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Inventory Revolution

Materials and Spare Parts Inventory Management & Optimization

Since 2001 Phillip has advised:

  • 315 companies

  • with +1,000 storerooms

  • holding $3.6bn of inventory

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Inventory Management Policies and Procedures

If people are the key players in materials and spare parts management, then the policies and procedures are the rules of the game.  It is the policies and procedures that communicate expectations and set the guidelines for action.  The right set of inventory management policies and procedures will help you to:

  • Standardize requirements

  • Set guidelines

  • Communicate expectations

Over the years we have developed an extensive data base of materials and spare parts management policies and procedures.  These documents can be used as guidelines for developing your own specific policies and procedures.  Of course every company will have different approaches or different needs for any given situation but the basics and points to cover in the policy should be similar - this is where our database can help.

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Policies

Policies are all about intent, they communicate the what, in terms of what is expected to be done.  Our files include:

  • Corporate inventory policies

  • Operational policies

  • Inventory control policies

  • Guidelines to identify critical and other spares types

  • Stock level policies

  • Stocking guidelines

  • Spares maintenance policies

And of course we continue to develop and evolve these and other policies on a regular basis.

 

See also www.SparePartsKnowHow.com

 

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Procedures

Procedures communicate the how so that everyone understands the approach and our expectations of ourselves and others. Our files include:

  • Inventory Management procedures, including:

    • Issue and reordering of items

    • Materials transfer

    • Returns to store

    • Management and disposal of obsolete items

    • Materials codes and cataloguing

    • Planning and conducting stock takes

    • Materials management definitions

  • Storeroom organization guidelines

  • Storage guidelines

  • Spares maintenance procedures

See also www.SparePartsKnowHow.com

 

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