MRO Inventory and Purchasing

Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) are essential factors in determining costs, structures and operations of spare parts management, largely due to the effects of such situations as hoarding and pirating. Noted consultant Wireman concentrates on control of MRO for disposable and repairable equipment spare parts and consumable maintenance supplies as part of the improvement of asset management and maintenance effectiveness. He also concentrates on the practical as he covers methods for organizing such MRO inventory and purchasing, understanding MRO definitions and transactions, managing tools, reordering, dealing with rebuildable spares, returning items to stock, adding and deleting MRO parts, making financial adjustments to MRO inventories, maximizing investment in MRO spares, and assessing MRO and purchasing performance. He includes a comprehensive glossary and an appendix containing information on economic order quantity, reorder points and safety stock for MRO inventory. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)