POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF PROVIDING IMPORTED EQUIPMENT OF BREWERIES IN RUSSIA WITH SPARE PARTS AND COMPONENTS

Abstract

In the context of Western sanctions pressure and current bans on the import of machinery and components in the Russian brewing industry, a problem arose with the supply of new production equipment, original spare parts and components, industrial service on imported equipment, which is largely equipped with large and medium-sized enterprises, due to the inability to find suppliers of the required original spare parts in Russia, components and materials. The article provides an express analysis of possible solutions to this problem in order to determine the strategy of survival or development of the enterprise. The methodological basis is the traditional methods of technical, economic and logical analysis, systematization and ranking. The advantages and disadvantages of three options are considered: import substitution of the brewery's fixed assets by gradually replacing imported units, semi-automatic and automatic lines with domestic analogues with financial support from regional governments; parallel import of spare parts and components, supported by the restoration of worn-out parts of technological equipment of breweries using the services of specialized reverse engineering firms; organization of a specialized company as part of the Rosspetsmash Association, carrying out reverse-engineering, manufacturing of spare parts and assemblies for imported equipment of all breweries in the industry and industrial service of imported equipment based on a specific repair specialization. Based on the express analysis, it was suggested that the choice of a survival or development strategy for a particular plant depends on the condition of the equipment, the availability of an enterprise development strategy, the availability of its own finances and the support of state authorities.