LIVE SESSION
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 · 1:00 PM ET · 45 MINS
Bruce Power: Improving Reliability while Right-Sizing Inventory
45 minutes with Jeff Cremasco, Senior Strategist of Supply Chain at Bruce Power, on MRO inventory optimization — reducing excess inventory without compromising critical spares, uptime, or operational reliability.
Where Bruce Power started, what actually changed, what was harder than expected, and what Jeff would tell other generation or utility leader working the same problem at their own scale.
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How do you right-size without increasing risk?
Every power generator faces the same tension: carry too much inventory and millions in working capital sit idle. Meanwhile, carry too little—or stock the wrong materials—and reliability is exposed.
In fact, Bruce Power has been working through that challenge firsthand: moving from controlling unplanned inventory growth toward a more sustainable approach to inventory optimization. In this conversation, Jeff will share:
What Jeff will cover in 45 minutes
- Excess and critical spares, addressed together — why treating them as one problem changed the outcome
- Why traditional stocking policies had to go — what replaced min/max set by habit and memory
- Where AI fit alongside Maximo — layering on top of the existing EAM, not replacing it
- Getting from analysis to action — the governance that made recommendations stick
- The realities of deployment and adoption — what the plant pushed back on, and what worked
- Working inventory vs. risk mitigation inventory — how splitting the portfolio clarified every stocking decision
Meet Jeff Cremasco from Bruce Power
Jeff Cremasco
Senior Strategist of Supply Chain, Bruce Power
Bruce Power operates the world’s largest single-site nuclear generating station — 8 CANDU units, roughly 6,550 MW, and about 30% of Ontario’s electricity.
Given that scale, Jeff led the inventory optimization initiative from inside the plant. He’ll talk through the journey candidly: what worked, what didn’t, and what he’d do differently in a nuclear-grade environment where a stocking decision is also a reliability decision.
Who this session is for
Most relevant if you carry inventory across multiple sites or business units and you’re being asked to release working capital without accepting more reliability risk.
- Supply Chain, Procurement & Sourcing
- Materials Management & Inventory
- Plant Operations, Maintenance & Reliability
- Finance & working capital
- Nuclear, gas, coal, hydro, and renewable generation
- Integrated utilities running generation alongside transmission and distribution
- Independent power producers with multi-site MRO operations
- Teams running SAP, Maximo, Oracle and others
A 45 minute peer-to-peer conversation, not another boring webinar
30 mins
Bruce Power's journey
Where they started, what changed, how the approach was deployed, and what it took to put it into practice.
15 mins
Live Q&A
Bring your questions about inventory optimization, critical spares, stocking decisions, change management, or your own operating environment.
In other words: no generic presentation, no product pitch — just a candid conversation about what actually happened.
LIVE ATTENDEE BONUS
Get the MRO Right-Sizing
Self-Assessment
A practical worksheet for pressure-testing your own operation, built from the questions Bruce Power had to answer:
Where excess and overmax inventory is likely concentrated
Where excess and overmax inventory is likely concentrated
Where excess and overmax inventory is likely concentrated
Where excess and overmax inventory is likely concentrated
Frequently Asked Questions
How can power generators reduce MRO inventory without increasing reliability risk?
By separating excess stock from critical stock before making any reduction. In other words, the goal is not a smaller inventory number, it’s a better-allocated one: identifying duplicate, obsolete, and overmax materials that can be released, while confirming that spares tied to critical equipment are actually covered. For example, Bruce Power shares how it approached that balance across eight units.
How is AI used for MRO inventory optimization?
AI is used to harmonize fragmented material master data across sites and systems, detect duplicate parts created by inconsistent naming, score material criticality against equipment records, and recommend right-sized min/max levels. Specifically, this session covers where AI fit inside Bruce Power’s existing environment and workflows.
Does AI replace ERP or EAM systems like Maximo?
No. Instead, the approach discussed in this session layers on top of existing ERP and EAM systems rather than replacing them. In practice, material, equipment, and consumption data stays in the system of record; the AI layer analyzes it and returns recommendations for review and approval.
Is this a product demo?
No. Roughly 30 minutes is Jeff Cremasco of Bruce Power describing a real inventory optimization journey in his own words, followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A. As a result, there’s no feature walkthrough and no scripted testimonial.
Will I be able to ask questions?
Yes — that’s a large part of why we’re running it live. Specifically, submit your questions through the chat or Q&A panel at any point during the session, and the final 15 minutes is dedicated to working through them.
What if I can’t join live?
Register anyway — you’ll still get a written recap after the session. The MRO Right-Sizing Self-Assessment goes to live attendees only, so joining live is worth the calendar hold.
Who should attend this session?
Power generation and utility leaders accountable for MRO inventory, supply chain, materials management, maintenance and reliability, plant operations, or working capital performance — including integrated utilities running generation alongside transmission and distribution.
LIVE SESSION
Thursday, September 24 · 1:00 PM ET
Hear firsthand from the project champion behind Bruce Power’s inventory optimization journey — deployment, change management, and the realities of putting a new approach into operation inside a nuclear-grade environment.