CMMS: 3 tips for better spare parts management

For all professionals in the industry, the optimization of spare parts management processes for the maintenance is of paramount importance for the company. But why is this improvement so difficult to implement? Mobility Work CMMS allows you to considerably simplify the management of spare parts: you will gain in efficiency and speed.

First of all, let's remember the role of maintenance teams. It is to ensure that all spare parts are available if necessary: excess inventory, unused parts and additional costs are therefore commonplace. In order to implement an approach to improve the processes of inventory management, it is necessary to follow the following three steps:

• Identify the criticality of assets ;
• adopt a Reliable CMMS ;
• apply predictive maintenance techniques ;

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Spare parts for maintenance are among a company's most essential assets. Good management of these parts makes it possible to limit costs and to ensure customer satisfaction. It is a key service whose activity directly affects the performance of the company as well as its efforts to stand out in an extremely competitive global context.

It is possible tosignificantly improve inventory management by following these few basic principles:

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1. Spare parts in maintenance: establishing priorities according to criticality

Assessing the criticality of assets makes it possible to ensure theThe availability of spare parts for the most essential equipment. Some of the most effective methods include: ABC and PIEU.

The ABC classification method for spare parts inventory management

This method consists in separating the rooms into three groups according to their criticality: class A, class B and class C. Class A coins are the most important, and require special monitoring and regular value analysis. These represent approximately 20% of the inventory, but are necessary to achieve the largest share of sales volumes. Class B rooms are less important than class A rooms, but still require strict control. These parts represent approximately 30% of the inventory. Class C rooms are the least important. They represent half of the inventory, but only account for 5% of sales volumes. The ABC method is effective, because it allows you to define three stock categories that each require a different frequency and level of inspection.

The PIEU scoring method

Developed by the French engineer Yves Lavina, the PIEU method (Breakdown, Importance of Equipment, Condition of the Equipment, Use) aims to classify assets according to their criticality.

The incidence of failures (P), the importance of the equipment (I), the condition of the equipment (E) and the rate of use of the equipment (U) are the four criteria that define the criticality of the equipment. They are applicable to different asset groups, and thus allow them to be classified into several categories.

2. Adopting Mobility Work next-gen CMMS

La Mobility Work CMMS allows you to simplify the most critical aspects of your inventory management process. Keep a history of all the interventions carried out, and easily schedule your maintenance interventions. Access this information at any time from any electronic device thanks to the Cloud. It is possible to Track spare parts and order them, and soon, users of the platform will be able to buy them directly with one click. While waiting to receive your order, rent or borrow the spare part that you need from another member of the community. THE GMAO Mobility Work allows you to automate and streamline your entire asset management processes.

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Mobility Work gives you a global view of the data of all the assets in your factory so that you can make the best possible decisions. La GMAO can be easily integrated with other analytical tools for more comprehensive results. Thanks to the Mobility Work CMMS, data from various sources (for example ABC or PIEU methods) can be analyzed and combined with other data. Using the operating time information, the corrective maintenance tasks carried out and the duration of the failures, it is very easy to calculate the average time to repair (MTTR), the average time to good operation (MTBF) and the equipment availability rate.

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3. Use reliable data to avoid excess spare parts during maintenance

The data provided by Mobility Work, which includes all the information from scheduled maintenance as well as all the tasks carried out, offer a meaningful insight into the exact number and type of spare parts required.

In addition, statistical principles such as Pareto can be used to predict the frequency of replacement parts and to identify which parts require the most maintenance and which require the least maintenance. The objective should be to reduce the number of spare parts belonging to the first group and to increase the number of spare parts that belong to the second group.

Mobility Work makes it possible to ensure the proper implementation of maintenance procedures, and also to facilitate the proper functioning of the equipment. In addition, the tool brings together all historical, repair, and replacement data, and helps you forecast inspections, analyze trends, and monitor your inventory.

The classification of assets thanks to the spare parts inventory management, and the combination of this information with data provided by the GMAO will allow you to effectively define minimum and maximum levels of critical spare parts inventory.

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