Who Phillip Slater Helps
Phillip Slater helps people who work in asset-intensive organizations improve spare parts decision-making by giving their maintenance, stores, procurement, engineering, and finance teams a common framework, practical methods, and direct access to specialist expertise.
He has worked in a wide range of industries, including:
- Oil and Gas
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Pharmaceuticals
- Paper
- Smelting
- Steel
- Petrochemicals
- Utilities
- Parts Wholesaling
- Transport
Why Spare Parts Became A Speciality
Early in his career Phillip recognized that spare parts inventory management operates by different rules to ‘regular’ inventory. This idea was realized ‘the hard way’ when he was appointed to improve the operational performance of an under-performing plant with the network of the company that he worked for.
Subsequently he realized that the combination of engineering and maintenance edgeless, financial qualifications, and extensive supply chain and operations gave him in a unique perspective on spare parts management.
Experience and Credibility
Phillip has a mechanical engineering degree from The University of New South Wales and a maintenance degree from Monash University.
- Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), UNSW
- Grad Dip Maintenance Management, Monash University
- Financial Management Cert. – Australian Institute of Management
- Asset Management Council – Committee Member 2011, 2012
- Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors 2011- 2020
- Advisor to more than 500 leading companies world-wide
- 40 years’ experience, working with people in 38 countries
- Author 9 books, including the #1 spare parts management book at Amazon.com
- Published +250 times in magazines around the world
- Presented at +70 conferences and industry events
- “Kim Rothwell” Leadership in Logistics Education Award winner
- CV Magazine Business Innovator Award winner
In addition, Phillip is the Founder of the spare parts decision support platform at SparePartsKnowHow.com.
SparePartsKnowHow.com is an approved training partner
with the Reliability and Maintainability Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Using the content from SparePartsKnowHow.com Phillip led the Spare Parts Inventory Management Certificate program at the University of Kansas.