maintenance spare parts control
maintenance spare parts control
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I am working as a consultant to a medium sized manufacturing company. Historically the maintenance of their machinery has been very poor, crude and haphazard. I have been hired to straighten this problem out. I am in search of software that will, at a glance, tell them what their inventory of spare parts is, record dispensation of parts, and tell them when and what to reorder. The size of the data base will not be large. I predict a maximum of 300 various parts. I would like a program that is simple, inexpensive and runs from Windows. Does anyone know of a program that they can recommend? Can anyone tell me where to look for such a thing.
Thanks for your help, JimCobb jcobb@cloud9.net
Thanks for your help, JimCobb jcobb@cloud9.net





RE: maintenance spare parts control
RE: maintenance spare parts control
Access base construction seems like trap to me: you invest a lot of energy and time, achieve something, but miss the point that dedicated software company can give you much, much more at a modest price.
RE: maintenance spare parts control
RE: maintenance spare parts control
Your need, as you've described it, seem to be a question of Stock Control rather than Programmed Maintenance.
You'll find the many producers of Accounting/Book Keeping software for small businesses will have a Stock Control module. Your client's needs won't be any different to those of any other small business that keeps an inventory of parts. Not expensive.
Cheers,
John.