Overcoming Common Equipment Bill of Material (BOM) Woes
One of the simplest ways to reduce production downtime is to have a Bill of Material (BOM) for all of your organization’s equipment. If the BOMs don’t exist (or are...
Scheduled Maintenance vs. Reactive Maintenance. Which Method is Really Better?
Manufacturing equipment maintenance comes in many forms. At one end of the spectrum is reactive maintenance – waiting for a piece of machinery to break down, then diagnosing and curing...
MRO Data Analytics: How to Leverage both Data and Market Trends
Posted by on Thu, 08/23/2018 The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Monthly issues the Manufacturing Index (58.1%) and Non-Manufacturing Index (55.7%) as noted for July 2018. I’d like to point...
Four Areas of Wasted Spend in MRO Procurement and How to Fix Them
MRO procurement is often the least considered expense of your company’s consumables. Its humble, unpretentious nature is not often noticed unless costs escalate exponentially or a much-needed critical spare can’t...
3 Quick-Win MRO Services that Create an Immediate Impact
The best maintenance, repair, and operations supply chains employ holistic approaches to monitoring, ordering, staging, and analyzing inventory. Such high-level integration often requires a commitment of purpose and resources not...
The Way Forward – Change Management in a Changing World
Posted by on Fri, 03/23/2018 Recently I was asked to evaluate information on how best to understand and facilitate change within an organization. Specifically, involving services and MRO supply chain. ...
Many manufacturing companies realize that overhauling their maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain could reap great rewards. Still, they may remain hesitant to institute sweeping changes. They don’t know where...
It’s that time of year when you’re putting the finishing touches on 2017. It’s also the time that most organizations reflect on what they’ve accomplished, what worked well and what...
Aligning Maintenance and MRO strategies with Reliability to Support Future Growth
Posted by on Thu, 10/19/2017 According to a recent study by Hexa Research, the personal care products market is about to see explosive growth. This fragmented industry is dominated by...
