Reliability-focused Spare Parts & Materials Management Book
When asked to describe the largest issue they face in organizing maintenance work, many planners and supervisors reply "Finding materials and getting them to the right place at the right time". Spare Parts and materials are a large part of any plant's costs and not having the right materials in the right place at the right time is a common cause of productivity loss and reduced reliability.
This 50-page book provides real solutions to maintenance storeroom management problems. Have your management team from the maintenance storeroom, purchasing and IT read this powerful and practical book. You will take away tools and knowledge to dramatically improve your spare parts and materials management.
With the knowledge from this book, you will specifically be able to increase plant reliability, improve your technicians' productivity, streamline your materials management business processes, reduce costs and reduce maintenance storeroom spare parts and materials inventory.
This book has been written to challenge, motivate and educate readers in reliability based spare parts and materials management. The book is based on IDCON Results Oriented Reliability & Maintenance philosophy which emphasizes achieving results through people, execution and common sense.
Author: Don Armstrong, Consultant IDCON, Inc.
Edited: Tor Idhammar, Partner & Vice president, IDCON, INC.
Title:Reliability-Based Spare Parts and Materials Management
Pages: 50
Released: 2006
Cover: Soft cover
Color:Yes, partly
Price: $49
Table of Content for “Reliability Based Spare Parts & Materials Management
| Chapter 1 |
Introduction |
1.1 |
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Organizing for effective maintenance materials management |
1.2 |
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Business processes |
1.2 |
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Materials management business processes |
1.3 |
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Continuous improvement |
1.3 |
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Buyers vs. Maintenance Planners |
1.3 |
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Maintenance materials management is different |
1.4 |
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Maintenance materials data management |
1.4 |
| Chapter 2 |
Benefits of good maintenance materials management |
2.1 |
| Chapter 3 |
Alignment of objectives |
3.1 |
| Chapter 4 |
Integration of maintenance materials management and reliability management |
4.1 |
| Chapter 5 |
Inventory management basics |
5.1 |
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Definitions |
5.1 |
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Stock activity graphs |
5.2 |
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Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) |
5.2 |
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Dual re-order points |
5.3 |
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Inventory automation examples |
5.4 |
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Open or closed Storeroom? |
5.4 |
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Physical storage |
5.5 |
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Return-to-Stores |
5.6 |
| Chapter 6 |
Integration of maintenance materials information |
6.1 |
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Recommended files |
6.1 |
| Chapter 7 |
Integrated non-stock catalog |
7.1 |
| Chapter 8 |
Database principles |
8.1 |
| Chapter 9 |
Equipment selection |
9.1 |
| Chapter 10 |
To stock or not to stock? |
10.1 |
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Stock/don't stock decision factors |
10.4 |
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If it's stocked, then how many? |
10.6 |
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New stock request |
10.7 |
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Management of new stock |
10.7 |
| Chapter 11 |
Anti-friction bearings |
11.1 |
| Chapter 12 |
Plant standards |
12.1 |
| Chapter 13 |
Spare parts lists |
13.1 |
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Plant hierarchy |
13.1 |
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Preparation and maintenance of parts lists |
13.1 |
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Parts list standard |
13.2 |
| Chapter 14 |
Interchangeability |
14.1 |
| Chapter 15 |
Using non-OEM parts |
15.1 |
| Chapter 16 |
Obsolete and surplus stock
|
16.1 |
| Chapter 17 |
Repair-and-return management |
17.1 |
| Chapter 18 |
Inventory value |
18.1 |
| Chapter 19 |
Work kits and delivery systems |
19.1 |
| Chapter 20 |
Other Storeroom services |
20.1 |
| Chapter 21 |
Summary of CMMS requirements |
21.1 |
| Chapter 22 |
Some other possibilities |
22.1 |
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Outsourcing of materials management. |
22.1 |
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Centralized warehousing for multiple plants. |
22.1 |
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Sharing of materials among multiple plants. |
22.1 |
| Chapter 23 |
Summary |
23.1 |
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Index |
24.1 |
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