Why
you need our services
New Methodology
No longer Isolated (SA
Companies)
Compete in the
International Arena
Foreign Companies
Investing in SA
$/ZAR exchange rate
attractive
Break up of Cartels
New Business Focus:
- Productivity
- Availability
- Reliability
The New
Cataloguing System
The new catalogue will describe all stock items using
predetermined templates. A template consists of a Noun, Adjective and relevant attributes (example). This is referred to as a Noun, Modifier pair,
Characteristics and Values. There are approximately 1900 templates that are used in the
USA in the Power Utility and Petroleum industries. This should be adequate to fully
describe all stock items.
The shortcomings identified with the current codification
system is addressed by the new Cataloguing System namely that:
- Similar items will always be described in the same way,
only values of
pre-determined characteristics are different.
- Users are able to use the language of their trade and
technical knowledge to describe or search for spares.
- With correct available specifications, Buyers can rather
spend time negotiating with suppliers instead of trying to track down specifications for
which they are not generally qualified to do.
- Duplicate stock cannot be created; the system will flag
the user if it already exists while trying to create a new stock description.
- Confidence in the Description Catalogue will exist with
users.
- All users will talk the same language.
- Stock levels can be managed down Inter Plant where
feasible.
- All commodities including Original Equipment Manufacturer
(OEM) spares at various plants can be identified where interchangeable items may exist.
For example, many European OEMs use different part or
plant position numbers for the same equipment that is used at multiple sites. The
different numbers, by virtue of the existing system configuration, require a different
stock number although the item may be identical in all respects. With OEM spares, the part
number is usually the key of that items description and if the part numbers differ,
there is no traceable path to identify if the items may be the same. |