Online Spare Parts Inventory Management Educator Wins National Award

Phillip Slater - Founder of SparePartsKnowHow.com, an Online Training & Education Website Focused on Spare Parts Inventory and Supply Chain Management - Is the Recipient of the 2012 Kim Rothwell Leadership in Logistics Education Award
By: Dillawn & Clark Public Relations
 
Mr. Rothwell (l) Presents Award to Mr. Slater (r)
Mr. Rothwell (l) Presents Award to Mr. Slater (r)
Oct. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- In a sure sign that online training has finally come of age, Phillip Slater, founder of the online training website SparePartsKnowHow.com, has been awarded the 2012 Kim Rothwell Leadership in Logistics Education Award by the Logistics Association of Australia (LAA).  Mr. Slater was chosen by the LAA due to his significant contributions as a writer, consultant, and digital educator in the field of spare parts inventory management and logistics.

The Kim Rothwell Leadership in Logistics Education Award is the LAA’s award for excellence in the development and provision of education and training within the logistics and supply chain industry.

While digital and online training has been evolving for years, this is the first time that the LAA has presented this award to any individual or organization with a specialty in online training.  Mr. Slater is a global thought-leader on the engineering supply chain and specifically, engineering spare parts inventory management and optimization.  He is the Founder of the website SparePartsKnowHow.com.

“We are pleased to have chosen Mr. Slater as winner of the 2012 Kim Rothwell Leadership in Logistics Education Award,” said Ms. Jo Baker, Executive Manager at the LAA.  “We wanted to recognize Mr. Slater not only for his work as a consultant and author in spare parts and inventory management but also for his contributions as a leader in the application of digital technology to supply chain and inventory management issues and solutions.  Through his establishment of SparePartsKnowHow.com, Mr. Slater has become a digital pioneer in his pursuit of educating others about spare parts and inventory management,” Ms. Baker continued.

The LAA nomination specifically noted Mr. Slater’s world-wide influence in spare parts inventory management by mentioning that Mr. Slater:

•   Has saved companies world-wide hundreds of millions of dollars in inventory spend
•   Works with some of the biggest companies in paper, oil & gas, utilities, transport, steel, electronics, food, smelting and other industries
•   Has provided supply chain and spare parts management consulting, training and advice across 26 countries
•   Is the author of 8 books that have sold in 46 countries
•   Achieved the #1 rank in spare parts management books on Amazon.com with his book Smart Inventory Solutions
•   Is read by spare parts practitioners in 58 countries through his monthly SparePartsKnowHow.com newsletter
•   Has been published more than 130 times in industry and trade magazines world-wide
•   Provided papers and spoken at conferences and trade events more than 45 times – covering 4 continents
•   Is the author of best practice research covering spare parts management on 5 continents

“I am truly honored and humbled to accept this award on behalf of all the spare parts inventory and supply chain managers who have assisted me in my career,” said Mr. Slater.  “In a sense, this award is recognition of them as SparepartsKnowHow.com - its resource center and its online training  - is truly a culmination of the years of training, education and experience I have received from the many experts in this profession.   Using SparePartsKnowHow.com as a conduit, this knowledge can be shared with others, hopefully to the benefit of all in this profession.”

Please visit www.PhillipSlater.com for a complimentary copy of the ebook 5 Myths of Inventory Reduction.

About Phillip Slater
Phillip Slater specializes in materials and spare parts management and helps companies worldwide save millions (even tens of millions) of dollars on their spare parts inventory spend. Phillip is the author of 8 books, including Smart Inventory Solutions and The Optimization Trap and is the founder of the online training and resource center at www.SparePartsKnowHow.com.

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