Engineering & Maintenance
Do you recognise any of these problems?
The following reflect issues highlighted by our customers prior to engagement.
“We suffer excess downtime due to spares not being available. My technicians are continually hampered by spares not being on the shelf - even though the stock management system tells them otherwise”
“I can’t see what our contribution our MRO makes to the running of our assets. I need to be able to report on the cost of spares more accurately.”
“Our Maintenance team take too long to complete basic machine repairs. A major part of this is the time it takes to locate and retrieve spares from the stores. It’s disorganised and seems to be a dumping ground”
“We have no visibility of MRO usage. Items often go missing and we have no means of being able to track who’s taken what item and for what job. We do have a barcoding system in place, but this isn’t always used. One item not booked out has led to extended line stops due to stock anomalies”
“Our Maintenance store contains too many slow moving and obsolete parts. Space is a real constraint and I suspect that two-thirds of this is taken up by spares for which we have no need”
“Stock takes are a major inconvenience. We have thousands of line items and this takes four man days to complete the check. When you factor I the time it takes to investigate and correct discrepancies, it’s a resource we can’t afford to spare”
“Returnable items go missing. We have no way to track who has taken these items and if or when they return them. We are continually replacing these which impacts on my budget”
“My Engineering department staff are wasting time and money ordering parts we already have. Even with a good preventative maintenance and stock control system, they never seem to have the parts they need to do their job – even though they’re convinced they bought, them they can’t locate them”
“I’d like to control calibration tools in the stores. However, we have no easy way to monitor re-callibration dates - rendering them unusable for production and maintenance if we fail to keep on top of the issue”
“I am often over budget. I have no visibility of my actual spend-to-date against budget plan. I need to know exactly what I have in the budget in order to plan breakdown maintenance and preventative maintenance tasks on an on-going basis”
“We spend too much time traveling to stores only to find parts aren’t there. Our site is large so I need a way to check stock out on site as opposed to making wasted trips to the stores. If we could check stock remotely, its would save a great deal of time”
“We don’t have time to book out all spares from stores. I appreciate this causes problems but we’re under increasing pressure to get the plant running. My staff are maintenance technicians, not storemen"
Who is most likely to deliver results to their Company using our control-based approach to indirect materials?
Our clients and customers typically share many of the following characteristics.
Committed to profitability. Above all else you are focused on delivering tangible bottom line value.
Committed to making a contribution. You are interested in making an impact and a difference to your organisation.
Persistent - committed to success. You are determined and willing to investigate new ways of working to achieve results.
Focused on being efficient. You firmly believe that removing waste is the most effective way to deliver value
High standards of excellence. You’re striving for excellence and interested in being the very best in your field.
Very knowledgeable about your business. You strive to be a true expert and an invaluable resource to your Company.
Evidence driven. You’re guided by the principle of information and data to prove results.
Look for long term, sustainable solutions – not the quick fix.You realise that an isolated, re-active approach to problem solving management is no solution at all.
Risk averse. You are committed to ensuring that any potential improvements are properly managed and implemented.
Realise you can't know everything - But you are committed to getting assistance and expand your knowledge and expertise.
If you fit the profile above you’re ideally suited work with us to deliver high impact results to your Company.
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