Primer: Choosing a Third Party On-Site Provider to Outsource Your MRO Supply Chain
Published February 24, 2017
You are tired of having MRO as 80% of the source of all your problems and concerns when MRO is only 5 % of the dollars you spend. You are tired of being blamed for downtime because of lack of parts while receiving complaints from Finance that you have too much inventory. And finally, you […]Read Full Post
How come our MRO spend is over budget? Can it be that “Bearing Room” by chance?
Published February 14, 2017
A malfunction in a company’s MRO supply chain was determined to have negative effects on its profit goals. This was the situation that existed and the solution the company implemented to correct it. An aircraft equipment manufacturer was faced with a highly competitive market and needed to expand its EBITA rate to satisfy the board. […]Read Full Post
Master Data Leadership: MRO Inventory Recovered and Sustained
Published January 4, 2017
An estimated $500 billion is spent on MRO yearly in the USA. Experience shows that approximately 30% is spent on one-time, non-inventory spot buys. Therefore, 70% is purchased for MRO inventory. The inventory in a typical MRO storeroom turns over just once, so one could conclude that there is $350 billion existing in inventory. Therefore, considering […]Read Full Post
A LOVE STORY?….NO A GLOVE STORY!
Published November 9, 2016
In the manufacturing process, maintenance engineers are responsible for providing reliable assets in order to provide a reliable plant. Process engineers are engaged in providing procedures that effect optimum efficiencies in the production process. Here is a true MRO supply chain case study; names are changed to protect the guilty. The Acme Half Ball Company […]Read Full Post
Is MRO Supply Chain Management Perfection Attainable?
Published November 1, 2016
In my book, “Outsourcing MRO….Finding a Better Way,” I compare the effects of three MRO storeroom situations on plant supply chain performance and profit/loss scenarios. First is the MRO “storm” room with excess inventory, poor fill rates, duplicated inventory, questionable locations and circumvented procurement policies. The “storm” room represents a drain on corporate profit and […]Read Full Post