Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) announced that its Jakkarat Layer Complex in Nakhon Ratchasima has won the Thailand Kaizen Award 2025 from the Association for the Promotion of Technology (Thailand–Japan) in recognition of the team’s development of the “Chicken Health E-Cart,” an innovation that enhances hen health monitoring while improving farm safety and biosecurity through continuous improvement (Kaizen). The award was presented at BITEC, Bangkok.
Somkid Wannalukkhee, Head of the Egg Business at CP Foods, said the innovation demonstrates how Kaizen principles are embedded across CP Foods’ operations to deliver safe, high-quality food in a systematic and sustainable way. “We empower teams at every level to co-create solutions that raise productivity, strengthen food safety and workplace hygiene, and minimize environmental and social impacts,” he said.
Designed and built in-house by farm personnel, the Chicken Health E-Cart speeds up and improves the accuracy of hen health checks, reducing reliance on manual inspection. The solution supports animal welfare by ensuring consistent, quality care for hens, while limiting direct human–animal contact to reduce potential pathogen transmission and lowering the risk of workplace accidents.
CP Foods has deployed 86 E-Carts across all seven layer complexes nationwide. The company is also piloting real-time health-monitoring cameras and cloud connectivity so farm teams can manage flock health with greater visibility and data-driven efficiency.
Kaizen at CP Foods forms part of the company’s Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) system, which fosters a learning culture and continuous improvement to accelerate innovation and raise global standards in safe food production for consumers.