SPARE-PART STOCKS
Importers’ Problem
No spare-parts firm could carry enough stock to satisfy all customers, said the president of the Tractor, Earthmoving and Industrial Machinery Importers’ Association (Mr A. L. Dewer).
Speaking to the agricultural section of the General Contractors’ Federation, he said that such events as the prolonged London dock strike and recent strikes in France could seriously affect the usual delivery of spares. A delegate, Mr M. Max, of Upper Hutt, suggested that if supplies of spare parts were affected by industrial disputes in Europe, local importers must be carrying very small stocks. Mr Dewer said this was not so. As an example, he said, his firm had 80,000 spare parts in stock, only 10 per cent of them being regularly sold. In 1961, when a new model of machine was introduced, the firm brought in three spares of a certain component. One was sold in 1963, the second was scrapped in 1967, and the third sold later the same year. A few weeks ago one was obtained by air for an irate customer. This was obtained in a few days.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31725, 8 July 1968, Page 10
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