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...
How Standardized Data Leads to a More Powerful Data Analysis
Posted by John Delligatti on Wed, 09/26/2018 Google Dataset Search Engine Google has launched a new search type specifically engineered to assist people in finding datasets. Although the number of...
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...
Overcoming the Naysayers: Getting Others to Buy Into Your MRO Change Initiatives
Learning To Manage Change The Hard Way Procurement is a contact sport. Procurement professionals (by nature of being a shared support service) are always tasked to produce savings and compliance...
Even as manufacturing companies race to increase their return on everything from engineering to marketing, they may be overlooking a rich source of cost savings and productivity enhancements. By engaging...
Building the Tools to Help Customers Better Understand their Indirect Supply Chain Needs… and Achieve Results
The Challenge with Data in the Indirect Spend World and The Unintended Consequences Businesses spend a huge amount of time managing their direct supply. And they should. These are the...
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...
The Quest for MRO Procurement Value in a Tech-Savvy World
Posted by on Wed, 06/20/2018 Next Generation…EVERYTHING! The term “Next Generation” may as well be another way of saying: What goes around, comes around. On a regular basis, we try...
