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