Benchmarking Best Practices in Maintenance Management
This concise and easy to use book provides a framework for managing maintenance with options that allow decision makers to select the most successful ways to manage their businesses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Benchmarking Best Practices in Maintenance Management
Chapter 8: Maintenance Inventory and Purchasing
Overview
The inventory and purchasing staff have a greater impact on maintenance productivity than any other support group. How do inventory and purchasing affect the maintenance organization? Figure 8-1 lists ways that poor inventory control can affect maintenance productivity.
Chapter 6 noted that maintenance work should be planned. Part of the job plan for maintenance is detailing all the materials required to perform the work, insuring they are in stock and available before the work is scheduled. The list in Figure 8-1 includes common delays in finding or transporting spare parts. If the job is properly planned, these delays will be eliminated.
Information for Inventory Planning
What does maintenance need from inventory and purchasing in order to be effective planning the work? Figure 8-2 lists the minimum information required.
Real-Time Parts Information
On-line or real-time parts information is necessary to plan maintenance activities. When selecting parts for a job, planners must know whether they are in stock, out of stock, in transit, etc. Planners must have current information. If the work is planned based on information that is days, weeks, or months old, then craft technicians could experience all of the delays listed in Figure 8-1 when they go to pick up the parts. If the information the plan-ners have is current, then they will know what action can be taken. For example, the minimum parts information planners need includes:
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Part number
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Part description
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Quantity on-hand
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Location of part
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Quantity reserved for other work
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Quantity on order
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Substitute part number
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