mro - spares management

by George Krauter and James Rogers

At the 2013 Reliability 2.0 Las Vegas (produced by Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine) conference, attendees voted on whether their MRO stores operation is a constraint or a catalyst to a reliable plant. Voting was in real time using live text message polling technology and paper ballots at the trade show booth. During the course of the show, the majority – 76 percent – of voters said MRO is a constraint rather than a catalyst to a reliable plant; only 24 percent said MRO was a catalyst.

By George Frey

Being both Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) planner and electrical testing supervisor can be an uncomfortable position. You want to do your job well and keep the plant running at tip-top shape, but if you find a motor or process problem, you know it will cost money to fix it. It can be the proverbial double-edged sword. For those of us in the electric motor testing business, this is an all too familiar situation. In other words, what are the repercussions of a test failure? How will failing a test affect the motor? Could it be out of commission? How much money is it going to cost to replace or repair? Is higher management going to go along with your findings and be open to doing the right thing?

By Joel Levitt and Phillip Slater

Risk Management

In this section we will look at what risk management entails and how it is conducted. In part two we will direct the question on the risks and management choices faced in managing spare parts.

Written by Daniel M. DeWald; Reviewed by Nancy Ball

“Maintenance Storerooms and MRO Made Simple” by Daniel M. DeWald is the definitive guide for inventory control, maintenance, repair and supply management via best practice procedures.