mro spares management

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.

By Kris Goly

Introduction

In recent decades, the manufacturing and process industries have undergone fundamental changes with the presence of ever-increasing automation, sophisticated IT infrastructure, electronics and microprocessor-based equipment in every aspect of the business. These changes introduced a new, very complex class of equipment with random failure pattern (electronics fail at random and failure cannot be predicted) and a need for sophisticated troubleshooting skills. Consequently, it is important to develop management strategies to ensure that the required levels of plant uptime, cost and business risk are met at the lowest possible cost.

Dave Staples

Interesting thought, but really? Training is a very big topic and critical to not only your implementation success, but also your long term operator-driven reliability (ODR) sustainability.