Subject: At Last: Instructor-Lead Online Spare Parts Management Training

Announcing Instructor-Lead Online Training - At Last!
Issue #184

Hi Friend,

For some time now I have been receiving requests from people wanting an instructor-lead online training course - well now it has arrived!

Beginning March this year we will offer an instructor-lead online training course that will take people through the requirements for achieving our Spare Parts Management Certificate. See below for details.

On a related matter, you may recall that a couple of weeks ago I asked for your input to a survey that will guide us in determining the content and format for SparePartsKnowHow.com in 2017 and beyond.

The survey has just 6 questions and if you haven't yet participated I would really appreciate your input. Feedback is anonymous and we will use what we hear to ensure that our blog posts and training courses stay relevant to your needs. But you need to be quick - the survey closes in a few days.


This month we have also already posted several items to the blog and we intend to keep up the pace! 
Also, our good friends at the Reliability and Maintainability Center at the University of Tennessee have announced details for the MARCON Conference - to be held in March.

The details are below.
Keep on improving!

Phillip Slater
Founder, SparePartsKnowHow.com

This month's newsletter is brought to you by the book, Spare Parts Inventory Management.

Instructor-Lead Virtual Class Room Training
Following continued requests from our readers we are today announcing the first Instructor-Lead online training program. This program will take you through the requirements for the awarding of our Spare Parts Management Certificate and commences on March 14th 2017.

This training is formally structured with a start date, scheduled modules, and live online sessions. This approach ensures that all participants progress through the course at the same time. In addition, we provide online coaching, peer networking, and for those not already members, 12 months membership at SparePartsKnowHow.com.


Please note: While this first course is timed for people in North, Central and South America, the Pacific and East Asia, if we have sufficient demand from other regions we will schedule another course that suits other time zones.
MARCON 2017
MARCON is unlike any other conference you will attend this year. You won’t just learn by sitting in workshops and presentations. MARCON’s intimate size allows you the opportunity to collaborate one-on-one with the presenters, exhibitors and other attendees. 

Join them as companies share their best practices, and information on new and emerging technologies, methods and techniques in the area of Reliability and Maintenance Engineering and Management. This conference is a forum for all — practitioners, specialists, managers, educators, students, and even the new and uninitiated.

The conference is held in Knoxville, Tennessee from March 6-9, 2017

Latest Blog Posts

7 Things That Every Senior Manger and CFO Should Know About Spare Parts Management – Part 5

Continuing our series on things that every Senior Manager and CFO should know about spare parts, this article is titled Why Your Profit Relies on the Day-to-Day Decisions Made on Spare Parts Holdings.

Here is a quote:

It is pretty clear that a company that wants to maximise cash flow, maintain a strong balance sheet, meet customer expectations, reduce operational costs, and maximize profits, had better pay attention to its spare parts inventory management!

The post also includes a short video that explains the key points.



The Key Elements of a Spare Parts Management System

This article is an extract from the new book, Spare Parts Inventory Management. The article explains what a spare parts management system is and, importantly, what it is not!

This post also includes a short video that explains the key points.



Spare Parts Certificate Testimonial
Recently Adrian Hanrahan, a spare parts specialist from the Oil & Gas industry provided some very nice feedback on our Spare Parts Inventory Management certificate course. Here is just a snippet of what he said:

If you are involved in spare parts and materials for operations and maintenance you would be mad not to take advantage of this resource.

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