Production Health Survey

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* 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

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* 3. What is your average annual revenue?

$0-$50M

$50-$100M

$100-$199M

$200-$349M

$350-$500M

$500M+

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* 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)

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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Name

Company

Email Address

Production Health Survey

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* 1. How many manufacturing facilities does your company have?

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* 2. What geography do you primarily operate in?/Where is your company headquartered?

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* 3. What is your average annual revenue?

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* 4. What is your area of responsibility/job title?

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* 5. What product ranges are you responsible for?

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* 6. What are your organization’s biggest manufacturing challenges? (Select top three.)

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* 7. What is the primary factor that could limit your ability to meet production targets/business objectives over the next 18 months?

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* 8. For which of the following areas does your company leverage Artificial Intelligence? (check all that apply)

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* 9. For which of the following areas are you able to quantify the impact of AI in meeting business objectives? (select all that apply)

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* 10. Which production goals are you targeting to solve next with AI? (Choose up to three)

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* 11. Select your top objective for leveraging AI in 2023.

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* 12. For 2023, which of the following best describes your company’s plans for investing in AI?

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* 13. What are the primary roadblocks to adopting AI tools in order to solve production challenges? (Select up to three)

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* 14. How are sustainability targets impacting key KPIs?

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* 15. What sustainability or ESG efforts are you undertaking? (Select all that apply)

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* 16. For which sustainability/ESG efforts are you able to quantify the impact of AI in meeting business objectives?

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* 17. What are the largest obstacles facing your company’s workforce? (Choose top three)

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* 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.

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* 19. How would you rate your overall ability to balance the competing demands of profitability, workforce needs, and sustainability/ESG?

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* 20. Select all the statements that you agree with:

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* 21. To be included in the drawing for four $25 American Express gift cards, and to be sent a copy of the completed report, please add your contact details below.