The survey identifies plant maintenance management strategies and parts and component inventory practices, as well as how inventory is managed. The study of food and beverage personnel involved in spare parts ordering noted facilities turn to general administration/executive management personnel in greater numbers to oversee the majority of maintenance replacement decisions and strategies.
Employees with administrative or executive titles make the call on replacement decisions 13 percent of the time, a figure more than triple the number in last year’s report (4 percent). Plant operations employees do more decision-making now (19 percent) than a year ago (12 percent).