Machine lubrication is crucial if meat and poultry processors are to sustain operating efficiencies and maximize revenues. Yet it is an element many plant managers neglect.
Once a basic preventive-maintenance program is in place, tools such as software programs can certainly be used to increase its effectiveness and efficiency, but the onus still rests with management.
It is not always easy to indicate or appreciate what the benefits of maintenance are, but as product processes become more automated, they are more interconnected.