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Options for Excess and Obsolete Spare Parts

August 6 Phillip Slater

What are your options for dealing with excess or obsolete spare parts inventory? Typically there are four: 1. Do nothing 2. Write off and dump 3. Utilize at another site/location 4. Sell       Option 1 achieves nothing, except setting a poor example on what the company expects of

Filed Under: Obsolescence

Excess and Obsolete Inventory Disposal

March 21 Phillip Slater

Subject Area: Excess and Obsolete Inventory Disposal How many companies can you name that have a well-defined system for disposing of excess and obsolete spare parts inventory? Not many I bet. The problem is that typical spare parts management systems are designed to get stuff into the storeroom, not remove

Filed Under: Obsolescence

Last Time Buy and Spare Parts Management (Video)

September 30 Phillip Slater

With all spare parts, at some point, you will have to make a decision about your last time buy. This need comes about in several different ways but the decision is still the same: What will be the final quantity of that part that you are going to purchase? Phillip

Filed Under: Obsolescence, Video

Spare Parts End of Life Planning (Video)

May 30 spkhadmin

When you do Spare Parts End of Life planning you have to make a really important choice. If you consciously make that choice at the beginning of your end of life planning process, you’ll have a much better result. In this short video Phillip Slater explains. For access to this

Filed Under: Obsolescence, Video

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
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‘Must Know’ Training

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

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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.
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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.
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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...

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