Partium Year in Review 2025

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Parts Intelligence in the flow of work: instant visual search, informed approvals, and continuously cleaner ERP data—less downtime, lower cost.

Why keep reading:
• How techs got productive on day one
• How buyers stopped guessing between OEM and approved alternatives
• What we’re doubling down on next—and why

Quick Summary

• Visual Search = TLDR to training: point, snap, shortlist in seconds; day-one productivity and fewer wrong picks.
• Approvals with context: OEM vs approved alternatives (FFF) with price, lead time, and lifecycle inside ERP/EAM—before a PO goes out.
• Governance > cleanups: dedupe and enrich the SKUs you actually use—where errors and spend concentrate.
• New Use Case hub: six paths to ROI—DIY, Aftersales, MRO, Parts Logistics, OEM Conversion, Data Cleansing & Enrichment.
• Website, rebuilt: faster paths to proof (one-pagers, demo pre-reads, “what good looks like”).
• Momentum: multiple new wins across utilities, logistics, and manufacturing in North America and Europe.
• What’s next (2026): launches in Enrichment & OEM Conversion, stronger EU/US outbound, unified messaging for substantial growth (per CEO).
• New blog series: no-fluff playbooks on TLDR visual search, FFF alternatives + lifecycle, governance, and shop-floor modernization.

Day-One Productivity: Visual Search = TLDR to Training

Training shouldn’t be a scavenger hunt. With camera-up parts ID, a technician takes a photo and gets a verified shortlist in seconds—even through worn labels, grime, and mixed languages. The selected record flows to SAP / Oracle / Maximo / etc., so data improves as the work gets done.
Why it matters: shorter onboarding, fewer return trips, faster MTTR.

Smarter Buying: Options at Approval

Buyers shouldn’t guess. Approvals now show OEM vs approved alternatives (FFF) side-by-side with price, lead time, and lifecycle—before a PO goes out. Lifecycle signals (NRND/PCN/LTB) are visible where work happens, not parked in spreadsheets.
Why it matters: fewer rush buys, better leverage, and cleaner ERP data without extra steps.

Proof in the Field

• The Home Depot (visual search):
  • Nov 16–Dec 16, 2024: ~702,000 visual search sessions (Thanksgiving dip visible)
  • Nov 16–Dec 16, 2025: ~974,000 sessions — +38% YoY
  • On track to exceed 1,000,000 searches/month by March 2026
  Note: Home Depot’s use case focuses on visual search.

• Wien Energie: on-site workflow reviews drove simpler shortcuts and clearer placement of alternatives + lifecycle in daily operator flow.

• Bauma 2025: industry consensus: AI must work in the flow. Prove value in weeks; scale from there.

New: Six Real-World Use Cases (Updated Page)

We consolidated everything into one place so teams can jump straight to the “so what.”
Explore all six use cases → https://www.partium.io/parts-intelligence/use-cases

• DIY / Customer Self-Service – empower customers & associates to ID parts instantly

• Aftersales – faster, more accurate parts sales with fewer returns

• MRO – camera-up ID + governed data reduce time-to-fix and reruns

• Parts Logistics – visibility from inventory to work order; fewer detours

• OEM Conversion – surface verified alternatives and reduce OEM dependence

• Data Cleansing & Enrichment – standardize, dedupe, and enrich the active slice

Why it matters: fastest route from problem → proof, showing where Partium lives in the day-to-day (tech tablet, approvals, ERP/EAM) and which metrics to track.

Website, Rebuilt (Show > Tell)

• Clear routes to Visual Search, Parts Intelligence, OEM Conversion

• Faster to proof: one-pagers, demo pre-reads, side-by-side screenshots

• Performance: faster pages and a smoother mobile experience

 

 

Customer Momentum (2025)

Multiple new wins across utilities, logistics, and manufacturing in North America and Europe—client names withheld by agreement; outcomes below.

• Energy utility (EU): seconds-level ID at the point of work; –22% rush buys after approvals began showing approved alternatives + lifecycle.

• Global manufacturer (NA): camera-up search cut time-to-identify from minutes to seconds; wrong-pick rate –18% in the first 8 weeks.

• Logistics operator (EU): “active-slice” dedupe/enrichment on working SKUs improved match quality; approval cycle time –15% with options shown in ERP.

Why it matters: proof in real operations—not pilots or sandboxes—showing faster fixes, smarter buying, and cleaner data as a by-product of daily work.

 

 

From Our CEO: What’s Next in 2026

“2026 is going to be an incredible year for us.” — Philipp Descovich

• Massive product launches in Enrichment and OEM Conversion

• Strong outbound across EU and US

• A tsunami of messaging across all channels

• All of it aimed at substantial growth

Why we’ll win: Partium solves multiple business cases—saving technicians’ time, improving customer experience, reducing time-to-product in web shops, and optimizing working capital. One stands above the rest:

When you need a spare part, Partium shows your sourcing options—fast.
From similar parts in your own warehouse (spend nothing) to alternative suppliers with the best price and lead time (spend as little as possible).

This is the most direct business case in the world—the one we all face every day.

📘 New: The Partium Blog Series

Thought starters, real talk, zero fluff.
From digitizing tail spend to fixing the search bottleneck in maintenance, this hub gives operators, buyers, and data owners the how—not just the why.

• Camera-up search = TLDR to training

• Approved alternatives (FFF) + lifecycle in approvals

• Spend Matters (a procurement guide)

• Going Paperless on the Shop Floor (it's time to ditch the paper)

If you work in procurement, supply chain, or industrial service… this one’s for you.
👉 Explore the blog page

Thank You

To the technicians, buyers, planners, and IT teams who shaped the work this year—thank you. Your feedback turns ideas into results.
Right part. Right now. See you in 2026!