Josh Bastian completed a summer internship with Fresenius Kabi in maintenance and inventory management. He organized the company's spare parts storage containers, cataloguing over 500 items into a spreadsheet with photos. This allowed maintenance issues to be addressed quickly. Through the project, Josh learned about departmental relationships, clear communication, and the importance of inventory management for production efficiency. He recommends the company establish formal criteria for determining when parts should be scrapped versus kept as spares.

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Final Presentation
Josh Bastian
Maintenance
Grand Island
August 11, 2016
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2. 1 My Background
2 Internship Overview
3 Project Overview
5 Learning Takeaways
Recommendations and Conclusion6
4 Challenges and Successes
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Agenda
Question and Answer7

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 Josh Bastian
 State University of New York at Buffalo
 Masters in Business Administration/Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering
 Graduating in May 2017
 No past employment in a professional work environment
 Gain first hand experience in the Engineering and Business field
 Multi-departmental interactions
 Prioritizing tasks
 Career vision
Intern Background
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1. Background

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2. Internship Overview
Objective
To spear-head the development of an inventory system for the
Maintenance Department concerning spare parts used for the repair of
equipment beginning with the reconciliation of items in the Con-Ex
storage containers on site.
 Reporting to:
 Vision: Tony Morgan
 Managers: Mark Schimley & Marc Gschwend
 Help from Dave Thomson
 Internship Length
 June 6, 2016 – August 11, 2016

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3. Project Overview
Big Picture
 Problem
 Objective
 Responsibilities:
 Meeting with Tony Morgan, Mark Schimley, Marc Gschwend, and
Dave Thomson to establish goals
 Catalogue spare parts in Con-Ex containers – Create a spreadsheet
 Restore items to spare parts shop, documenting where parts get
inventoried
 Scrap equipment and parts not salvageable
 Create and populate a master excel spreadsheet of equipment/spare
parts for inevitable transition into SAP environment

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3. Project Overview
1. Organize and sort through the Con-Ex storage containers
2. Develop an inventory spreadsheet of spare parts and equipment
 With supplemental pictures
3. Delegate spreadsheet to appropriate personnel for decision making
 Keep
 Large items – Pole Barn & Renovated Bldg 4 Waste Water
 Small items – Parts Shop
 Scrap
 Replace
 Auction
 Metal
 Non-Metal
4. Move items to new locations

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3. Project Overview
1. Organize and sort through the Con-Ex storage containers
2. Develop an inventory spreadsheet of spare parts and equipment
 With supplemental pictures
3. Delegate spreadsheet to appropriate personnel for decision making
 Keep
 Large items – Pole Barn & Renovated Bldg 4 Waste Water
 Small items – Parts Shop
 Scrap
 Replace
 Auction
 Metal
 Non-Metal
4. Move items to new locations

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3.1 Initial State of Con-Ex Containers

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3.1 Initial State of Con-Ex Containers

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3.1 Initial State of Con-Ex Containers

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3.1 Initial State of Con-Ex Containers

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3. Project Overview
1. Organize and sort through the Con-Ex storage containers
2. Develop an inventory spreadsheet of spare parts and equipment
 With supplemental pictures
3. Delegate spreadsheet to appropriate personnel for decision making
 Keep
 Large items – Pole Barn & Renovated Bldg 4 Waste Water
 Small items – Parts Shop
 Scrap
 Replace
 Auction
 Metal
 Non-Metal
4. Move items to new locations

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3.2 Organized and Spreadsheet Built

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3.2 Organized and Spreadsheet Built

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3.2 Organized and Spreadsheet Built

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3. Project Overview
1. Organize and sort through the Con-Ex storage containers
2. Develop an inventory spreadsheet of spare parts and equipment
 With supplemental pictures
3. Delegate spreadsheet to appropriate personnel for decision making
 Keep
 Large items – Pole Barn & Renovated Bldg 4 Waste Water
 Small items – Parts Shop
 Scrap
 Replace
 Auction
 Metal
 Non-Metal
4. Move items to new locations

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3.3 Containers Emptied

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3. Project Overview
1. Organize and sort through the Con-Ex storage containers
2. Develop an inventory spreadsheet of spare parts and equipment
 With supplemental pictures
3. Delegate spreadsheet to appropriate personnel for decision making
 Keep
 Large items – Pole Barn & Renovated Bldg 4 Waste Water
 Small items – Parts Shop
 Scrap
 Replace
 Auction
 Metal
 Non-Metal
4. Move items to new locations

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3.4 Project Overview

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4. Challenges and Successes
 Challenges
 Building momentum in the beginning
 Getting time from other people to make decisions on “keep or scrap”
 Sorting out conflicting instructions
 Successes
 June 29 – PA control panel broke down
 Using my spreadsheet we were able to locate the replacement
PA control system and install it within an hour

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5. Learning Takeaways
 Establishment of clear action-steps
 How to appropriately ask for the things you need to complete your job
 Gained an understanding of departmental relations
 Actions effect many departments – need to involve all parties
 The importance of inventory management; especially pertaining to the
efficiency of a production environment

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6. Recommendations and Conclusion
 Develop a criteria for determining whether a part gets scraped or not
when it comes out of service.
 Currently it seems that anyone present when the part/equipment is
removed makes the decision, whether they are the appropriate
person to make that decision or not.
• In Conclusion
• Inventory management is a critical component in the field of
production – even spare parts
• The less time spent searching for replacement parts the more added
value Fresenius Kabi experiences through production

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7. Question and Answer
Questions?