Spare Parts Know How

Spare Parts Inventory Management Training

  • Log-In
  • Individual Training
    • ‘Must Know’ Training
    • Advanced Course
    • Pro Level Membership
    • Masterclass Webinar
    • RMIC Certification
  • Team Training
    • Team Boot Camp
    • Elite Teams
    • In-Person Workshop
  • Open Archive
  • Other Resources
    • Books
    • Pro Level Library
    • Training Academy
    • Software and Services
      • Inventory Optimization Decision Support
      • Materials Data Management
  • Contact
  • About
    • Clients
    • Testimonials
    • FAQs
    • Phillip Slater

Spare Parts Inventory Management – The Book: Interview with Phillip Slater

October 27 spkhadmin

This text is a transcript of an interview by Carmela Mayson of Industrial Press. Carmela: Phillip Slater has been described as “truly one of the leaders in the MRO information segment” and “the global spare parts guru.” Today we talk with the author and business improvement expert about his latest

Filed Under: Inventory Management

Understanding the Spare Parts Inventory Management Life Cycle

June 20 spkhadmin

The spare parts inventory management life cycle is complex. It is also long. Does success require the input of an ‘invisible hand’?   The Invisible Hand of Spare Parts Inventory Management In December 1958, a writer named Leonard Read published an essay titled, ‘I, Pencil: My Family Tree as

Filed Under: Inventory Management

Two Reasons That Improved Maintenance Won’t Solve Your MRO Spare Parts Problems

May 17 spkhadmin

mro spare parts

(And What You Can Do About It)   The Best Way to Reduce MRO Spare Parts Holdings? Is it true that MRO spare parts held as inventory for maintenance use are primarily captive to the sophistication and execution of the maintenance system that they support? Is maintenance and reliability execution

Filed Under: Inventory Management

The #1 Problem with Spare Parts Inventory Management

March 21 spkhadmin

Engineering spare parts inventory management is a big topic and managing a spare parts inventory involves engaging with lots of participants from different parts of the business. This means that there is plenty of opportunity for things to go wrong. And that may be one of the complications that makes

Filed Under: Inventory Management

The Spare Parts Data That You MUST Check

December 14 spkhadmin

There Are Many Types of Spare Parts Data In the world of spare parts inventory management there is plenty written and said about spare parts data.   The spare parts data that is your parts usage history. The spare parts data that is your parts description. The spare parts data

Filed Under: Inventory Management

Forecasting Spare Parts Requirements

November 25 spkhadmin

Essentially all inventory stocking decisions can be resolved as a forecasting problem.           This is because the essence of inventory management is determining the most appropriate level of inventory to hold, to service the expected future demand for that inventory, based on the expected supply constraints.

Filed Under: Inventory Management

How Your SAP Safety Stock Definition Can Drive You to Overstock Your Inventory

August 25 spkhadmin

The SAP Safety Stock Definition and Your ERP What would you say if you found out that your company software systematically encouraged you to overstock your spare parts inventory? Crazy idea right? After all isn’t the software supposed to help you to get it right? Well, this is the exact

Filed Under: Inventory Management

How Your ERP Software May Lead to Overstocked Inventory (Video)

August 19 spkhadmin

inventory reduction metric

Subject Area: Overstocked Inventory Avoiding a Pitfall that Leads to Overstock Inventory In this 2 Minute Tutorial, Phillip Slater, warns of a potential pitfall with the use of ERP software to determine the spare parts ReOrder Point (ROP). Without proper knowledge of spare parts inventory management it is possible that

Filed Under: Inventory Management

Spare Parts Management Collaboration Vs Cooperation

August 5 spkhadmin

spare parts inventory management

Subject Area: Spare Parts Management Collaboration Collaboration Vs Cooperation Over the past few years there has been a growing awareness that effective and efficient spare parts management requires the input of people from a number of different departments. Engineering spare parts inventories are influenced by engineering, maintenance, planners, stores/warehouse, finance,

Filed Under: Inventory Management

Smart Spare Parts Management

July 20 spkhadmin

Translate the Supply Chain General to the Smart Spare Parts Management Specific Recently I attended the Smart Supply Chain and Logistics Conference in Melbourne Australia. This is usually referred to as the Smart Conference. Now you may be asking yourself, ‘what has a conference dealing with distribution centers, warehouse automation,

Filed Under: Inventory Management

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Substantial Global Community

Trusted by:
+20,000 professionals in
+130 countries
See a sample of companies HERE

Spare Parts Management Masterclass

Watch this on-demand webinar to discover the 8 strategies that will help you achieve your spare parts inventory management goals
Read more...

‘Must Know’ Training

Our ‘Must Know’ training course teaches the absolute ‘must know’ information, tools, techniques required for effective spare parts management.

Read more...

Advanced Spare Parts Management Course

For those who need to go deeper and broader.

Ideal if your goal is to update your company’s approach and systems for spare parts management.
Read more...

Pro Level Membership

With access to all our key resources, a Pro Level membership will equip you with the know-how and skills to become a ‘thought leader’ in spare parts inventory management.
Read more...

Online Boot Camp

A live, online, interactive, team-based delivery of our Basic Training course designed to provide your team with a common understanding of the basics of spare parts inventory management. Read more...

Software and Services

At SparePartsKnowHow.com we can help with more than just spare parts management training.

We also have access to software and services that are developed to help with spare parts inventory management.
Read more...

Latest Blog Posts

  • Systems Over Goals: A Smarter Way to Manage Spare Parts Inventory
  • Spare Parts Management Training: The Power of Curiosity and Commitment
  • Spare Parts Inventory Management: Small Wins and Compromises
  • Spare Parts Inventory Management Training: Letting Go of Ego
  • Best Practice Spare Parts Management
  • Email
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
Copyright © 2025 IPIAIGHT PTY LTD.