Reliability
Reimagined

Integrated supply is the end-to-end process of managing the MRO supply chain (spare parts) through consolidated sourcing practices, storeroom operations, inventory management, data governance, and continuous improvement. The objective is to leverage spend, reduce transactions, and cut inventory and associated costs while eliminating risk around critical spares.

Outsourcing your MRO allows you to focus on core competencies and strategic priorities. Among the benefits of an integrated supply program are:

• Cost/purchase avoidance, innovation, and continuous improvement by implementing supply chain technology and best practices
• Total cost savings impacting material, logistics, process time and labor
• Reduced capital expense, demand, and spend from consistent and disciplined inventory management and optimization
• Increased plant reliability
• Vendor consolidation, P2P reduction, and lower overhead by reducing the number of transactions and associated costs
• Real-time reporting of transactions, inventory, and more

An integrator’s core expertise is in the management of the entire MRO supply chain, including storeroom operations, inventory optimization, data governance, and continuous improvement. The primary focus is improving the supply chain and plant reliability. A distributor is typically focused on specific brand/line cards and on selling more products. The goal of any integrated supply program is to stop relying on item price and, instead, measure value on the total cost of ownership.