Linda Piercy

Linda Piercy is a seasoned AI parts‐management professional with over a decade of hands‐on experience spanning operations, process optimization, and strategic marketing. She began her career on the maintenance shop floor—managing inventory, streamlining part searches, and shaving hours off technician workflows—before leading cross‐functional optimization initiatives that reduced lead times and cut excess stock. In her current role, Linda bridges technical depth and go‐to‐market strategy, crafting data‐driven solutions that empower MRO and supply‐chain teams to find, enrich, and manage parts with confidence.

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Why Supply Chain Teams Keep Defaulting to the OEM - A practical playbook

Linda Piercy: Mar 17, 2026 6:21:58 AM

Quick Summary Supply chain teams often think they have a sourcing problem, when in reality they have a record problem. Missing identifiers, unclear OEM references, incomplete specs, and fragmented supplier data slow decisions down and push teams...

Supply Chain Data Management OEM Agentic AI

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Agentic AI in Supply Chain: How AI Agents Improve Sourcing Decisions Under Volatility

Linda Piercy: Feb 2, 2026 10:38:26 AM

Supply Chain Data Quality Agentic AI

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Right Part, Lower Cost: How AI-Driven OEM Conversion Cuts Spend Without Adding Risk

Linda Piercy: Dec 15, 2025 8:56:19 AM

Quick Summary Locked into OEMs? AI makes cross-compatible alternatives obvious at the moment of approval. Clean the records you actually use (dedupe...

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FFF—Form, Fit, Function: The Discipline Behind Approved Alternatives

Linda Piercy: Nov 19, 2025 6:59:54 AM

Quick Summary FFF (Form, Fit, Function) is the engineering discipline that turns a substitute part from a guess into an auditable decision. “Form” =...

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Lifecycle in Workflow: Turning NRND, PCNs & LTBs into Predictable Operations

Linda Piercy: Nov 19, 2025 6:34:06 AM

Quick Summary NRND (Not Recommended for New Designs), PCNs (Product Change Notices), and LTBs (Last‑Time Buys) are everyday realities—not edge cases...

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Stop Line‑Downs Before They Start: Obsolescence as a Program for Heavy Industry

Linda Piercy: Nov 5, 2025 11:40:32 AM

Quick Summary In plants, fleets, and grids, end‑of‑life (EOL) parts are a lifecycle certainty—not a one‑time clean‑up task. Treat it as a continuous...

Digitization Procurement Data Quality Data Management

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Before You Issue a PO: See Alternates, Prices & Obsolescence

Linda Piercy: Oct 28, 2025 10:49:29 AM

Quick Summary Many organizations still issue purchase orders (POs) without full visibility into alternates, pricing, or obsolescence. Tariffs, supply...

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Stop Paying Millions to Fix Data That Just Breaks Again

Linda Piercy: Sep 16, 2025 7:30:40 AM

Quick Summary ERP and EAM systems like SAP don’t fail because they’re bad software — they fail because they’re fed bad data. Companies spend $1–2M on...

Parts Intelligence Parts Cleansing Parts Enrichment Data Quality Data Management

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OEM Conversion: The Untapped Margin Play in U.S. Manufacturing

Linda Piercy: Sep 16, 2025 6:21:31 AM

Quick Summary Importers and service partners in the U.S. often carry massive parts inventories — with double markups from OEMs plus their own...

Digitization Supply Chain Procurement Parts Enrichment Data Quality Data Management OEM

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Tail Spend is no Longer Untouchable—and the Tools to Master it are Already Here.

Linda Piercy: Jun 20, 2025 12:22:23 PM

Data Quality Data Management

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