Managing your inventory within a CMMS has enough advantages to take the time to include this module in your initial CMMS implementation or add on at a later date. When the maintenance department is planning for a special project or a preventive maintenance (PM) tasks come due. The maintenance personnel can check stock for the materials they will need.
If the materials are not available, the maintenance personnel can create a request to purchase the materials. Once the request is submitted the user can track the status of of the purchase request from being approved - in order - delivered - invoiced - finished.
If the materials were available, the user can reserve them for their work order. Once the reservation is in place and the work approved the spare part's department can run the pick list report and pull the items for all reservations when the materials are needed.
