SPARE PART MANAGEMENT IN MANUFACTURING A CASE STUDY OF SMT CO. LTD.

Abstract

The goal of this study is to examine and improve the maintenance unit's operations at Schaeffler Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in relation to managing spare parts when there is a shortage. among other things, importing critical spare parts from other nations to address the issue of machine downtime. Because of this, every time the machine needs to be fixed, the cost is relatively considerable. The quantitative research Schaeffler Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is a case study of spare parts management in an industrial factory. Studying the statistics of spare parts utilization throughout the course of a machine's first year is one of the research methods available through (Quantitative Research). There are samples of spare components, such as rolls of filter paper used to remove the production department's waste (sludge) from the grinding machine. Two different inventory control system strategies have been used in the investigation. Method 1 involves splitting the product quantity into two portions and controlling it using two warehousing systems. One portion is retained, and the other is consumed. Later, it started to alternate between purchasing new parts to replace the ones that had just been used and using the storage. The second technique is a control scheme that entails placing fixed-quantity product orders. The same quantity will be ordered each time using this method. it is easy to purchase and carry No matter how much time passes, orders won't begin until the inventory level hits the Re-Order Point (RP).
The second control method for ordering products was fixed quantity, according to research on the management of spare parts from the sample group. Using the right order quantity per order, cost overall, order point, and order frequency may be determined. Lowest possible order quantity Maximum production can alleviate the lack of replacement components to the greatest extent possible. This is consistent with the necessity for the company to lower the cost of spare parts.