Engineering services are required to run the plant and machinery's of bakery plants 24x7x365 .Every plant or factory have their own engineering dept which looks after critical operations and does the routine ,preventive and break down maintenance . It also does few development jobs as well as under takes new project or expansion job . Engineering dept ensures minimum downtime as well as modification jobs . With outsourcing as a cost reduction strategies for bakeries , few of these services are now being done through contractors or companies on annual maintenance contracts . It does have few advantages as well disadvantages .
Advantages of Engineering services out sourced
Here are few non -critical engineering services which can be easily outsource without impacting performance of Plant
Large bakeries opt for outsourcing these services to save cost on manpower .
Advantages of Engineering services out sourced
- Cost Savings due to low manpower on company rolls.
- Numbers of technician can be increased or decreased any time .
- Overheads like insurance and other liabilities on contractors .
- Cost savings on hiring and training cost
- Employee turn over are very high at contractors end
- Skills not as per company standards
- High absenteeism observed in such kind of contracts .
- Might incur major loss due to negligence .
Here are few non -critical engineering services which can be easily outsource without impacting performance of Plant
- Fire Safety equipments maintenance and service ( Fire hydrant system , fire alarms , smoke detectors , extinguishers etc)
- Air conditioning & refrigeration equipments and service ( Chilling plants , cold rooms , freezers , a/c plants )
- Utilities maintenance and service ( Cooling towers ,Air compressors , DG Sets , Effluent treatment plants, pumps )
- Civil construction and maintenance
- Plumbing and pipeline jobs
- Machining /Fabrication jobs - ( Workshop related jobs )
- General Electrical jobs
- Maintenance jobs for material handling ( Fork lifts , Pallet trucks , hoists , trolleys )
- PCB repairs
- Motor rewinding
- Printer maintenance and repairs
- Weighing scale repair and maintenance
- Boiler or hot water generator maintenance and repair
Large bakeries opt for outsourcing these services to save cost on manpower .