{"id":2814,"date":"2016-07-22T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpulse.cloud.fruitionqa.com\/do-you-know-what-is-sitting-on-your-stockroom-shelves\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T06:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:29:31","slug":"stockroom-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpulsesoftware.com\/blog\/maintenance-management\/stockroom-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Know What\u2019s Sitting on Your Stockroom’s Shelves?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I\u2019ve long advocated for the benefits of inventory control, it\u2019s not a simple topic for maintenance managers. I\u2019ve seen systems where techs just order parts on an as-needed basis, and I\u2019ve helped companies develop sophisticated inventory control systems using CMMS inventory control software.<\/p>\n

Wherever your organization falls on this spectrum, it\u2019s likely you can benefit from the inventory control features within your CMMS software. And the benefits might surprise you.<\/p>\n

Remember Cathy, whose company began asking different questions about their maintenance strategy after implementing MPulse Software, Inc? Those questions led her company to implement advanced inventory control<\/a> features, and the results were very interesting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we decided to improve our parts tracking, we needed five things from our MPulse CMMS software,\u201d Cathy said. These were\u2026<\/p>\n

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  1. Purchase price and date<\/li>\n
  2. Vendor information<\/li>\n
  3. Physical location<\/li>\n
  4. Past usage rates (to calculate appropriate stock levels and reorder points)<\/li>\n
  5. Notifications when parts or inventory levels fall below minimum stock levels<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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