Industrial manufacturers worldwide share concerns about the challenges affecting the global economy and their businesses, such as pricing, labor, supply chain and energy.
Industrial manufacturers worldwide share concerns about the challenges affecting the global economy and their businesses, such as pricing, labor, supply chain and energy.
Although manufacturers are navigating near-term economic turbulence, their confidence in the future is unwavering as investing in capital equipment remains a priority
For example:
Where planned downtime provides an opportunity to forecast the cost of stopping production, unplanned downtime can only be analyzed post-disruption and if accurate performance information is available.
While the outlook for industrial capital equipment spending is trending positively, opportunities still exist for manufacturers to better protect these high-cost investments.
Plant Services’ Machine Maintenance & Reliability Industry Survey results reveal a critical blind spot that currently exists among manufacturers when it comes to protecting their capital equipment investments.
Of the 150 corporate and plant floor professionals from small to large-sized manufacturing companies surveyed, only 1/3 have the ability to visualize the real-time conditions of critical assets across all sites.4
Additionally, while most manufacturers (83%) utilize Preventive maintenance strategies to help safeguard their capital equipment investments, 46% rely on Reactive maintenance, the practice of running to assets to failure, within their facility. Only 26% of respondents rely on condition-based, Predictive maintenance to detect malfunctions and plan maintenance.
When spending on high-cost, productivity-driving equipment, identifying and implementing the right maintenance strategy to support its long-term, useful life is as important as making the right capital investment for the business.
With the right maintenance strategy in place, manufacturers can mitigate major risks to productivity and revenue growth, such as unplanned downtime, long-lead time to acquire replacement parts and expensive, repair-related labor costs.
However, deciding which maintenance strategy aligns with the right purpose for manufacturers is still a widely debated and discussed decision.
Previously Featured on Kimberly-Clark Professional's blog.
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