We Need Your Ideas on the Future of Equipment Survey

The new SBCA Equipment Council is looking for feedback to help them begin defining their mission and goals. Please take the next minute to answer the following questions and submit any additional comments at the end:

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* 1. On a scale of 1-5, rate the structural building component industry in terms of use of machinery technology and how advanced we are:

1 - Way Behind the Times

5 - State-of-the-art

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* 2. Compared to other manufacturing industries, is our industry keeping up with the capabilities of cutting-edge equipment technology?

Yes

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* 3. Regarding machinery technology, rank the following in order of value to your business:

	1 - Not Valuable	2	3	4	5 - Highly Valuable
Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws 1 - Not Valuable	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws 2	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws 3	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws 4	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws 5 - Highly Valuable
Saw technology	Saw technology 1 - Not Valuable	Saw technology 2	Saw technology 3	Saw technology 4	Saw technology 5 - Highly Valuable
Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 1 - Not Valuable	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 2	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 3	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 4	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 5 - Highly Valuable
Table technology	Table technology 1 - Not Valuable	Table technology 2	Table technology 3	Table technology 4	Table technology 5 - Highly Valuable
Stacking and banding technology	Stacking and banding technology 1 - Not Valuable	Stacking and banding technology 2	Stacking and banding technology 3	Stacking and banding technology 4	Stacking and banding technology 5 - Highly Valuable

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* 4. Rate your company’s use of each of these machinery technologies from 1-5:

	1 - Very Outdated	2	3	4	5 - Cutting-Edge Equipment
Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws (radial boxes)	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws (radial boxes) 1 - Very Outdated	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws (radial boxes) 2	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws (radial boxes) 3	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws (radial boxes) 4	Material handling of lumber from storage to the saws (radial boxes) 5 - Cutting-Edge Equipment
Saw technology	Saw technology 1 - Very Outdated	Saw technology 2	Saw technology 3	Saw technology 4	Saw technology 5 - Cutting-Edge Equipment
Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 1 - Very Outdated	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 2	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 3	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 4	Material handling of cut stock from the saw to the table 5 - Cutting-Edge Equipment
Table technology	Table technology 1 - Very Outdated	Table technology 2	Table technology 3	Table technology 4	Table technology 5 - Cutting-Edge Equipment
Stacking technology	Stacking technology 1 - Very Outdated	Stacking technology 2	Stacking technology 3	Stacking technology 4	Stacking technology 5 - Cutting-Edge Equipment

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* 5. What is the degree to which you currently rely on equipment automation in your production facility:

1 – Everything we do is still done through a manual process

5 – We automate virtually every step in the process

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* 6. Do you think robotics could be used to address one or more of your current production challenges?

Yes (please explain)

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* 7. Please provide any additional feedback on key issues that you would like the SBCA Equipment Council to focus on.

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* 8. Would you be willing to let us follow up with you regarding any of your answers?

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