Introduction

Welcome to FSO Institute’s Manufacturing Health Assessment™ (MHA) platform of surveys for food and beverage manufacturers.

This survey is intended to provide food & beverage manufacturers with directional insights by comparing their company with the FSO Industry Average.

Capital Expenditures (CapEx) is one of the 12 dimensions of FSO's Manufacturing Health platform.
For the purposes of this survey, we are asking your views on your company's effectiveness with respect to:

Procedures:  the processes utilized by the company to plan and managed capital projects

Performance:  the results of the capital projects in meeting the intended purpose of the investments 

This survey should take you only 5 minutes


Your responses will remain confidential in the FSO Institute's database and not attributed to you in any way.

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1. Our company has standards / best practices for CapEx Budget approval

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2. Our company has strong investment profiling of CapEx projects that allow for lower ROI projects to be approved

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3. When approving Capital Appropriation Requests (CAR), leadership has very high confidence in achieving the committed results.

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4. We constantly report back project outcomes as part of normal project duties.

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5. Our company is committed to having the right balance of CapEx investment to meet business needs.

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Innovation projects to support new product launches
Growth projects to support the needed capacity requirements 
Infrastructure projects that reinvests into the existing plant assets

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6. Our project closure report includes investment outcome reporting.

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7. Our project management process is used consistently across the company:

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A tiered vendor list
Company documented design principles (e.g. hygienic zoning)
Company standards for hygienic equipment design
Digital transformation requirements for data collection

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8. CapEx projects are generally turned over to operations for a seamless, vertical startup

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9. CapEx projects are generally:

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On time delivery of approved project schedule
Within the percentage variance of originally approved project budget
Meet the investment requirements as stated in the CAR
Delivered with minimal change orders

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10. The people responsible for running projects in our company are well trained and encouraged to:

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Attend continuing education courses
Participate in industry events such as major trade shows
Seek industry networks for professional development
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