Publisher's Synopsis
A storeroom is simply a contingency plan for failures because industries know that it will happen. It is just a matter of when and what part will fail. The storeroom is a place to store MRO spare parts needed to keep the equipment running, but to manage the spare parts and storeroom means how fast the storekeeper can respond in acquiring the right part during the right time when both maintenance and operations needed them most. Many problems in the storeroom exist today in industries.
The excellence of a maintenance strategy begins with the forecast. MRO Buyers are brought into the buying decisions when the capital plan is originally developed. The MRO Buyer may be involved in the actual purchase of capital equipment; but if not, involved in the selection and purchase of the initial replacement parts for the equipment. All of these efforts are based on a budget, with all variances investigated to hold costs down and follow the plan.
There are five strong pillars needed to develop a program of MRO (Maintenance parts, repair parts, and operating supplies) and the maintenance storeroom. The pillars are 1. Storeroom Management; 2. MRO Buying and Purchasing Management; 3. Inventory Management; 4. Supplier Management; and 5. Work Processes.
