MRO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Creating Value Through Supply Chain Management

Great supply management combined with technical know-how can bring benefits to your business far beyond those in the storeroom. Our experienced teams will help you uncover operational improvements in your supply chain and show you how to leverage those changes to deliver real cost savings and enhanced productivity.

Scaleable Solutions

STOREROOM TRANSFORMATIONS

We’ll help your engineering stores to run more efficiently saving time and money.

 

We thoroughly review everything from the way your stores are laid out through to the quality of the data you use to run them. Our customers regularly see savings of between 3%-15% as a result of our work.

ONSITE EXPERTISE

Our customers typically save between 1%-3% of their budget by using us as their supply chain partner.

 

Our specialist staff are OnSite with you, taking full responsibility for procurement, inventory and supply chain management. And we’re technical experts too, identifying engineering saving opportunities from OEM parts conversion to energy efficiency opportunities. 

FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS

We can help realise major efficiencies and cost savings.

 

Working with our customers to integrate the latest MRO methods, processes and technology benefits into their maintenance supply chain and procurement functions with added engineering know-how. Reductions of 3%-15% are not uncommon. 

Discover the Impact of a Sub-Optimal Maintenance Stores

WE'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER

7 frightening figures you can't afford to ignore, that show where you may be wasting time and money across your site.

 

YOUR TOP HATES

7 things we know you hate about your job, that only help to make it harder. And better still, how to get rid of them.

 

HOW MUCH CAN YOU SAVE

These 5 small things can make a big difference, and save up to 18% of your total MRO spend.

 

Facts at Your Fingertips

  • 13 minutes is wasted searching for replacement parts
  • 50% of all MRO spend on carriage is avoidable
  • 10% of store costs are tied up in obsolete items
  • 15% of downtime is caused by lack of spare parts
  • Up to 50% of an engineer's time is wasted on non-core activities

   

   

An optimised store should not only maximise efficiency but become a profit centre in its own right

Improve efficiency through Best Practice outsourcing, to ultimately realise more profit.

Simple steps towards more effective stock and storeroom management

Factory Stores: Manufacturing's Necessary Evil

UK industry invests millions every year on indirect stock for its production processes, from hand tools through to hydraulic motors, inverters and motors.

However, research undertaken in conjunction with The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and their members highlights how the performance of factory storerooms and inventory control is all-too-often overlooked, and how that could impact on the efficiency and productivity of your site.

Looking to Build a Business Case - We Can Help

Need help to build a business case for supply chain improvements, here’s a presentation it’s hard to argue with.

There is also a spreadsheet that will help you collect facts, figures and identify next steps to further help you convince stakeholders to rethink parts supply for wide ranging benefits.

Know+How Hub

Keep up to date with the latest news and updates

 

How Safe is your MRO Supply Chain?

We all remember when that devastating Japanese tsunami struck in 2011, but one of the untold industry stories was the potential threat it placed on the MRO Supply Chain. Several industry sectors, many overnight, went from feeling totally stable in the ability of their Japanese suppliers, continuing to meet deadlines, to wondering when, and even if, facilities would reconvene and the supply chain would resume.

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How Safe is your MRO Supply Chain?

We all remember when that devastating Japanese tsunami struck in 2011, but one of the untold industry stories was the potential threat it placed on the MRO Supply Chain. Several industry sectors, many overnight, went from feeling totally stable in the ability of their Japanese suppliers, continuing to meet deadlines, to wondering when, and even if, facilities would reconvene and the supply chain would resume.

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Save by Reducing Your Stores Costs

When it comes to stockholding, there is often a ‘just in case’ mentality, with many engineers having the tendency to over-order parts.

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ERIKS in Action

Saving you time and money, each and every day

 

 

ERIKS IMPLEMENTS WORLD CLASS STORES

Whilst undergoing a warehouse move, our customer wanted to us to relocate and install a new ERP system. Find out how we achieved this and designed and carried out training for the customer on the new ERP and 5s.

ERIKS ONSITE SOLUTION IMPROVES STOCK CONTROL

A large food manufacturer found their current inventory management solution to be causing long walk and wait times for their engineers. They decided to move towards vendor-managed inventory to eliminate the issues...

ERIKS EASY ORDER SYSTEM REDUCES WALK AND WAIT TIMES

When your existing stock system is located over multiple areas of the site with missing or innaccurate trigger cards, it is time to investigate other inventory management solutions to improve efficiency...

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Storeroom Services

Indirect Supply Chain Management

Factory Stores Research Paper

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We are proud to boast a strong team of technical specialists in each of our product and service areas. If you have a technical question a member of our team would be happy to help. 

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