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Phillip Slater

Management Consultant and Author

USA and Canada Call 800-581-7678

Australia and Other Countries Call +61 3 9331 3181

   

Engineering Materials and Spares Management Specialist

Phillip Slater is a qualified mechanical engineer, an experienced operations manager, a seasoned management consultant, and a published author. Phillip holds degrees from the University of NSW and Monash University. He has authored four operations management books, including Smart Inventory Solutions and The Optimization Trap. He is in demand internationally as a consultant, conference speaker, and trainer and has been published more than 40 times in industry and trade magazines around the world.

 

With nearly 25 years of operational improvement experience Phillip Slater provides a broad combination of skills and experience.  As a known entity with a reputation for success Phillip Slater is perhaps your lowest risk option for addressing materials and spare parts management issues .

   

Selected Career Highlights

     

 

Publishing Highlights

 

Books:

  • Smart Inventory Solutions, Second Edition (2010)

  • The Optimization Trap (2008)

  •  A New Strategy for Continuous Improvement (2007)

  • Smart Inventory Solutions (2007)

  • Contributor to: Maintenance Benchmarking and Best Practice (2006)

 Articles published in:

  • The Asset Management and Maintenance Journal

  • Australian Financial Review

  • The Bangkok Post

  • Business Essentials 

  • CEO Online

  • Maintenance Journal

  • My Business Magazine

  • RAMS Asia

  • Reliability Magazine

  • Reliability Web

  • Supply Chain Magazine

  • Uptime Magazine

 

 

Tertiary Qualifications 

  • Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), UNSW

  • Grad Dip Maintenance Management, Monash University

   
 

 

Employment History 

  • Initiate Action (2001 - present): Principal Consultant and Director

  • Yooralla (2001 - present): Non Executive Director

  • A.T. Kearney (1999 – 2001): Principal

  • Invetech (1994 – 1999): Director of Manufacturing Innovation

  • Smorgon Plastics (1987 – 1994): Plant Engineer

  • Colby Engineering (1986): Project Engineer

   
 

 

Conference Papers and Presentations

  • EuroMaintenance 2010

  • Reliability Centred Maintenance Conference 2009

  • International Maintenance Conference 2009, 2008, 2005

  • World Congress on Engineering Asset Management 2006

  • Australian Production and Inventory Control Society (apics) 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

  • Maintenance Engineering Society 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005

  • Monash University Guest Lecturer 2006

     

Related Books and Software

 

 

 

Smart Inventory Solutions

Improving the Management of Engineering Materials and Spare Parts

 

 

10 Steps for Lower Costs

 

A New Strategy for Continuous Improvement

10 Steps to Lower Costs & Operational Excellence

 

 

 

The Optimization Trap

Avoiding the Pitfalls that Limit Operational Performance

 

 

 

ICR Software

An inventory reduction support tool. Download a FREE fully functional copy for your review.

 

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