For over three decades, Terry Wireman
has specialized in the improvement of maintenance and reliability.
As an international expert in
maintenance management, he has assisted hundreds of clients in North America,
Europe and the Pacific Rim to improve their maintenance effectiveness.
Through a new 10-volume Maintenance
Strategy series, the author makes his expertise in the field accessible to
industrial and facility organizations everywhere.
The second volume in the series, MRO Inventory and Purchasing, shows the
reader how to develop an inventory and purchasing program for MRO spares and
supplies as part of an overall strategy.
Specifically, the text focuses on the
importance of a well organized storage location and part inventory numbering
system detailing to the reader the most effective ways to accomplish this goal.
The receiving and parts issues
disciplines are discussed in detail with a focus on the value proposition for
spare parts controls and justification of storeroom overhead.
In addition, the appendixes provide
examples of parts and detail storage conditions that can be utilized in
developing or refining an inventory storage location.
