EDF RENEWABLES
“We ’ re first-hand driving the energy transition and helping to fight climate change ”
DIRK RUITENBERG SENIOR DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN , EDF RENEWABLES
and , consequently , wasted — the company has since moved to keeping its inventory in a central location so supplies can be distributed when needed . This also allows for back-up in times of downtime or supply issues ; extra inventory , rather than sitting idly , can be distributed where best needed and more efficiently . Keeping all elements of this process in-house , improves overall supplier visibility and mitigates supply- and demand-related risks .
“ A traditional approach to spare parts inventory management — where each project independently owns and maintains siloed inventories on site — is an approach that logically , if you are starting to have a large portfolio of projects , tends to be economically inefficient .
“ Wind turbines often have tens of thousands of parts , and not all parts fail in the same frequency . But you need to have a lot of them on hand in order to avoid long downtimes when they happen to fail . If you are able to spread out slow moving inventory across the entire fleet , you ’ re much more efficient . That ’ s the basis for the project .”
As a result of this , Ruitenberg has seen a great improvement when it comes to control of processes , creating efficiencies and boosting project profitability as a result . EDF Renewables aren ’ t the only large renewable energy project owners taking this
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