Materials Management
Materials Management Course Description (PDF)
2010/11 Life Cycle Institute Class Schedule (PDF)
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Managing a storeroom is like walking the tightrope. It is a balancing act. Storeroom managers must have the materials available to keep production flowing while minimizing inventory investment.
In this five day class, you will learn how to get the right parts in the right place at the right time. When you apply the knowledge and skills learned in this class, quality will increase and costs will decrease. You will successfully balance the needs of operations, maintenance and your clients while maintaining the lowest inventory cost.
Learn How To
Define Maintenance Repair and Operational Supplies (MRO)
- Role of MRO in Reliability Excellence
- Roles and responsibilities, interdepartmental partnerships
Describe best practice MRO storeroom processes
- Material requisitions (planned and unplanned)
- Tactical purchasing
- Materials repair and returns, return to stock
- Materials kitting
- Materials receiving and inspection
- Inventory obsolescence review
Implement new storeroom processes
- Process mapping, RASI
Review MRO inventory management principles
- Criticality ranking
- ABC classification
- Cycle counting
- Obsolescence programs
- Part standardization
- Security, housekeeping, safety and 5S
Explain the importance of the Equipment Bill of Material (EBOM)
Understand the role of purchasing in support of MRO stores best practices
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Strategic Sourcing
Apply tools to sustain an efficient storeroom
- Business management systems
- KPI’s, reports and benefits tracking
Who Should Attend
Anyone involved in materials – directly or indirectly -- will find value in Materials Management, including:
- Materials Managers
- Maintenance Manager
- Purchasing
- Storeroom Personnel
- Planner/Schedulers
- Operations Managers
What Our Students Are Saying
"Facilitator was knowledgeable, engaging, fair and interesting. I've acquired a lot of knowledge that I will take back with me to improve inventory accuracy. I look forward to applying what was learned to our Memphis warehouse."
- Eugene Fellows, Cargill
"The Life Cycle Institute facility was excellent for training. The staff was a pleasure to work with and the facilitator was one of the best instructors I have studied under. He provided excellent examples, hands-on material and real life feedback. My experience was over the top."
- Gordon Vickous, Facility Supervisor, Berry Plastics
"I was a bit apprehensive about registering for the course but I'm so very glad that I did. The quality and amount of information covered definitely made my trip to Charleston worthwhile!"
- John Nobel, Logistics/Facilities Management, University of Saskatchewan
Course Dates
Oct 25-29, 2010 (Charleston, SC)
Mar 14-18, 2011 (Charleston, SC)
Oct 17-21, 2011 (Charleston, SC)
Course Pricing
$2,495
Course CEU's
3.2
Course Locations
- Life Cycle Institute, 4360 Corporate Road, Charleston, SC 29405
Each course includes a comprehensive active learning manual, morning and afternoon refreshments, lunch, and the use of a fully equipped e-business center. Class hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday through Thursday and 8am to 12pm Friday. All students completing a class at the Life Cycle Institute will receive a certificate of completion awarding CEU’s.
Course Facilitators
For More Information
800-556-9589 | education@LCE.com
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