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The Electrical Power Generation industry’s number one requirement is to keep our lights on – without service disruptions.

Increasing customer demand for power combined with older infrastructure creates the potential for failure. Deregulation has created new competition within the industry, increasing the need to provide power more efficiently and amplify profits that used to be entirely supported in the rate base.

Maintenance inventories are central to achieving both of these objectives.

Appropriate stocking levels must be met to ensure maintenance is delivered on time – and – unscheduled problems get resolved in a timely manner.

Meanwhile, the effective management of aged inventory represents an opportunity to reduce committed cash and free up often constrained storage space.

MRO inventories in Power Generation are massive, and until very recently regarded as a necessity.

Xtivity and its Power Generation clients have proved differently – with the right information and focus you can do more with less.

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Over the past 10 years growth and consolidation has been the focus in the resource business – fueled by robust commodity prices.

As the logic follows – those with the most assets would realize the greatest share of the gains in a growth market.

However, in recent years commodity prices have seen a market correction, this, combined with increases in operating costs are putting the continued profitability of sector participants under pressure.

The focus is no longer on growth but rather productivity – productive assets and the productive use of finite working capital.

Given the scope and scale of operations the cost of downtime can be measured in the millions per hour – ensuring assets remain reliable and that maintenance schedules are followed is key.

Meanwhile, parts inventories that are growing exponentially do not necessarily guarantee availability but certainly creates increased pressure on cashflow.

Our client base in this sector is extensive and the challenge universal – How do we ensure our assets remain productive while minimizing our cash commitments?

By leveraging our technology enabled item categorization and optimization solutions our clients are able to prioritize their inventory investment to balance these two often competing objectives.

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No industry has been under such financial pressure as Pulp and Paper producers.

Rapid consolidation has brought with it fierce competition – forcing an even greater focus on operating efficiencies and effective cost control.

Every measure must be taken to increase profitability – the effective management of maintenance inventories is no exception.

This inventory segment has historically been overlooked, but with increased pressure on working capital and the need to ensure asset reliability paramount; oversight is a luxury the industry can no longer afford.

The right parts must be on hand to support continued operations and inventory on hand must directly contribute to this goal.

Dead stock has no place in the modern storeroom – even less so in the paper industry.

Our paper products clients have made great strides at reducing dead stock while increasing maintenance part availability for those items that contribute most to continued operations – it’s no surprise they are among the leaders in the industry.

Let us help you take the next step – contact us today for a demonstration of our inventory management solution. You’ll be glad you did.

The Transportation world is one of being on time at the lowest cost. This is deceptively simple yet difficult to achieve.

It is also simple to understand that vehicles must be service-ready to make money. Maintenance and maintenance inventories (MRO) are a necessary function and significant cost to achieve this end.

Parts must be available in different locations across a continent at any time. Parts have a shelf life and must change as the fleet changes.

Optimization of these inventories has proven to reduce costs while increasing serviceability. Xtivity’s Transportation clients continue to deliver savings while enjoying inventory visibility and support that they had not experienced before.

The price of oil continues to fluctuate widely with projections of $140 USD / barrel being revised down to as low as $40 USD / barrel no more than 6 months later.

The energy mix continues to evolve – while fossil fuels are anticipated to be our dominant source through 2035 the share of renewables and unconventional fossil fuels such as gas, continue to grow.

As yields from established sources decrease or become increasingly expensive to extract exploration efforts push further and further afield, creating extended supply chains and logistical challenges.

These are just some of a long list of challenges our Petrochemical clients are facing.

However, even in this dynamic environment some things have remain unchanged – Upstream or Downstream profitability depends on operating efficiency, perhaps now more than ever. These efficiencies can only be achieved through high level of asset reliability and this requires regular and timely maintenance.

Longer Supply Chains, new technology and greater margin pressure hasn’t made things easier but the fundamental objectives remain.

Whether it be provisioning a new site, establishing item stocking priorities or developing ordering values to insulate operations from supply chain volatility or identifying ways to reduce your committed working capital – we are here to help.

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The world of Grocery, Food and Mass Market Retailing is consolidating – the channel power of the largest plays in this industry growing daily.

With that, comes demands for lower product costs, higher listing fees and more co-op funding – all resulting in margin pressure.

In response the Food manufacturing industry has undertaken its own mergers in an effort to exploit operating efficiencies and maintain a competitive position in the market place.

Each merger brings with it the promise of “synergies” that magic that makes 1+1 = 3 – however, in the vast majority of instances this promise fails to materialize.

Maintenance Inventory Optimization is one area where they can – similar companies, in the same industry, making similar products are likely to have similar asset.

The need to maintain ongoing operations is paramount – particularly during merger activities where distraction is rife.

However, rapidly identifying where inventory pooling opportunities may exist between plant networks and putting in place the mechanics to share inventory can be a very effective way to start posting cash flow savings in the first 90 days.

At Xtivity we can help you identify the potential of this and other opportunities – all while ensuring part availability in support of continued operations.

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Constantly evolving products, tight margins and high quality standards are all part of participating in the Automotive industry.

The manufacturing of modern vehicles is becoming increasingly complex, with more and more of the supply chain moving off shore for both direct and indirect inventories.

Rapidly changing consumer preferences, driving shorter product life cycles and more fundamental redesigns has not made this easier.

With all of these factors at play in Automotive there is a growing need for inventories to be carefully monitored and structured for increased efficiency and ensure asset reliability.

Contact us for a no commitment demo of our solution and discover what our Tier 1 Automotive customers have known for years – we can help.

The world of Pharmaceutical manufacturing is rapidly changing. Gone are the days of “blockbuster” drugs with extended patent protection, to be replaced by an increasingly stringent regulatory environment, fierce generic competition and the emergence of custom drugs – impacting R&D costs, profit margins and manufacturing strategy.

Form as well as function is likely to play a central role in differentiation as businesses look to define competitive advantage in a converging market place.

This will mean a disparate asset base – likely covering liquids, creams, solid dose, injectable and inhalation products, just to name a few.

As new technologies are added, and existing ones maintained the asset base – and with that the associated parts required for maintenance, will continue to grow.

The already challenging task of maintaining an effective parts inventory just got harder.

As with every problem, there is a solution to this one. By leveraging Xtivity’s suite of inventory optimization solutions we will help you ensure your inventory is balanced to support ongoing operations while staying within budgetary constraints.

Everywhere there is a production line, there are wrenches and where there are wrenches, an inventory of spare parts (or MRO) is not far behind.

Prior to working with Xtivity our industrial customers were seeing the value of their MRO inventories grow exponentially year on year – with little to no compensating improvement in part availability or work order closer rates.

Too much of the wrong things is the norm rather than the exception.

At Xtivity we take the time to understand your inventory objectives, analyze the data and provide you with a pragmatic plan for improving your inventory performance.

We are with you every step of the way, providing updated ordering values reflecting the latest changes in supply / demand conditions and highlighting new opportunities you may which to consider along the way.

You work in a dynamic environment – your inventory management solution should be just as dynamic.

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