Food Manufacturing Survey

This brief survey is to gauge perceptions of Industry 4.0 among food manufacturers. All information will be kept confidential.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Title

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* 3. Email

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* 4. When buying food processing equipment, at what stage do you involve your IT Department in your efforts as a company?

From the start of the buying process

After we have narrowed down our choices

After we have completed a purchase agreement

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Does your company allow data sharing from the production floor back to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM)?

Yes

No

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* 6. If yes, have you seen benefits from the data sharing with OEMs?

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* 7. If no, what are the security concerns with sharing data back with the OEMs?

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* 8. Does your company have the expectation of predictive maintenance for its food processing equipment?

Yes

No

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* 9. Is your company investigating cloud-based data collection services/applications for production data analytics?

Yes

No