38 Fleet Maintenance | October 2017
Part 2. Physical Stockroom
This section of the questionnaire is designed to help you determine:
Where does stockroom management fit into your organization?
Is this the best location for the parts for the good of the organization?
1. Adequate material handling resources are available to stockrooms to and from
work sites.
― True (1 point) ― False (0 points)
2. A two-bin system is utilized by stockrooms to facilitate issues while maintaining
control of high-volume, low-cost items.
― True (1 point) ― False (0 points)
3. Stockroom layout and procedures maximize order fulfillment service and
functional efficiency. (Check all that apply.)
Parts are identified with stock (computer ID) numbers. (2 points)
Stock storage is environmentally controlled as needed. (1 point)
If needed, shafts of rotating equipment in stock are regularly rotated to avoid development of
bearing flat spots. This activity is controlled by a PM-type revolving file. (1 point)
ABC analysis has been applied to the arrangement of stock storage to optimize efficiency of
stock retrieval. (1 point)
Stock pick lists are arranged to facilitate picking. (1 point)
Computer control will accept no more than two storage locations for any one item in any given
stockroom. The impact of this policy is to keep inventory from becoming too spread out and
impossible to control. (Note: MP2 asset management software allows more than two storage
locations. Therefore, award no points). (1 point)
QA (quality assurance) inspection is required, in varying degrees, based on criticality, for all
materials received for stock or special orders. (1 point)
Barcoding or RFID technology is utilized to facilitate tracking of purchase orders, stock
requisitions, parts and progress through the receipt/inspection/stocking/issue process.
(1 point)
4. In central stockrooms, parts are stored randomly to maximize storage density.
In satellite stockrooms, parts are stored by equipment to facilitate retrieval. (1 point)
Cannibalization from a serviceable unit (generally not installed) to another serviceable unit
(generally installed) is against established policy. When necessary in an emergency situation,
the necessary work orders, stockroom requisitions and/or purchase orders are initiated to
restore the cannibalized unit to a serviceable state. (1 point)
5. An intelligent part numbering system is utilized.
― True (1 point) ― False (0 points)
Total number of all points: ― out of 14
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Part 1. Material
Support and Control
1. Purchasing, inventory
and stockroom procedures
covering stock, spare parts,
special purchases and items
manufactured in-house are
well documented by written
instructions that have been
effectively distributed.
― True (1 point)
― False (0 points)
2. The stockroom is
sufficiently stocked to
meet day-to-day needs
as determined by the
following service levels.
(Check all that apply.)
Insurance spares (100%). (1
point)
Standard replacement parts
(95%). (1 point)
Fasteners and fittings (90%).
(1 point)
Small tools (90%). (1 point)
Maintenance and repair
supplies (85%). (1 point)
3. There is a perpetual
inventory system in
place which actively and
systematically records and
reports to maintenance,
purchasing and accounting
for use in the management
of inventory.
(Check all that apply.)
Computerized. (2 points)
Manual. (1 point)
No system. (0 points)
4. Inventory control
practices are effective.
(Check all that apply.)
Cycle counting is used
to preserve reliability of
inventory records.
(1 point)
Control increases with
inventory value using
ABC categorization.
(1 point)
Free issue of low-value
items, such as fasteners,
is effectively integrated.
(1 point)
5. Procedures exist for
reserving and kitting
stock parts for planned
jobs. (Check all that apply.)
Reservation/allocation.
(1 point)
Deallocation. (1 point)
Kitting or pre-staging.
(1 point)
Secured staging to avoid
“borrowing” from one
job for another. (1 point)
Critical spare part lists
exist for all-important
equipment. (1 point)
Total number of all
points: ― out of 17
Part 3.
Computerization
Assessment
1. A computerized inventory
control system
automatically reorders,
or issues a requisition
that is acted upon in a
timely way, when on-hand
quantity drops to or
below the reorder point.
― True (1 point)
― False (0 points)
2. Maintenance has
ready access to up-todate
material and stock
information, including
part numbers, stock
numbers, bin locations,
economic order quantities
and reorder points.
(Check all that apply.)
Computerized. (2 points)
Catalogued. (1 point)
No ready access. (0 points)
3. Bill of material
information is
cross-referenced by
point-of-use.
― True (1 point)
― False (0 points)
4. Attribute scanning
on keywords of the
description, both short
and long, is available to
help find the desired item.
― True (1 point)
― False (0 points)
Total number of all
points: ― out of 6