Separate criticality from price
Classify spare parts by business impact before deciding review intensity.
The move: sort spare parts by impact before you set the policy. ABC analysis gives the storeroom a way to concentrate effort. The point is not to create pretty categories; it is to decide where tight control actually pays back. A parts list with 5,000 SKUs cannot be reviewed with equal intensity, so the first cut is annual usage value. The second cut is operational criticality: what happens if this part is unavailable during a failure? A strong spare-parts policy uses both lenses. A high-usage, high-value part needs disciplined replenishment because cash and service are both exposed. A cheap but…
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