Integration of Materials Management with Maintenance planning and work orders Using Asset Management Operating System (AMOS): A Case Study

الملخص

Inventory management is critical for most industrial companies, which has negative effects on the way inventory can be managed. Many oil companies face great challenges in managing inventory when they seek developments. This article is trying to integrate material management with maintenance planning and work order management using the Asset Management Operating System (AMOS).

To achieve the research goals an Oil Zelten Field, one of the Sirte Oil Company' fields was taken as a qualitative single-case study.  Data collection is mainly through interviews with the top managers and other staff involved in inventory control operations. Some data were obtained from the actual readings given by the AMAOS Monitoring System and were compared with the actual availability of the spare parts in the Zelten field' warehouse.

The study concluded that ABC classification and different review periods could be set by each category’s specific characteristics. Items have the priority to be reviewed as they account for 20% of the total amount of items, but with more than 50% of total dinar value, a more frequent review can help management to better control these items to minimize stock-out or excess stock occurrence, and EOQ model does not apply to this case because the necessary inputs are not available. Instead, the desired covering period approach is applied regarding order quantity determination