Evaluating the Total Value of a New Machine As part of its five-year plan, Beaver completes a com- prehensive evaluation of the age and condition of existing machinery, capacity utilization of that machinery, as well as a detailed evaluation of new machin- ery available on the market and how it might enhance competitiveness. Beaver takes a holistic view of invest- ing in new machines. It doesn’t just look at return on investment, but explores how attractive new machines make them to customers in securing new business, as well as potentially new skilled employ- ees, who are in short supply.
“New machines also help us attract talent,” Kearns noted. “If you’re trying to attract talent, they’d rather work on a new machine.”
Beaver regularly invests a healthy amount of its revenue in R&D and equipment upgrades. Kearns said Beaver’s dedication to keeping its machinery new has forced it to re-evaluate some of the ways it measures cost in its system. For ex- ample, some newer machines actually use higher amounts of energy than the machines they replaced. However, they produce parts faster so they do not re-
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