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Smart Inventory Solutions: Improving the Management of Engineering Materials and Spare Parts Book

Smart Inventory Solutions: Improving the Management of Engineering Materials and Spare Parts
Smart Inventory Solutions: Improving the Management of Engineering Materials and Spare Parts, Virtually a brand new book, this new and much larger edition features a tighter focus on engineering materials and maintenance spares inventory, while providing broader coverage of the issues faced in managing this inventory. It will be useful to anyone i, Smart Inventory Solutions: Improving the Management of Engineering Materials and Spare Parts has a rating of 3 stars
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  • Smart Inventory Solutions: Improving the Management of Engineering Materials and Spare Parts
  • Written by author Phillip Slater
  • Published by Industrial Press, Inc., March 2010
  • Virtually a brand new book, this new and much larger edition features a tighter focus on engineering materials and maintenance spares inventory, while providing broader coverage of the issues faced in managing this inventory. It will be useful to anyone i
  • The second edition includes… A new chapter on The Mechanics of Inventory Management, a pragmatic review of the management of inventory including… Introducing the Materials and Inventory Management Cycle, Compari
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Smart Inventory Solutions 1

Achieving True Inventory Optimization 1

Inventory: The Forgotten Investment 2

Inventory Process Optimization™ 4

Management, Reduction, or Optimization? 4

Generating Lasting Results 7

Chapter 2 The Mechanics of Inventory Management 9

Simple not Simplistic 9

Materials or Inventory? 10

Relevant Terms and Expressions 10

What is the Purpose of Having Inventory? 12

Why Spares and Indirect Inventory Is Different 13

An Introduction to the Materials & Inventory Management Cycle 15

Comparison of Theoretical and Actual Inventory Management and Control 16

Determining the Re-Order Point (ROP) 19

Determining the Re-Order Quantity (ROQ) 26

A Word on Monte Carlo Simulation 29

Do You Hold Too Much Inventory? Check Your Stock Turn Ratio 29

Chapter 3 The Financial Impact of Inventory 33

Don't Overcompensate 33

The Inventory Management Tension 34

Cash Is King 35

A Simple Model of Business Economics 35

The Four Financial Reports that You Absolutely Must Understand 40

How Much Cash Can You Generate? 43

Chapter 4 People and Processes 49

The People Factor 49

Adopting a Zero Inventory Mindset 54

The Influence of Process 55

Systems Thinking 56

The MIM Cycle in Detail 58

Chapter 5 Policies & Procedures 63

When is Critical Really Critical? 63

The Spares Stocking Policy 68

Chapter 6 Issues, Myths and a Few Home Truths 77

Why Inventory Reduction Often Fails 77

Cracking the Inventory Code 78

5 Myths of Inventory Reduction 82

Why You Might Hold More Inventory Than You Really Need 89

Chapter 7 The Spare Parts Storeroom 97

The Central Hub 97

Squirrel Stores & Why You Would Be Nuts to Keep Them 98

MRO and Engineering Spares: Lean, Mean or Somewhere In Between? 106

Is Your Storeroom a Pit Stop or a Supermarket? 114

Chapter 8 The 7 Actions for Inventory Reduction 117

The Bath Tub Principle 117

Hypothesis Driven Analysis 118

Double Loop Learning 119

Action #1 Have Someone Else Hold It and/or Pay For It 121

Action #2 Sell Excess and Obsolete Stock 127

Action #3 Eliminate Duplication 132

Action #4 Change the Factors That Drive Safety Stock 136

Action #5 Reduce Reorder Stock 141

Action #6 More Closely Match Delivery with Usage 145

Action #7 Reduce the Value of Items Held 149

Chapter 9 Inventory Process Optimization™ 153

Beware Implicit Assumptions 153

The Inventory Process Optimization™ Method 155

Stream 1 The Individual Parts Review 158

The Inventory Cash Release® Process

Getting the Focus Right

When to Apply Which Action

The Step-By-Step Process

Example Application of the ICR® Process

Reviewing the Long Tail

Stream 2 The Management Process Review 182

Chapter 10 Execution: Taking Action to Achieve Results 183

Selecting Your Inventory Review Champion 185

The Role of Your Inventory Review Champion 187

Who to Involve in an Inventory Review Program 188

The Three Stages of an Inventory Process Optimization™ Program 189

Measuring Your Progress 202

Integrating New Inventory Items 203

Integrating Inventory Process Optimization™ with Inventory Management 205

Chapter 11 Case Studies 209

Case Study 1 Establishing a Materials and Inventory Management System 211

Case Study 2 Applying the Inventory Process Optimization™ Method 217

Chapter 12 Where To From Here? 225

Bibliography 231

Appendix A Materials and Inventory Management Glossary 233

Appendix B Data Collection Questions 251

Index 255


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