Data and Inventory Management in Spare Part Business: Developing Operations in the Case Company

After sales business is an effective way to create profit and increase customer satisfaction in manufacturing companies. Despite this, some special business characteristics that are linked to these functions, make it exceptionally challenging in its own way. This Master’s Thesis examines the current situation of the data and inventory management in the case company regarding possibilities and challenges related to the consolidation of current business operations. The research examines process steps, procedures, data requirements, data mining practices and data storage management of spare part sales process, whereas the part focusing on inventory management is reviewing the current stock value and examining current practices and operational principles. There are two global after sales units which supply spare parts and issues reviewed in this study are examined from both units’ perspective. The analysis is focused on the operations of that unit where functions would be centralized by default, if change decisions are carried out. It was discovered that both data and inventory management include clear shortcomings, which result from lack of internal instructions and established processes as well as lack of cooperation with other stakeholders related to product’s lifecycle. The main product of data management was a guideline for consolidating the functions, tailored for the company’s needs. Additionally, potentially scrapped spare part were listed and a proposal of inventory management instructions was drafted. If the suggested spare part materials will be scrapped, stock value will decrease 46 percent. A guideline which was reviewed and commented in this thesis was chosen as the basis of the inventory management instructions.

Spare Part Management of Bubbling Fluidized Bed Boiler

Energy generation industry is very capital-intensive industry. Productivity and availability requirements have increased while competition and quality requirement have increased. Maintenance has a significant role that these requirements can be reached. Even maintenance is much more than repairing faults nowadays, spare parts are important part of maintenance. Large power boilers are user-specific therefore features of boilers vary from project to project. Equipment have been designed to follow the customer’s requirements therefore spare parts are mainly user-specific also. The study starts with literature review introducing maintenance, failure mechanisms, and systems and equipment of bubbling fluidized bed boiler. At the final part spare part management is discussed from boiler technology point of view. For this part of the study science publications about spare part management are utilized also some specialist from a boiler technology company and other original equipment manufacturers were interviewed. Spare part management is challenging from the boiler supplier point of view and the end user of spare parts has a responsibility of stocking items. Criticality analysis can be used for finding most critical devices of the process and spare part management shall focus to those items. Spare parts are part of risk management. Stocking spare parts is increasing costs but then high spare part availability is decreasing delay time caused by fault of item.

Viability of part cargoes in tramp shipping company’s routing and scheduling decisions

Operational excellence of individual tramp shipping companies is important in today’s market, where competition is intense, freight revenues are modest and capital costs high due to global financial crisis, and tighter regulatory framework is generating additional costs and challenges to the industry. This thesis concentrates on tramp shipping, where a tramp operator in a form of an individual case company, specialized in short-sea shipping activities in the Baltic Sea region, is searching ways to map their current fleet operations and better understand potential ways to improve the overall routing and scheduling decisions. The research problem is related to tramp fleet planning where several cargoes are carried on board at the same time, which are here systematically referred to as part cargoes. The purpose is to determine the pivotal dimensions and characteristics of these part cargo operations in tramp shipping, and offer both the individual case company and wider research community better understanding of potential risks and benefits related to utilization of part cargo operations. A mixed method research approach is utilized in this research, as the objectives are related to complex, real-life business practices in the field of supply chain management and more specifically, maritime logistics. A quantitative analysis of different voyage scenarios is executed, including alternative voyage legs with varying cost structure and customer involvement. An on-line-based questionnaire designed and prepared by case company’s decision group again provides desired data of predominant attitudes and views of most important industrial customers regarding the part cargo-related operations and potential future utilization of this business model. The results gained from these quantitative methods are complied with qualitative data collection tools, along with suitable secondary data sources. Based on results and logical analysis of different data sources, a framework for characterizing the different aspects of part cargo operations is developed, utilizing both existing research and empirical investigation of the phenomenon. As conclusions, part cargoes have the ability to be part of viable fleet operations, and even increase flexibility among the fleet to a certain extent. Naturally, several hinderers for this development is recognized as well, such as potential issues with information gathering and sharing, inefficient port activities, and increased transit times.

Cérémonie observée du contrat de mariage passé à Fontainebleau en presence de leurs Majestez entre Vladislaus IIII du nom Roy de Pologne et de Suede [...] d'une part, et Louie Marie de Gonzague, princesse de Mantoue et de Nevers, d'autre part, le 25ème jour de Septembre 1645 : [estampe] / desseigné et gravé a leaue forte par A. Bosse le 8me novem. 1645

Référence bibliographique : IFF17, Abraham Bosse, 1223

Déclaration donnée de la part des Espagnols portant leur consentement aux conditions proposées par le Roi pour la paix

[Acte. 1678-06-03. Bruxelles]

Response de Mgr l'archevesque et prince d'Ambrun [George d'Aubusson de La Feuillade], président de l'assemblée du clergé, faite à M. le comte de Fiesque, et autres gentils-hommes, envoyez à ladite assemblée, de la part de Messieurs de la noblesse, le mercredy 15 mars 1651

[Mazarinade. 1651]

La part du travail dans la gestion des entreprises : compte rendu des discussions, voeux adoptés / rapport de M. François Fagnot,...

