TABLE OF CONTENTS Over time as a company adds and removes equipment from plant, it will be necessary to add spare parts to the storeroom and also to delete spare parts from the storeroom. It is necessary to have a defined process to add and delete spare parts.
When new equipment is purchased, the vendor will recommend spare parts that should be stocked. The list of spare parts should be provided to the storeroom attendant, who can check the list to see if any of the spare parts are already stocked in the storeroom. This check will prevent any duplicates from being carried in the storeroom. The consideration that the storeroom attendant should give to adding spare parts is highlighted in Figure 7-1.
As mentioned previously, the first consideration for storeroom attendants is to ask whether the part is already in stock. If the part is in stock, they should reevaluate the request, and also inform the individual requesting the item to be stocked that the item is already carried in stock. Rather than adding a new line item to the inventory, the attendants may simply need to adjust the maximum and minimum quantities carried in stock.
If the part is not already carried in stock, the storeroom attendants evaluate if the part is available from already approved vendors. Approved vendors are those with whom the company already has spare part arrangements. If no approved vendors carry the spare part, the storeroom attendants...
