Determining the Appropriate Minimum Stock of Spare Parts for Woodworking Machinery

Every company that manufactures industrial machines and mechanisation must nowadays compete for competitive advantage over other companies and thus continuously ensure the ** efficient operation** of all its business processes. At Ledinek Engineering, we are very well aware of our great obligations to our customers, which is why in recent years we have increasingly emphasised the ** importance of ensuring adequate stocks of spare parts**, which protect our customers from major interruptions to their production in the event of unforeseen machine failures and the resulting very high associated costs due to downtime.

Problem

Every company that manufactures industrial machines and mechanisation must nowadays compete for competitive advantage over other companies and thus continuously ensure the ** efficient operation** of all its business processes. At Ledinek Engineering, we are very well aware of our great obligations to our customers, which is why in recent years we have increasingly emphasised the ** importance of ensuring adequate stocks of spare parts**, which protect our customers from major interruptions to their production in the event of unforeseen machine failures and the resulting very high associated costs due to downtime.

A customer who is satisfied with the operation of the machine, the service, the timely delivery of ordered spare parts, the high competence of service technicians and professional advice, will certainly make ** future decisions regarding new investments** in new machines more quickly and easily with the same supplier, and thus remain a loyal customer; otherwise, they will turn to the competition. The main objective of this diploma thesis is to help the company maximise the current existing system for managing and ensuring the most important spare parts at minimum stock levels through an engineering approach, and to upgrade and improve it as much as possible.