Collection : Association pour la protection légale des travailleurs, section française ; 17

La part du travail dans la gestion des entreprises : examen de la deuxième partie du projet / rapport de par François Fagnot,...

Collection : Association pour la protection légale des travailleurs, section française ; 18

Plaidoiries du procès entre Louise de Savoie, d'une part, et Anne de France, duchesse de Bourbon, et Charles III de Bourbon, connétable de France, gendre d'Anne de France, d'autre part. (Août 1522-août 1523).

Séguier-Coislin.

« Recueil des actes, letres et memoires qui ont servi aux conferences tenues en Roussillon, pour les limites des royaumes de France et d'Espagne, du costé des monts Pyrenées, entre Mgrs [Pierre] de Marca, archevesque de Toulouse, et [Hyacinthe] de Serrony, evesque d'Orange, commissaires deputez par le roy [Louis XIV], d'une part, et don Miguel Çalba, lieutenant du maistre rational de la couronne d'Aragon, et don Joseph Romeu, conseiller en l'audiance royale de Barcelone, commissaires deputez par le roy d'Espagne [Philippe IV], d'autre part. Le tout ramassé et mis en ordre par Etienne Baluze, natif de Tulle en Limousin, secretaire dudit seigneur archevesque » de Toulouse. Copies.

Contient : 1 à 71 Ce recueil comprend soixante et onze pièces, dont quinze en espagnol. Les rois Louis XIV et Philippe IV, le cardinal Mazarin, Michel Le Tellier, Pierre de Marca, archevêque de Toulouse, Hyacinthe Serroni, évêque d'Orange, don Miguel Çalba, don Joseph Romeu, le marquis de Mortara, Etienne Baluze, le « docteur Pont, chanoine et archidiacre de la Seu d'Urgel, abbé nommé d'Arles », et « don Joseph de Margarit, marquis d'Aguilar, gouverneur de Catalogne », figurent ici ou comme auteurs ou comme destinataires. Les dates extrêmes sont le 26 novembre 1659 et le 12 novembre 1660

Correspondance originale entre la Cour, d'une part, et MM. Paul Choart de Buzanval, le président Jeannin et Élie de La Place ; sieur de Russy, ambassadeurs en Hollande, d'autre part. (1594-1609).

Contient : I Lettres originales ; II

Correspondance originale entre la Cour, d'une part, et les ambassadeurs français en Hollande, d'autre part. (1609-1623).

Contient : I ; Correspondance entre la Cour et Mr de Russy, juillet 1609-août 1611 ; En outre : lettres orig. du président Jeannin (f. 100), — de Maurice de Nassau (f. 121), — et d'Olden Barnevelt (f. 191) ; Copies de pièces diverses ; II ; Correspondance entre la Cour et Mr de Franchemont, secrétaire de l'ambassade de Mr de Russy, août-novembre 1611 ; Lettre orig. de François d'Aerssen ; III ; Dépêches adressées à la Cour par Eustache de Reffuge, sieur de Courcelles, mars-août 1612 ; Lettres orig. d'Aubéry-Dumaurier (f. 222), — et de François d'Aerssen, 1613 (f. 232) ; Copies de pièces diverses ; IV Correspondance entre la Cour et Aubéry-Dumaurier, septembre 1613-octobre 1623

« Extrait de l'amortissement general fait par le roy François I, roy de France, des biens des ecclesiastiques non amortis, sceans et scituez ez dioceses de Sens, Chartres, Orleans et Meaux, moyennant le prix et somme pour lesd. quatre diocezes de 63,000 livres tournois, sçavoir pour le dioceze de Sens 20,000, pour celuy de Chartres 24,000, pour celluy d'Orleans 12,000 et pour celluy de Meaux 7,000 », contenant seulement « une Declaration tirée de la chambre des comptes de Paris, du revenu, terres et heritages de l'abbaye du Pont aux Dames, qui fut taxée, pour sa part et cotization, à la somme de 120 livres, etc., led. amortissement fait le 3 septembre 1522 ». (Fol. 4).

Contient : Ce premier extrait est suivi de la « coppie de tiltres et admortissemens de l'eglise et abbaye N. D. du Pont aux Dames, de l'ordre de Cisteaulx, ou diocese de Meauls en Brye, faicte par l'ordonnance du roy, en l'an 1547 »