Management of Material Resources

Are you good at finding out what is needed to do your job and making sure it is used in the right way?

If you have done any of the following activities you will have acquired resource management skills:

• Completed an inventory

• Created orders such as work, sales, purchase or transfer

• Calculated requirements for materials

• Supply chain management

Please see article on Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design for more information on logistics.

One way of keeping on top of material resources is to do a SWOT Analysis. For examples of Business and Personal SWOT Analysis, please see this SWOT Analysis article from MindTools.

If you’ve found any weak areas in your business or work environment, you can manage and eliminate threats that would otherwise catch you unawares.

This content comes from The University of Essex