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Home » Authors » Phillip Slater

Articles by Phillip Slater

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Spare Parts Know-How

The high cost of ‘free’ parts packages

Phillip Slater
January 29, 2016
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Often when companies upgrade an existing plant, expand facilities or build new “green field” sites, the new equipment comes with a spare parts package.


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Spare Parts Know-How

Managing obsolescence

Phillip Slater
November 11, 2015
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Any spare part will inevitably become obsolete.


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Spare Parts: By design or evolution?

Are your management systems deliberately designed or evolving randomly?
Phillip Slater
August 21, 2015
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It doesn’t really matter which part of your business you work in — there will be a system for addressing the key things that need to be done.


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Spare Parts Management: Partner with procurement

Why isn’t procurement treated as a partner in spare-parts management?
Phillip Slater
May 21, 2015
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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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Spare Parts Know-How

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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