Before optimizing a maintenance spare parts (MRO) inventory, you first need to know how to read it. Most teams have what they need to answer the right questions, but they look at the wrong indicators, or look at them in isolation. Here are six signals that, together, reveal where capital is trapped and where stockout risk is hiding. For each one: what it measures, the pattern that should alert you, and the typical action. 1. The inventory value trend What it measures. How the
