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Is It Time to Re-Train Your Spare Parts Manager?

June 27 spkhadmin

What if I told you that it is probable that one in two spare parts manager reading this post work at companies that don’t apply even the most basic principles for managing their spare parts inventory? Would that be surprising? Well, that’s the conclusion that I draw from reading a

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How Do You Know That Your Spare Parts Warehouse/Storeroom Personnel and Managers Are Qualified?

March 15 spkhadmin

When people don’t have the right training, they make well-meaning but ultimately incorrect decisions. When you hear that someone has a job that carries significant responsibility for the expenditure of company funds, or that has the potential to significantly impact operational outcomes, it is reasonable to assume that they know

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Spare Parts Management Certificate Testimonial

January 11 spkhadmin

The Best Resources I Have Every Studied My career has been spent in Spare Parts, Materials and Warehousing in support of operations and maintenance (O&M).  Until now, my knowledge, skill and ability has been largely learnt on the job as well as working alongside some very experienced maintenance people and

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The One Action That Can Revolutionize Your Spare Parts Inventory

July 25 spkhadmin

Spare Parts Inventory

The Difference Between Tasks and Management One of the major problems with managing spare parts inventory is that many people consider it to be a ‘task oriented’ function. That is, they assume that spare parts inventory management only requires the completion of a series of routine tasks, and just so

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RMC Appoints SparePartsKnowHow.com as Approved Training Partner

March 31 spkhadmin

The Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville has appointed SparePartsKnowHow.com as an approved training partner for its Reliability & Maintainability Implementation Certification (RMIC) program. This recognition by the University of Tennessee means that anyone who completes the Spare Parts Management Certificate at SparePartsKnowHow.com, and registers

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Spare Parts Management Training – Three Things You Must Do

June 26 spkhadmin

Be Wary of ‘Learned Experience’ To achieve best practice from spare parts management training you need to be wary of ‘learned experience’. Let me explain…   Recently I had occasion to use a goods lift (elevator) at a warehouse. You may be familiar with this type of lift (elevator), they

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Online Inventory Management Training Technology is Moving 5 Times Faster Than Management

February 12 spkhadmin

Technology is moving 5 times faster than management – should you be paranoid or excited?  These words were recently attributed to Dominic Barton, CEO of McKinsey & Co, and apply as much in our world of spare parts management as in any other aspect of management. One specific area that

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Phillip Slater Wins National Logistics Leadership Award

September 28 spkhadmin

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

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Unable to Download Presentations

December 8 spkhadmin

Q: I am enjoying SPKH very much. You have put words and tools together from many similar experiences. I am sharing with my direct reports. I am also sending my peers to sign up. I have one question. I am unable to download any presentations from the resource center. Can

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Validating Advisor Credentials

July 21 spkhadmin

How do you validate advisor credentials or what you hear or read in relation to products, services, and information? When trying to research information, if you are anything like me you go straight to Google.The online world provides us with a fantastic resource. But how do you know if what

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For those who need to go deeper and broader.

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