MRO Engineers: The Knowledge and Experience to Improve Your Processes
So you’ve decided to outsource your Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) processes and are considering the alternatives. Some may favor the ‘easy call’ and go with a parts distributor, but...
Companies often shuffle their maintenance, repair, and operations process into the most convenient and least time-consuming silo. They may know intuitively that it is not the most efficient way to...
Common Inventory Management Errors and How to Fix Them
MRO inventory is both an integral part of companies’ business operations and one of their most extensive investments. Mistakes made in the ordering, handling, and distribution of indirect inventory bear...
MRO is a mission-critical, core-enabling, integrated business process. But it’s also one of the greatest sources of waste and value destruction in many organizations. MRO can directly impact business outcomes...
What gets measured gets managed is often attributed to the management expert Peter Drucker. At SDI, we have a different perspective on this management proverb – what gets managed gets...
Posted by Chris Moore on Sun, 04/03/2016 In the third post in this series on MRO As-a-Service by Spend Matters, Pierre Mitchell and Michael Lamoureux talk about how managing MRO...
In the second installment in this series by Spend Matters, Pierre Mitchell and Michael Lamoureux dive into some details about the potential value of the MRO As-a-Service model. Last week,...
Scheduled Maintenance: Avoid the Chaos of Emergency Shutdowns
When manufacturing companies look for ways to cut expenses, the maintenance, repair, and operations supply chain (MRO) is often the first area to go under the microscope. However, viewing MRO...
How MRO As-a-Service can embed procurement as the value engine
Posted by Chris Moore on Sun, 03/20/2016 Spend Matters decribes themselves as bloggers. They were the first blog and social media site in the procurement and supply chain sector. But...
