You want to take control of spare parts inventory so you can be confident you have the parts you need, when you need them, without excess expenditure. Here are three steps you can implement to take control of spare parts inventory.
Darla Kiesel of Dewig Meats (Haubstadt, Ind.) and Mike Sloan of Hermann Wurst Haus (Hermann, Mo.) talked about their retail strategies in an educational session at the recent American Association of Meat Processors Convention in Kansas City, Mo.
High noise levels, dangerous equipment, slippery floors, harmful chemicals and musculoskeletal issues are causing illness and injury rates in the meat packaging industry to be 2.5 times higher than the national average, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
While the risk of fire is high in a small meat plant, there are efficiencies that can be gained by asking your agent to do a few things that will allow you to maximize your coverage and ensure that your customers' products are covered at a fair price.
By failing to understand the complexity of spare-parts inventory, companies will experience one or more of the nine symptoms of poor spare parts inventory health.
In this video interview, J&B Group CEO Mike Hageman discusses the unique corporate culture that has driven the company's success over the last 39 years.