--- title: "inventory optimisation Archives" description: "inventory optimisation" image: https://www.pragmaworld.net/wp-content/uploads/pragma-social-placeholder-blue.jpg canonical: https://www.pragmaworld.net/tag/inventory-optimisation/ url: https://pragma-world.getmd.ai/tag/inventory-optimisation/.md last_converted: 2026-10-24T04:03:58.267Z --- # Tag: inventory optimisation ##### When Finance and Operations agree on spares July 28, 2026 MRO spares are often the source of a familiar business tension. Finance wants to reduce unnecessary inventory, free up working capital and avoid dead stock. Operations wants the right spare parts available when critical assets need them. Both are right. The problem is that many spare parts decisions are still made without a shared, factual [...] ##### Tags asset availability inventory optimisation maintenance inventory MRO spare parts Operational risk Reliability Engineering Spare Parts Optimisation working capital Maintenance management Spare Parts Management ##### Why MRO inventory is different from other inventory classes April 13, 2026 MRO inventory differs from other inventory classes because demand is irregular, the consequences of stockouts are often far greater, criticality matters more than usage velocity, and repairable items and obsolescence add complexity that traditional inventory models do not handle well. Most businesses do not lose uptime because they do not own spare parts. They lose [...] ##### Tags critical spare parts inventory optimisation maintenance inventory Maintenance Planning material management MRO inventory MRO spares operations Spare Parts Optimisation stockout risk supply chain working capital Asset Management Inventory Management Reliability Spare Parts Management ##### From dead capital to operational certainty: Smarter spare parts management February 9, 2026 Author: André Jordaan, Partner Consultant, Pragma Most MRO stores aren’t short of parts; they’re short of the right parts—held at the right levels and governed by a clear understanding of consequence. Many stores are packed with inventory while availability remains poor, creating a predictable clash between Finance and Operations over what “optimal” really means. A [...] ##### Tags BoM alignment downtime risk EAM inventory optimisation Maintenance Planning material criticality material master data MRO inventory MRO spares operational continuity Spare Parts Optimisation stockout risk stores management value-based optimisation working capital CMMS Spare Parts Management