In October 2011 Russell Thompson, Corporate MRO/Purchasing Manager at Idahoan Foods in the USA joined SparePartsKnowHow.com as a Member. In the time since then Mr. Thompson has used the resources at SparePartsKnowHow.com to achieve a 50% spare parts inventory reduction. In this extract from a recent interview he tells
Inventory Reduction Action #1: Have Someone Else Hold and/or Pay For Inventory
The best way to reduce the investment in inventory is to eliminate the investment altogether. This inventory reduction action can be achieved without risk and with full access to the inventory by having someone else hold and/or pay for the inventory. This approach, sometimes known as consignment stocking, transfers both
The Inventory Cash Release® Process – A Step By Step Guide
First – Download the Flowchart To help you follow this explanation of the basic framework I have set up a flow chart for you to download. You can do that here: ICRFlowChart. The following descriptions refer to that chart. The Inventory Cash Release® Process
The Inventory Cash Release® Process
[grwebform url=”https://app.getresponse.com/view_webform_v2.js?u=uY&webforms_id=14719202″ css=”on” center=”off” center_margin=”200″/] Over the years this blog has explored many aspects of spare parts inventory management and usually there is a little feedback on each article. But when I recently mentioned in one article the 7 Actions for Inventory Reduction the response was unprecedented. Apparently many readers hadn’t heard of this approach
Inventory Reduction: Why 30% is Easier to Achieve than 3%
[grwebform url=”https://app.getresponse.com/view_webform_v2.js?u=uY&webforms_id=14719202″ css=”on” center=”off” center_margin=”200″/] Here is something to think about: it is easier for companies to achieve a 30% inventory reduction than a 3% reduction. I know that this statement is counter-intuitive so you may be saying to yourself: How can that be, surely achieving a lower target is easier than achieving a higher
A New, Simple ReOrder Point Calculator
One question that people ask me regularly is: how do we access a simple reorder point calculator for the ROP for spare parts when our data is inadequate or unreliable? Well, now we have a way to do just that! For access to this post, and all of our content,
Why Spare Parts are Different to Other Inventory Types
In October 2012 Phillip Slater was interviewed by Dustin Mattison for the Kinaxis Supply Chain Expert website. In this interview Phillip discusses why spare parts are different to other inventory types and what this means for those that manage spare parts inventory. For access to this post, and all of
Why Your Inventory Management Software Gives You The Wrong Answer
Many of my clients get quite frustrated with their inventory management software – especially the type of software that they use to calculate ‘optimal’ holding levels. What they tell me is that they typically and frequently get from their software crazy numbers that just don’t make sense. In fact, it
Phillip Slater Wins National Logistics Leadership Award
Leadership in Logistics Education Award In 2012 the Logistics Association of Australia announced Phillip Slater as that year’s winner of the Kim Rothwell Leadership in Logistics Education Award. Phillip Slater is a spare parts management specialist, consultant, author, and Founder of SparePartsKnowHow.com. Kim Rothwell, is a life member of the
Are You Trading Spare Parts Money for Time?
[grwebform url=”https://app.getresponse.com/view_webform_v2.js?u=uY&webforms_id=14719202″ css=”on” center=”off” center_margin=”200″/] As someone who is involved in materials and spare parts management I am sure that you have come across the situation where there is an apparent need to justify expenditure on a specific spare part. Typically the logic goes like this: — The content below this line is only visible