugar industry in Thailand and Myanmar

Abstract

The objective of this project is to develop an understanding of the most functional and competitive means of analysis of business structure for sugar industry in Thailand and Myanmar in ways that will maximise benefits to the organisation. The paper focuses on the issues involve in the successful preparation of sugar industry. The methods used in the project development include a preliminary understanding of sugar industry; their advantages and disadvantages; the collection of information and interviews of the qualified authorities; the experiment of the problem using depth interview; and the analysis of the results and the answer to the main project’s questions on the system comparative analysis for sugar industry. It is found in this research that there are many main subjects in determining a competitive sugar industry in a context of competitive management system, which include process planning, price of raw material, transportation cost, improving line design, tax system, and space requirement for sugarcane farming. In addition, the example of ideal case for sugarcane factory and sugarcane farming that are suitable for the industry is presented in the paper. The expected significance of the project is the understanding of the most effective criteria of investing and improving a competitive sugar industry. In the long run, Myanmar is still be competitive for investing in the sugar industry for domestic consumption and especially for export, because of land availability, cheap price, low wages for the laborers and there is enough water supply as the rainfall is 40-80 inches rain in sugarcane areas and moreover, the infrastructure will improve in the future.