Almost all maintenance, service and supply chain managers I speak to are unaware of their organisation’s incompetence in spare parts inventory management. But many recognise the symptoms mentioned above.
Could these have been caused by poor inventory management? Possibly. The good news is that an expert can assess your current spare parts inventory management practices and tools to identify the root cause behind the symptoms and set you on the way to recovery.
Becoming aware, identifying improvement opportunities, and setting plans in motion to improve your spare parts management could make your work life easier and your company more capable of delivering the needed products and services.
The ultimate aim is to have total control over a continuous improvement cycle in spare parts inventory management since improvements will always be there, resulting in a total absence of spare parts shortcomings, low inventories and low logistics costs. This way of working should become so normal that no maintenance, service, or supply chain manager spends time on these processes.
