This digital library is not the same as our Open Access resource. It contains extensive content not included in the public section of the website.
This digital library is segmented according to the spare parts life cycle, as shown in the diagram below, with each section including a selection of videos, white papers, articles, podcasts, and presentations relating to that subject area.
In addition, this library includes downloadable PDFs of articles, checklists, and policy templates.
Please note: Access to our Spare Parts Management Digital Library is exclusively available as part of the Practitioner Toolkit.
This collection of 18 checklists covers the key operational elements of the spare parts life cycle (see above) and is designed to help you test whether the key principles of spare parts management are being applied in practice at your workplace.
They can be used for self-review, team discussion, process audits, or as prompts before making major inventory decisions.
This section of the spare parts management digital library provides access to resources to help guide the activity and decision making throughout the life cycle of the spare parts held in inventory.
Go to the Spare Parts Management System section >>>
Key topic ares include:
- Understanding Spare Parts Management
- Financial Considerations
- Metrics and Reporting
- Policies and Procedures
- Parts Identification
- Best Practices
This section of the spare parts management digital library starts with addressing the two most important decisions in spare parts inventory management: whether or not to stock an item, and how many to stock.
Go to the Create and Stock section >>>
Key topic areas include:
- Deciding What to Stock
- Spare Parts Standardization
- Capital Equipment and First Time Buy
- Identifying and Managing Critical Spares
- Setting the Re-Order Point and Re-Order Quantity
This section of the spare parts management digital library addresses the longest phase of the spare parts life cycle, that is, the operations phase.
Go to the Operations section >>>
Key topic areas include:
- Forecasting
- Inventory Optimization
- Inventory Optimization: The Inventory Cash Release Process
- Inventory Optimization: Reliability Centered Spares
- The Optimization Trap
- Case Studies
- Managing Repairable Spares
- Storeroom Management
- Data Management and Cleansing
- Inventory Accuracy
- Conducting Stock Takes
- Bar Coding
- Integrating Maintenance and Spare Parts Management
- Bills of Material
- Spare Parts Procurement
This section of the spare parts management digital library address the end-of-life issues with spare parts management. No matter how an item was first created or how long it is part of an inventory, it is almost inevitable that at some point it will become obsolete and therefore require removal and disposal.
Go to the Obsolescence and Disposal section >>>
Key topic areas include:
- Managing Obsolescence, End of Life, and Last Time Buy
- Spare Parts Disposal
This section of the spare parts management digital library addresses the change management required to ensure lasting effect to the improvements made to your spare parts inventory management.
Go to the Implementation and Change Management section >>>
Key topic ares include:
- Implementation
- Continuous Improvement
- Change Management
Please note that the quality of our content is checked and regulated by Phillip Slater, the Founder of SparePartsKnowHow.com