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Get the Right Materials, at the Right Time, Every Time

Master storeroom and inventory practices that free your maintenance team to focus on reliability, not chasing parts.
When your maintenance team doesn’t have the right parts when they need them, everything else works harder to make up the gap. Unscheduled downtime spikes, budgets balloon, and your storeroom becomes a cost center instead of a partner. At Marshall Institute, we guide you through proven material management and storeroom practices that bring order and predictability back to your maintenance operations. With the right parts, in the right quantity, at the right time, your team can focus on uptime, safety, and productivity.

Next Available Seminar

  • 27
    Jan

    Materials Management for Maintenance

    Houston, TX
    Choice to attend in person or remotely
    $1795 including tax
    Session information
    Sessions
    Materials Management for Maintenance - In person (Houston, TX)
    Tue 27 Jan 08:00 - Thu 29 Jan 17:00
    Houston, TX
    Materials Management for Maintenance - Remote
    Tue 27 Jan 08:00 CST - Thu 29 Jan 17:00 CST
    Live web-based
    Register
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Don’t Let Poor Inventory Control Slow You Down

Are you tired of constant delays, missing parts, and the stress of last-minute fixes?

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Spending hours searching for parts that should be easy to find

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Facing constant stockouts or excess inventory that ties up budget

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Struggling with inaccurate data and missing records

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Watching downtime increase because the right materials aren’t available

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Dealing with miscommunication between maintenance and purchasing

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Lacking clear processes for issuing, tracking, and replenishing parts

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Feeling pressure to improve reliability without the right systems in place

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Frustration from reactive, inefficient storeroom practices

By participating in our Materials Management Seminar, you’re taking a crucial step toward building a reliable storeroom, improving maintenance efficiency, and being recognized as a key contributor to your organization’s success.
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You’re Not Alone in the Chaos of Unreliable Inventory

As a maintenance or storeroom professional, you’ve likely faced the frustration of missing parts, inaccurate data, and processes that never seem to work. It’s stressful and costly when your team can’t get the materials they need to keep equipment running. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.

Here’s What You’ll Learn Over Three Days

Day 1: Build a Strategic Foundation

Learn how the storeroom contributes to Total Process Reliability. Explore nine strategic practices that bring structure and control to your materials management system, including data accuracy, critical spares evaluation, vendor management, and optimized stock levels. Identify improvement opportunities and see how budgeting, parts standardization, and scrap reduction connect to reliability and performance.

Day 2: Master the Tactical Processes

Turn strategy into action with the 15 tactical processes that keep your storeroom running efficiently. You’ll cover new item setup, ABC classification, kitting, cycle counting, issuing, obsolescence, and materials PM. Strengthen purchasing, receiving, and emergency procurement practices while learning how to establish a stores stock committee and track maintenance budget contributions. End the day with problem-solving tools like Root Cause Analysis and the 5 Whys to eliminate recurring issues.

Day 3: Organize, Optimize, and Improve

Design a storeroom that supports safety, efficiency, and uptime. Learn best practices for layout, storage requirements, and 5S organization. Explore environmental and safety standards, clarify roles and responsibilities, and map workflows for smoother operations. End the seminar by developing a customized improvement plan to bring back to your site and sustain long-term results.

Agenda

Day 1

The Storeroom Contribution to Total Process Reliability Strategic Practices

    • Value 9 Strategic Practices: Data Scrubbing, Critical Spares Evaluation, VMI/Consignment Inventory, Optimizing Stock Levels, Section Review
    • Improvement Opportunities
    • Supplemental Learning: Problem Solving, Monthly Budget, Materials Scrap, Salvage Value, Parts Standardization
Day 2

Tactical Processes

    • Value
    • 15 Tactical Processes
    • New Item Setup
    • ABC Classification
    • Cycle Counting
    • Obsolescence
    • Kitting
    • Materials PM
    • Issuing
    • Section Review
    • Improvement Opportunities
    • Supplemental Learning
    • Purchasing
    • Requisition of Materials
    • Receiving
    • Repair or Replace
    • Delivery
    • Return to Supplier
    • Return to Stock
    • Emergency Procurement

Plan Stores Stock Committee

    • Value
    • Form
    • Charter
    • Improvement Opportunities

 Maintenance Budget Contribution

    • Making Sense of Cents
    • Storeroom Users
    • Improvement Opportunities

 

Root Cause Analysis

    • Fix Forever
    • What Hits Your Radar?
    • 5 Why Analysis
    • Improvement Opportunities
Day 3

Safety and Environmental Practices

    • Your Plant Goals
    • Storeroom Contribution
    • Improvement Opportunities

Storeroom Layout

    • Current State
    • Storage Requirements
    • Future State
    • Improvement Opportunities
    • Supplemental Learning
    • 5S Activities

Storeroom Organization

    • Responsibilities
    • Process Guide
    • Business Process Description
    • Relevance
    • Business Process Overview
    • Workflow
    • RACI
    • Activity Detail
    • Improvement Opportunities

Develop Your Improvement Plan

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We Understand Your Struggles in Maintenance

Our mission is to empower you as a critical part of your team.

50 Years of Excellence

With decades in business, we know the challenges you face.

25+ Years of Hands-On Expertise

Our facilitators bring extensive real-world knowledge to each seminar.

“This was one of the very best seminars I have ever been to. This program was awesome. I learned a multitude of tasks to take back to my work locale. The instructor was awesome and the materials were spot-on! Wonderful job!” 

  Jeff P.

3 Easy Steps to Storeroom Excellence

Step 1: Register & Secure Your Spot

Choose your seminar and complete the registration process

Step 2: Prepare for Success

Set learning goals and arrange logistics before training

Step 3: Attend & Implement

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Upcoming Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Seminar Dates

  • 27
    Jan

    Materials Management for Maintenance

    Houston, TX
    Choice to attend in person or remotely
    $1795 including tax
    Hybrid Materials Management
    Session information
    Sessions
    Materials Management for Maintenance - In person (Houston, TX)
    Tue 27 Jan 08:00 - Thu 29 Jan 17:00
    Houston, TX
    Materials Management for Maintenance - Remote
    Tue 27 Jan 08:00 CST - Thu 29 Jan 17:00 CST
    Live web-based
    Register
  • 04
    Aug

    Materials Management for Maintenance

    Raleigh, NC
    Choice to attend in person or remotely
    $1795 including tax
    Hybrid Materials Management
    Session information
    Sessions
    Materials Management for Maintenance - In person (Houston, TX)
    Tue 04 Aug 08:00 - Thu 06 Aug 17:00
    Raleigh, NC
    Materials Management for Maintenance - Remote
    Tue 04 Aug 08:00 EDT - Thu 06 Aug 17:00 EDT
    Live web-based
    Register
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