Spare parts are where maintenance data meets money. A catalogue with wrong or missing part numbers leads to wrong deliveries and delays; a catalogue without criticality leads to either too much stock tied up on board or no spare when a critical machine fails.
What we build
- Parts from the makers' documents. Part numbers, descriptions and quantities taken from the makers' parts lists and sectional drawings for the exact model fitted.
- Links to equipment and jobs. Each part is linked to the equipment it belongs to and to the PMS jobs that use it, so a job shows the parts it needs and requisitions can be raised from the job.
- Criticality. Parts are classified by the consequence of not having them, following the criticality of the equipment they serve, so minimum and reorder levels can be set on a reasoned basis.
- Clean descriptions. Consistent naming and units, so the same part is recognisable across vessels and suppliers.
Criticality review of an existing catalogue
If your catalogue already exists, we review it rather than start again:
- Check parts against the makers' parts lists for the equipment fitted.
- Find parts not linked to any equipment or job, and jobs with no parts.
- Compare minimum stock with the criticality of the equipment and the parts' use in jobs.
- Report duplicates, obsolete parts and critical parts without stock, with a prioritised list of corrections.
Why criticality matters
Not every part deserves the same attention. A spare whose absence would stop the main engine or compromise safety needs a different stocking rule from a consumable that can be bought in the next port. Classifying parts by criticality, and linking them to the jobs that consume them, lets you set stock levels on evidence, which our white paper on spare parts optimisation explains in detail.
The catalogue can be combined with our inventory management and onboard audits, so the records in the PMS match what is physically on board.