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Reliability, safety, maintenance top rank of purchasing criteria: survey

Written by  PEM Staff Tuesday, 23 March 2010
Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. has commissioned an independent survey through an industry publication to identify the most important purchasing criteria in these difficult and changing times. The results of which are shown in the table below.


Criteria Very important Somewhat important
1
Reliability 93% 7%
2 Quality 92% 8%
3 Safety 79% 20%
4 Maintenance 75% 24%
5 Service 71% 28%
6 Price 62% 38%
7 Throughput 58% 39%
8 Technology 58% 39%
9 Noise 56% 43%
10 Speed 40% 57%
11 Green 20% 55%

The percentages represent the “degree of importance” held by the survey respondents for each of the purchasing criteria.

As a leader in the conveyor industry, Hytrol knows it is of utmost importance to understand what the customer is looking for when purchasing conveyors and conveying systems. For more information, send requests to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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