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Multi-Echelon Inventory Management Definition

June 26 spkhadmin

A multi-echelon inventory management system occurs when multiple storerooms are part of a spare parts inventory management and supply system. For example, where a company on a large site has a central storeroom and then one or more satellite storerooms that are located closer to the operational activity. Another example:

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Satellite Stores Definition

June 26 spkhadmin

A Satellite Storeroom is a small storage area that is separate from the main or central storeroom. What differentiates satellite stores from squirrel stores is that a satellite storeroom is an official storage location where the items located there are subject to the record keeping and management controls set out

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Squirrel Stores Definition

June 26 spkhadmin

Squirrel stores are the unofficial hoarding of items outside of the official storeroom management system. Squirrel stores are usually established out of good intent but they are to be avoided because their existence has a detrimental effect on inventory levels, reliability, and obsolescence. The existence of these stores is usually

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Sparesology Definition

October 3 spkhadmin

Sparesology ® is a term coined as a shortcut for the discipline of optimizing the physical, financial, process, and human resource management of spare parts. Sparesology is more than just inventory optimization Sparesology requires an understanding of the complete ecosystem within which spare parts are managed, and it seeks to

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Spare Parts Inventory Management Acronyms and Abbreviations

October 3 spkhadmin

spare parts inventory management acronyms and abbreviations

Acronym Explainer What happens when one person uses spare parts inventory management acronyms and abbreviations and another person either doesn’t know what is meant, or worse they think that it means something different? Expensive mistakes and wasted time. Not to mention the potential embarrassment! To help you navigate this confusing

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Insurance Spares Definition (Video)

May 18 spkhadmin

In this 2 Minute Tutorial Phillip Slater defines and discusses insurance spares, their main attributes and how they are different from other types of spare parts. Understanding these issues helps you in determining why you hold the spare parts that you hold.             For information

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Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) Definition and Explanation

September 24 spkhadmin

Understanding the definitions used in spare parts inventory management is vitally important. For without a common understanding of terms it is difficult to communicate effectively. Imagine what happens when someone uses a term such as SKU in a conversation or email and the person listening or reading doesn’t understand that

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Insurance Spare Definition and Explanation

August 8 spkhadmin

It is important to specifically categorize insurance spares in your inventory. If you don’t categorize insurance spares you may find that you stock a lot of value in this type of spare part but cannot segment those spare parts and therefore subject them to appropriate scrutiny. With appropriate scrutiny you

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Inventory Accuracy: Extract from Webcast

July 29 spkhadmin

The following video is an extract from a recent webcast on inventory accuracy and Why it Matters. Here Phillip Slater discusses two different definitions of inventory accuracy. Understanding that, from an inventory management  perspective, we need to be concerned with accuracy at an individual item level tells us that to

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Inventory Accuracy Definition

July 25 spkhadmin

The idea of providing an inventory accuracy definition may seem a bit redundant – after all the word accuracy is understood and who doesn’t want an accurate inventory? The purpose of providing this inventory accuracy definition, therefore, is to provide a useful inventory accuracy definition so that the actions required to maintain

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