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Spare Parts Management: Partner with procurement

Why isn’t procurement treated as a partner in spare-parts management?

May 21, 2015

When it comes to the management of spare parts used for maintenance and operations support, the procurement team is often treated as an outsider, a service provider, rather than a partner in ensuring the objective of maintaining operational capacity is achieved.

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Inventory hoarders: storage or junk?

Phillip Slater

February 17, 2015

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In almost every facility on earth (and I don’t think I am exaggerating) there is a place in which equipment and spare parts are kept that someone thinks is important to keep but not part of any system of control.

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Isn’t it time we started talking inventory prevention?

Phillip Slater

November 17, 2014

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Spare parts inventory optimization is great. It helps companies identify where they are holding too much spare parts inventory and correct those holdings to reflect their expectation of current needs.

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High-tech tools or low-tech solutions?

Phillip Slater

August 10, 2014

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No matter what problem you face in business today, someone will have a high-tech solution.

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Climbing the ladder of spare parts management performance

Phillip Slater

May 11, 2014

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In almost every endeavour it is difficult to determine what constitutes the ”best practice,” but this is particularly true in specialist areas such as spare parts management.

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Why optimization software is not the solution

Phillip Slater

February 9, 2014

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Optimization — the holy grail of management!

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Apply risk-management concepts to spare-parts management

Such a strategy can ease the "risky business" of spare-parts inventory management.

Phillip Slater

November 1, 2013

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Risk management is a major element of spare-parts inventory management, but in many ways it is also one of the most poorly executed.

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Why inventory accuracy matters

Phillip Slater

August 11, 2013

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Recently, I have had a number of conversations about inventory accuracy; or to be more precise, about maintaining inventory accuracy.

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5 techniques you should NOT use for spare-parts management

These common inventory-management techniques are traps in the spare-parts world.

Phillip Slater

May 7, 2013

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An important part of any strategy, including your spare-parts inventory-management strategy, is to know what not to do.

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A ‘part’-icular approach

How MRO and spare-parts inventory management deviates from standard inventory practices.

Phillip Slater

December 26, 2012

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Have you ever wondered why you can’t seem to get your MRO and spare-parts inventory consistently under control while your other inventory types are well-managed?