MRO
The Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul industry is typically characterised by SKUs with especially long lead times, unpredictable demand and low usage rates. More often than not, spares are required to be held throughout the entirety of the life-cycle of the product. The result is a large number of SKUs, with long inventory tails that may never be consumed.
Culturally, many MRO organisations share similar characteristics. Business requirements are often different, particularly in (quasi-)government organisations where there may be no direct competitors. The background of management is often engineering focused - not supply focused, resulting in inventory asset management often taking a backseat to pure purchasing. IT systems and business processes are also often not well integrated - for MRO organisations to thrive, their engineering, maintenance and configuration management systems need to be integrated.
GAINS offers logistics support analysis and advice on initial spares acquisition. We employ techniques such as Life Cycle Costing (LCC), which analyses the costs of a component of a system during the acquisition phase, through to the in-service and disposal phases. LCC is particularly powerful when comparing options across functional boundaries, using a disciplined series of trade-off analyses. GAINS can also assist with specific MRO supply chain characteristics, such as:
In the MRO sector, we've worked with the following organisation to optimise their inventory management processes:
Aerospace and Defence
Culturally, many MRO organisations share similar characteristics. Business requirements are often different, particularly in (quasi-)government organisations where there may be no direct competitors. The background of management is often engineering focused - not supply focused, resulting in inventory asset management often taking a backseat to pure purchasing. IT systems and business processes are also often not well integrated - for MRO organisations to thrive, their engineering, maintenance and configuration management systems need to be integrated.
GAINS offers logistics support analysis and advice on initial spares acquisition. We employ techniques such as Life Cycle Costing (LCC), which analyses the costs of a component of a system during the acquisition phase, through to the in-service and disposal phases. LCC is particularly powerful when comparing options across functional boundaries, using a disciplined series of trade-off analyses. GAINS can also assist with specific MRO supply chain characteristics, such as:
- Proactive and strategic inventory management
- Comprehensive linkage between service levels and inventory investment across the network
- Workload assessment and prioritisation
- Financial planning
- Preparedness and contingency planning issues
In the MRO sector, we've worked with the following organisation to optimise their inventory management processes:
Aerospace and Defence
- Kaman
- Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)
- Royal Australian Navy
- Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
- Royal Australian Army
- Hawker Beechcraft
- Husky
- Exterran
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Honda
- Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc.