EFFECTIVE SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE
21 - 22 SEPTEMBER 2026
COURSE INTRODUCTION
Effective spare-parts management protects equipment availability while preventing unnecessary inventory cost. This programme shows maintenance, procurement and store teams how to classify critical spares, set stocking parameters, improve forecasting and replenishment, control obsolete inventory and strengthen the information flow between maintenance plans, purchasing and warehouse operations.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this programme, participants should be able to:
- Explain how spare-parts decisions influence equipment availability, maintenance cost and operational risk.
- Define appropriate minimum, maximum and reorder parameters for different spare categories.
- Classify spares by criticality, usage, lead time, consequence and replacement risk.
- Identify obsolete, duplicate and slow-moving inventory without exposing operations to avoidable risk.
- Improve coding, transaction discipline and CMMS data for better inventory control.
- Develop a practical rationalisation plan that balances service level and working capital.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This programme is suitable for store room controllers, spare parts buyers, maintenance supervisors,, All maintenance people who are involved in spare management.
COURSE CONTENT
- Role of spare-parts management in equipment availability and maintenance cost
- Spare-parts logistics, quality, cost and user requirements
- Inventory parameters: current, minimum, maximum and reorder stock
- Criticality assessment and visual classification of spare parts
- Usage analysis, failure consequences and cost-reduction opportunities
- Obsolescence, slow-moving stock and inventory rationalisation
- CMMS data, coding and transaction controls for spare-parts management
- Selection of an appropriate computerised inventory-management approach
