| Evaluate the following statements about the attributes identified in the external environment, correlating the importance given by the organization based on the legend above. | 1- Very low | 2- LOW | 3- Medium | 4- High | 5- Very high |
| Expansion of the national milk production in the last decade (ECONOMY/INDUSTRY) | 0 | 0 | 35% | 54% | 12% |
| Increased concern about the environment and standards for assessing the quality of increasingly restrictive effluent (SOCIAL/GOVERNMENT). | 4% | 4% | 15% | 50% | 27% |
| Investment needs of the dairy industry as for the new in plant processes related to clean technologies treatment and pollution prevention tools. (INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY/GOVERNMENT) | 4% | 4% | 38% | 35% | 19% |
| Separation process and membrane filtration as an extension of the conventional process. It is used as a suggestion in reducing wastewater pollution. (INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY/GOVERNMENT) | 4% | 15% | 27% | 42% | 12% |
| Increasing rigor of laws and environmental norms, with supervisory bodies such as ANA, CONAMA, etc. (GOVERNMENT) | 4% | 4% | 23% | 63% | 8% |
| Increasing technological evolution, reducing the life cycle of products and processes. (TECHNOLOGY) | 8% | 4% | 38% | 42% | 8% |
| Water reuse (SOCIAL/GOVERNMENT) | 8% | 8% | 23% | 58% | 4% |
| Cultural and social evolution of the population, increasing the level of charging for goods and services. (SOCIAL) | 8% | 8% | 31% | 46% | 8% |
| Need of large water volumes for industrial production (INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY) | 8% | 4% | 23% | 54% | 12% |
| Proportion of Pollution 1 liter milk × 10 liters of effluent (INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY) | 4% | 0% | 42% | 50% | 4% |
| The cleaning process of equipment can take around 90% of the organic load to the effluent. (INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY) | 0% | 4% | 35% | 50% | 12% |
| Cost of technology changing (INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY) | 0% | 0% | 35% | 50% | 15% |