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Production Health Survey
1.
How many manufacturing facilities does your company have?
1-5
6-10
11-20
21+
2.
What geography do you primarily operate in?/Where is your company headquartered?
North America
Central America
South America
Western Europe/UK
Central and Eastern Europe
Asia
Africa
Mediterranean and Middle East
3.
What is your average annual revenue?
$0-$50M
$50-$100M
$100-$199M
$200-$349M
$350-$500M
$500M+
4.
What is your area of responsibility/job title?
CEO
CFO
CIO
COO
Chief Product Officer
Chief Data Officer
Chief Digital Officer
Chief Sustainability Officer
VP of supply chain/operations
VP of manufacturing
VP of engineering
VP of production
IT leader
Digital transformation/excellence leader
Plant Director
Process leader
Process engineer
Production manager
Operator
Reliability leader
Maintenance manager/planner
Maintenance technician
R&D engineer
Continuous improvement manager
Food technologist
Quality control manager
Operational excellence engineer
Other (please specify)
5.
What product ranges are you responsible for?
Prepared foods processing/preserving
Bakery foods processing/preserving
Animal products processing/preserving
Fruit and vegetable processing/preserving
Grains and starches processing/preserving
Animal feed processing/preserving
Dairy products processing/preserving
Other (please specify)
6.
What are your organization’s biggest manufacturing challenges? (Select top three.)
Supply chain disruptions
Forecasting production/scheduling
Unplanned production downtime
Quality, yield, or throughput issues
Adopting new technologies successfully
Capacity constraints that limit production
Workforce constraints and upskilling
Meeting sustainability/ESG/regulatory targets
Departmental silos
High cost of materials/energy
Compliance and regulatory hurdles
7.
What is the primary factor that could limit your ability to meet production targets/business objectives over the next 18 months?
Supply chain issues
Workforce/staffing constraints
Aging workforce
Lack of automation
Inability to connect assets
High cost of materials/energy
Production losses due to process or production inefficiencies
Unplanned downtime due to machine faults
Low customer demand
High customer demand
Other (please specify)
8.
For which of the following areas does your company leverage Artificial Intelligence? (check all that apply)
Machine health/machine reliability
Process health/process optimization
Supply chain management/optimization
Tracking energy consumption
We do not utilize AI
9.
For which of the following areas are you able to quantify the impact of AI in meeting business objectives? (select all that apply)
Reducing unnecessary machine downtime
Reducing loss, wastes, and emissions
Maximizing yield and capacity
Optimizing asset care/reliability
Optimizing supply chain management
Process Optimization
Not sure
Other (please specify)
10.
Which production goals are you targeting to solve next with AI? (Choose up to three)
Supply chain disruptions
Forecasting production/scheduling
Unplanned production downtime
Quality, yield, or throughput issues
Capacity constraints that limit production
Workforce constraints and upskilling
Meeting sustainability/ESG/regulatory targets
Departmental silos
High cost of materials/energy
Compliance and regulatory hurdles
Don’t know
11.
Select your top objective for leveraging AI in 2023.
Meeting production targets
Increasing capacity
Upskilling the workforce
Meeting sustainability/ESG/regulatory targets
Streamlining supply chain visibility
Don’t know
12.
For 2023, which of the following best describes your company’s plans for investing in AI?
Invest significantly more than 2022
Invest slightly more than 2022
Invest the same as 2022
Invest slightly less in 2022
Invest significantly less in 2022
We do not plan to invest in AI
13.
What are the primary roadblocks to adopting AI tools in order to solve production challenges? (Select up to three)
Budget constraints
Lack of leadership buy-in
Process/operational hurdles
IT skills shortage
Unavailable technology
Resistance from potential AI end users
Poor data quality
Cybersecurity concerns
Other (please specify)
14.
How are sustainability targets impacting key KPIs?
Sustainability targets hurt key KPIs
Sustainability targets are neutral on key KPIs
Sustainability targets improve key KPIs
Sustainability is embedded in our key KPIs
We do not have sustainability KPIs
15.
What sustainability or ESG efforts are you undertaking? (Select all that apply)
Reducing water and energy consumption
Reducing byproduct waste
Lowering carbon footprint
Reducing emissions
Investing in environmentally smarter technologies
Increasing renewable energy use
Producing more environmentally friendly products
Sourcing material from more sustainable suppliers
None of the above
I don’t know/not sure
16.
For which sustainability/ESG efforts are you able to quantify the impact of AI in meeting business objectives?
Reducing water and energy consumption
Reducing byproduct waste
Lowering carbon footprint
Reducing emissions
Investing in environmentally smarter technologies
Increasing renewable energy use
Producing more environmentally friendly products
None of the above
We don’t use AI
17.
What are the largest obstacles facing your company’s workforce? (Choose top three)
Hiring/recruiting
Need for reskilling
Lack of technology
Keeping workers engaged
Communication silos
Knowledge transfer
Conflicting KPIs
Other (please specify)
18.
Select how much you agree or disagree with the following statement: Adopting advanced technology like purpose-built AI, IoT, and Machine Learning would positively impact our workforce upskilling efforts.
Definitely agree
Somewhat agree
Neutral
Somewhat disagree
Definitely disagree
I don’t know/Not sure
19.
How would you rate your overall ability to balance the competing demands of profitability, workforce needs, and sustainability/ESG?
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Very poor
I don’t know/Not sure
20.
Select all the statements that you agree with:
I’m optimistic about the future of the food manufacturing industry
I expect supply chain disruptions to become more frequent over the next 12 months
I’m worried about the growing food manufacturing knowledge gap due to retiring industry veterans
The ESG goals being set for food manufacturing are becoming unobtainable
AI and advanced technologies will help create new jobs in the food manufacturing industry
The fears over a recession will create more pressure on food manufacturing to cut costs
21.
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