Radjawali - TipTop Noodles Factory

Radjawali Distribution Singapore (RDS) noodles manufacturing unit is set up in year 2008. The 5 hectare factory is located in Banten, Java of Indonesia.

The R&D, training and the supply chain functions in the factory provide holistic manufacturing support to ensure quality products. The 72 sqm of R&D section focuses on enhancing the existing products as well as to develop new noodle series which targets to a different market segments. The R&D team also play an important role to ensure the high level of food safety standard in the factory. Currently the factory is producing 5 flavours of instant noodles and egg noodles under the Tip Top brand.

Training is a critical success factor to the factory and the management has allocated 60 sqm as the training facility within the factory. The training team conducts regular training on the manufacturing SOPs, hygiene and cleanliness, product quality and job safety. All employees must go through 3 months of training before they are certified as qualified operator of the factory. Re-training also makes an important part of the entire training programme to reinforce the skill and knowledge of each employee. Well trained employees form the foundation of quality products to our customers.

The noodle manufacturing process is 90% automated. Human error and food safety issues are greatly minimized.

The all-in-one noodle manufacturing plant is customised and imported from Japan. This highly efficient plant is able to produce 450 packed noodles per minute, which allows the company to meet the growing demand in Indonesia and the overseas markets. The maintenance team conducts quarterly checks and maintenance on the entire manufacturing plant to ensure that the overall system is running on its optimum capacity, without compromising on the quality of the finished products.

The management place high emphasis on the quality of flour used in making its noodles. Tip Top instant noodles are made from 100% top grade wheat flour. When compared with other brands of instant noodles, Tip Top noodles is in light cream yellow colour with a soft and elastic texture.

The entire manufacturing process from mixing to final packing is stringently monitored and checked by a specialist team. This team is made up of members from the R&D, quality control and the raw material purchasing team. The overall manufacturing plant efficiency is quantified by actual measurement on the total production time verses actual manufacturing time. The specialist team's duty is to minimize unnecessary downtime and introduce measures to improve the production process to achieve optimum efficiency in the manufacturing plant. An unbiased monthly report on the overall factory performance is submitted to the management for review.

RDS is confident to deliver quality noodles in Indonesia and overseas markets.