Motion Services will help you reduce your total cost of ownership by implementing a streamlined MRO management program tailored specifically to suit your individual plant’s needs. Some of the key areas we target to reduce your total cost of ownership are inventory, unit price, OEM conversion, asset repair, warranty management, headcount, process improvement, supplier consolidation and overall transaction reduction.
I purchase a lot of OEM parts. How do you generate savings on these parts?
Motion Services will work with your maintenance and engineering departments to help identify OEM parts that can be converted to less expensive commercially available parts. We also work with engineering to identify items that are a candidate for “reverse engineering”. This process allows items with high consumption rates to be built by a local vendor or machine shop to reduce inventory levels, lead time and cost.
I have purchase agreements with other MRO suppliers. How will integration affect these agreements?
Motion Services believes that supplier selection decisions should remain with our customers. We will manage your existing agreements or make recommendations on developing a best in class supply chain.
What are your reporting capabilities?
The Motion Services system has numerous standard reports available for purchasing and inventory management information. These standard reports also have several selections, including date ranges, choice of summary or detail, and other options pertinent to site and customer inquiries. The Motion Services system also has a feature for User-Defined Reports, with base report topics ranging from inventory, purchasing, vendor, usage, equipment and consignment, with a multitude of selection parameters (including item number, general ledger, customer purchase order, and work order/job number).
What level of savings can I expect? Will you guarantee these savings, even year after year?
Motion Services will implement a formal cost savings program at each customer facility to assist in lowering your total cost of ownership (TCO). Reduction typically ranges from 20% - 25%. We offer a risk/reward scenario where we financially guarantee a certain percentage of our savings year after year.
I have a lot of slow moving and obsolete items. Can you buy these back? Will you offer to buy back my entire inventory?
Motion Services provides several options for inventory ownership and inventory reduction programs, from managing consignment from second tier suppliers, to buyback of inventory by the preferred supply base for each commodity on “A” condition inventory.
My storeroom is a mess. Can you help me clean it up or move it?
Motion Services offers a variety of storeroom restructuring, design, build and relocation services. Whether you need a small restructuring job to a complete ground up storeroom build, Motion Services has the people and expertise to get this accomplished in a very cost effective manner.
My data file is a mess or non-existent. Can you help me clean it up?
Motion Services offers complete data build, data enhancement and on-site inventory data verification services. Our personnel have over 90 years combined experience in inventory identification and data management. We have worked in virtually every ERP/CMMS system environment to assist our customers better utilize their technology tools.
Can you assist me in implementing my new ERP/CMMS system?
Yes! Motion Services has the experience, people and knowledge of what it takes to build the necessary data to input into your ERP/CMMS system. We understand how critical this function is with regards to the dollar investment your company has just made and we have helped many of our customers maximize the power of utilizing these technological tools to the fullest.
My current MRO system is integrated with my Maintenance Planning program for job planning, costing, material availability and allocation, labor, etc. Can you provide this same seamless integration?
Motion Services proprietary software system has the ability to interface with all ERP/CMMS systems for seamless integration.
Will you operate on my MRO system, or do I have to use yours?
Motion Services has the ability to either work in our customer’s system, our system or both.
Who is Motion Services?
Motion Services is the integrated supply/project services division of Motion Industries. Motion Services has been active in this arena for over 20 years. Motion’s program has evolved based on customer demand and industry’s best practices to include a wide range of MRO management solutions. Motion Services operates as a strategic business unit of the Industrial Parts Group of Genuine Parts Company (GPC).
How do I determine what areas I need to focus on to reduce my total cost of ownership?
Motion Services will perform a series of on-site assessments to analyze your individual situation. Our assessment specialists will provide you with a detailed report of our findings once the assessment process is complete and we will make recommendations on what key areas we can assist you in reducing your total cost of ownership.
What is Integrated Supply?
Integrated supply is an inventory, transaction and acquisition cost reduction process that shifts the responsibility of purchasing and maintaining MRO inventories from the customer to Motion Services and the supplier base.
What if I want to keep Procurement as a company function rather than giving you that responsibility?
Motion Services works with our customers to develop a scope of services that is mutually agreed upon. It is our customer’s decision on what piece of the MRO puzzle they want to outsource.
What is VMI?
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is where the MRO vendor that supplies a group of commodity items is responsible for the management of these items, based on agreed to Min/Max levels. These items usually fall into specific commodities such as; safety, bearings, hose & fittings, electrical, PVF, etc.
What is a POU?
Point of Use inventory distribution. Typically this type of inventory is fast turning and results in lost production time for employees when they have to travel to and from a central storeroom. Usually this inventory is managed through VMI or vending machines.
What are Project Services?
Project Services is an offering by Motion Services to help our customers with whatever assistance they may need with regards to storeroom, supply chain, inventory and overall facility services. Whether you need small adjustments in your process or a full storeroom management solution, we’ll perform a series of on-site assessments that identify the interrelationships that exist between stores, accounting, maintenance, procurement, production and the facility supply chain.
Do you have a warranty/equipment repair tracking system?
Yes. Motion Services has developed a robust Asset Repair Tracking program (ART) we utilize to assist you with managing your repair and warranty process in a very streamlined and efficient manner.
What are the benefits to using ControlMRO?
Motion Services’ ControlMRO process reduces the costs associated with MRO procurement and inventory management, enables the manufacturing customer to focus on its core competency, free working capital associated with inventories, improve service levels to end-users, and allows management to focus on more strategic concerns.
How do I get an appointment set up to begin the assessment process?
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