https://www.partium.io/blog Articles for maintenance, procurement and aftermarket teams on spare parts: part identification, master data, obsolete parts and MRO sourcing. en https://www.partium.io/blog/find-duplicates-material-master https://www.partium.io/blog/find-duplicates-material-master How to find duplicates in the material master: three passes you can run on an SAP extract today, what each one misses, and what it takes to cover the rest. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/find-obsolete-spare-parts https://www.partium.io/blog/find-obsolete-spare-parts How to find obsolete spare parts across your catalog: a three-step sweep to start on one machine, the blind spot it shows, and which parts to work first. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/parts-portal-search-zero-results https://www.partium.io/blog/parts-portal-search-zero-results Why parts portal search comes back empty for parts you sell, a ten-request test you can run on your own portal, and what the search inside it has to do. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/spare-parts-inquiry-parts-desk https://www.partium.io/blog/spare-parts-inquiry-parts-desk A spare parts inquiry rarely names the part. What to ask for at intake so fewer requests go back to the customer, and where clarification gets shorter. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/maverick-buying-mro-search https://www.partium.io/blog/maverick-buying-mro-search Maverick buying in MRO is rarely defiance. Most off-contract spare parts orders start when the search finds nothing. Trace them back, part by part. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/metal-tariffs-spare-parts https://www.partium.io/blog/metal-tariffs-spare-parts Metal tariffs on spare parts reach the buyer as surcharges. Judge each one against what the part should cost, and act where the price does not hold. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/mro-material-search-before-you-buy https://www.partium.io/blog/mro-material-search-before-you-buy An MRO material search that misses a part ends in a purchase. Why buyers reorder spare parts already in stock at other plants, and what the search must do. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/spare-parts-search-material-master https://www.partium.io/blog/spare-parts-search-material-master Why spare parts search in the material master misses parts you stock: abbreviations, languages, typos, dealer numbers. Plus a five-part test for your own. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/from-reactive-response-to-proactive-parts-decisions https://www.partium.io/blog/from-reactive-response-to-proactive-parts-decisions Reactive maintenance often starts with spare parts records nobody trusts, long before a machine stops. What it takes to have the part decision ready. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/customers-bring-the-pain-pocs-build-the-proof https://www.partium.io/blog/customers-bring-the-pain-pocs-build-the-proof Evaluating spare parts software in a new category: buyers know the pain but cannot yet specify the product, so the proof is built on their own data. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/ai-needs-power-power-needs-parts https://www.partium.io/blog/ai-needs-power-power-needs-parts Behind AI's energy demand are transformer spare parts, cables and switchgear, and the teams who have to identify and source them before work stalls. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/supplier-discovery-oem-dependency-part-context https://www.partium.io/blog/supplier-discovery-oem-dependency-part-context Finding alternative suppliers for OEM spare parts starts with the part record, and whether it holds enough to show the sources hidden from view. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/aftersales-parts-search-customer-experience https://www.partium.io/blog/aftersales-parts-search-customer-experience Customers rarely know the part number. For an OEM, aftermarket parts identification at the parts desk is what the customer experiences as service. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/mro-delays-right-part-decision https://www.partium.io/blog/mro-delays-right-part-decision Many maintenance delays start with spare parts, before the repair: when nobody can say which part it is, whether it is in stock and who else sells it. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/parts-intelligence-search-sourcing-decisions https://www.partium.io/blog/parts-intelligence-search-sourcing-decisions Industrial teams have systems and spare parts data. What sourcing and maintenance decisions lack is the part's full context when someone decides. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/fff-form-fit-function-approved-alternates https://www.partium.io/blog/fff-form-fit-function-approved-alternates Form, fit, function (FFF) turns a substitute spare part into an approved alternate: what each covers, which fields to record, and who signs. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/lifecycle-nrnd-pcn-ltb https://www.partium.io/blog/lifecycle-nrnd-pcn-ltb NRND, PCNs and last-time buys are routine for any plant. Put lifecycle status where decisions are made, and run obsolescence as a standing program. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/mro-tail-spend https://www.partium.io/blog/mro-tail-spend MRO tail spend is the long list of small spare-parts purchases spread over many suppliers. Start with fewer suppliers and a price for every part. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/find-the-right-spare-part https://www.partium.io/blog/find-the-right-spare-part Nine ways to find the right spare part from what is at the machine: the nameplate, the maker's part number, the parts list and stock at every plant. Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/maintenance-cost-drivers https://www.partium.io/blog/maintenance-cost-drivers The five biggest maintenance cost drivers in industrial plants, and what you control about each: downtime, stock, price, obsolescence and know-how. Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.partium.io/blog/hidden-costs-spare-parts-master-data https://www.partium.io/blog/hidden-costs-spare-parts-master-data Duplicate records, overstock beside stock-outs, slower repairs: the hidden costs of poor spare parts master data, and where each one shows up. Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT