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Spare Parts Management Case Studies and Results

Spare Parts Management Case Studies: Examples of inventory reduction, decision improvement, team capability, and spare parts management outcomes achieved through Phillip Slater’s advisory, training, and decision-support work.

Spare parts management results vary by organization, starting point, data quality, and implementation discipline. The examples below show the type of outcomes achieved when spare parts decisions are addressed using specialist methods rather than generic inventory logic.

 


Inventory Reduction/Optimization

 
54% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: Mexico
Result: 54% inventory reduction achieved in 6 months.
 
 


 
51% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: USA
Result: 51% inventory reduction identified and being implemented
 
 


 
51% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: Mexico
Result: 51% inventory reduction achieved in 6 months
 
 


 
49% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Steel Making
Location: Australia
Result: 49% inventory reduction over 3-4 years
 
 
 


 
44% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: USA
Result: 44% inventory reduction identified and now being implemented
 
 
 


 
40% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: Australia
Result: 40% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


 
37% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: Bangladesh
Result: 37% inventory reduction achieved in 6 months
 
 
 


 
36% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Wholesale Spare Parts Supply
Location: Australia
Result: 36% inventory reduction and $24M cash flow benefit over 14 months
 
 
 


 
33% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Rolling Mill
Location: Australia
Result: 33% inventory reduction over 2 years
 
 
 


 
25% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Pulp & Paper Mill
Location: Australia
Result: 25% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


 
24% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: Turkey
Result: 24% inventory reduction achieved in 6 months, a further 12% expected over the next 12 months
 
 


 
23% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: India
Result: 23% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


 
22% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: China
Result: 22% inventory reduction achieved in 6 months.
 
 
 


 
21% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Manufacturing
Location: New Zealand
Result: 21% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


 
19% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: Malaysia
Result: 19% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


 
17% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Pulp & Paper Mill
Location: New Zealand
Result: 17% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


 
16% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: Indonesia
Result: 16% inventory reduction over 2-3 years
 
 
 


Industry: Government Authority
Location: USA
Result: Inventory reductions enabled the closure of outside storage, saving $625k over 5 years.
 


 
Industry: Power Generation
Location: Australia
Result: 52% of opportunities (by value) resulted from improvements in spare parts planning.
 


Roadmap/Snapshot Reviews

 
Inventory OverstockingIndustry: Petrochemicals
Location: Australia
Result: Identified process improvements to reduce overstocking equal to 15% of inventory value.
 
 


 
Inventory Management ProfileIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: Qatar
Result: Identified strengths, weaknesses and actions required to improve performance.
 
 


 
Summary by Review SectionIndustry: Pharmaceuticals
Location: USA
Result: Identified strengths, weaknesses and actions required to improve performance.
 
 
 


 
Performance Comparison by Survey QuestionIndustry: Oil & Gas
Location: Malaysia
Result: Identified strengths, weaknesses and actions required to improve performance.
 
 


 
20% Inventory ReductionIndustry: Power Generation
Location: USA
Result: Identified opportunity for $8M inventory reduction.
 
 


 
Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Australia
Result: Alignment of systems and accountability across 13 locations providing improved control of inventory spend.
 
 


Team Alignment and Capability

 
Industry: Oil & Gas
Location: UK
Result: Multi-day spare parts inventory management and optimization capability development program targeted at Asset Management personnel.
 


 
Industry: Government Authority
Location: USA
Result: From this team alignment and capability program the team identified inventory reductions enabling the closure of outside storage, saving $625k over 5 years.
 


 
Industry: Oil & Gas
Location: USA
Result: Multi-day spare parts inventory management team alignment and capability program for procurement and asset management personnel.
 


 
Industry: Oil & Gas
Location: Singapore
Result: Multi-day spare parts inventory management team alignment and capability program for procurement and asset management personnel.
 


 
Industry: Oil & Gas
Location: Malaysia
Result: Multi-day spare parts inventory management team alignment and capability program targeted at Asset Management personnel.
 


 
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Advisory Services

Advisory work is designed for organizations that need practical, specialist guidance on spare parts management without the cost, delay, or disruption of a traditional on-site consulting engagement.
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Enterprise Access

For organizations that need broader access across teams, sites, or functions. Read more...

Foundations for Teams

A shared starting point for cross-functional spare parst capability. Read more...

Foundations Playbook

Essential spare parts management decision support.

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Operations Playbook

For those managing practical spare parts decisions, systems, and improvement work.
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Practitioner Playbook

Advanced tools, templates, resources, and decision support.
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