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In December 2009, The Service Business celebrated the successful completion of 45 projects.

This Article was Published in Aerospace Manufacturing NOV09. Waste inventory in the supply chain is undesirable regardless of the sector the business operates in. But in today’s troubled economic (and politically sensitive) climate, such inefficiencies in the aerospace and defence industry can cause serious repercussions.

This article written by Graham Best director and co-founder, The Service Business was published in SM Online and Supply Chain Europe Magazine. Lean’s time has come. It’s been a long while in the making but with the current economic climate placing increasing demands on businesses, the time to trim the proverbial fat that’s existed in the service supply chain for decades is nigh.

Maintaining visibility of spares in the field with each engineer is fundamental to improving efficiency. With knowledge of the volume and type of product in the field at any one time, and a prediction of the time of its return, the requirement to purchase new stock will become more accurate.

In Kind Direct award UK Warehousing and Distribution contract to The Service Business Ltd