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MRO Parts Optimization

MRO Parts Optimization

ACHIEVE DESIRED SERVICE LEVELS WHILE MINIMIZING COST

No Part, no Maintenance! You may have the best maintenance planners and crews in the industry, but if the components aren’t in the right place, at the right time, and of the correct quantity and quality, that work order is not going to be completed. The most successful MRO organizations are able to continuously meet target MRO service levels for both scheduled and unscheduled work orders, while maintaining a bare minimum inventory of parts. This level of success is driven by materials managers who can effectively develop historical forecasts, safety stock, economic order quantity, and reorder point by product and locations. It also means that replenishment / provisioning decisions are supported by inventory balancing, supersession, and stock / de-stock analysis. Through the use of these “Best Practices” planners can create maintenance plans absent of the need to account for component lead times. Moving to this type of organizational success requires “Best in Breed” technologies, coupled with the guidance of supply chain and maintenance planning experts.

The most successful supply chain managers are constantly answering these five critical questions:

  • How do I minimize corporate investment in MRO part stocks?
  • How can I deliver measurable target service levels by product and location?
  • How can I constantly improve the accuracy of my Forecasts?
  • How can I establish complete visibility of parts across my entire network?
  • Will the tools I use today scale up, as my processes become more complex?

With highly qualified consultants and many years of operational and IT experience, Westernacher helps you, by designing and implementing state of the art strategy-, operation- and IT-Solutions, covering key business processes in Service Parts Planning, Service Parts Logistics, Service Parts Warehousing to Service Parts Fulfillment.

Westernacher is able to help you achieve your goals with the following expertise:

The chart shows up key processes, strategy-, operation- and it-solutions, covering key business processes in service parts planning, service parts logistics, service parts warehousing and plant maintenance integration. The first key process is service parts planning, the implied strategies are supply chain strategy and design, network and inventory optimization and strategic key performance indicators and reporting. Operational solutions are product life-cycle management, supersession, demand and forecasting optimization. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-SPP. The second key process is service parts logistics, the implied strategies are strategic sourcing, what is subdivided in make, buy or repair, supplier strategy and development and strategic key performance indicators and reporting. Operational solutions are operational planning, replenishment and distribution, reverse logistics and repairs and warranty management. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-EWM, SAP-ERP, and CRM-Service. The third key process is service parts warehousing, the implied strategies are determination and sizing of locations and strategic key performance indicators and reporting. Operational solutions are warehouse management systems, inbound, outbound or cross-docking, internal warehouse processes and value added services. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-EMW and SAP-ERP. The fourth and last key process is plant maintenance integration, the implied strategies are planning strategies and integration with materials management. Operational solutions are plan and task list development, component management and transaction Data Cleanup. Supporting IT in this case is SAP-SPP and SAP-PM.

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