MRO spares and materials optimisation
OptimalSPARES™ holds the right part, in the right quantity, for the right reason, and releases the capital tied up in the rest. Criticality-driven stocking, AI-assisted data, and one source of truth across sites and ERPs.
Illustrative view. Value-delivery graphic for the demo build.
Built on the Optimal® ARaaS® platform
The value
Ranges confirmed across Optimal client engagements. Where each result lands depends on your baseline and how hard the losses are worked.
Confirmed Optimal client ranges, shown for context. Illustrative, not a performance guarantee.
What it does
Clean the data, rank the criticality, size the stock, and write it back to the ERP – less capital, fewer stockouts.
Consultancy, BoM builder and permanent optimisation, from assessment to ongoing stocking.
Structured, AI-assisted classification with UNSPSC and eClass codes and ISO 8000 rules.
Fuzzy matching finds the same physical part under different descriptions and consolidates it.
Spare criticality from asset criticality, lead time, demand and alternatives.
EOQ, reorder point and safety stock, with Poisson and one-for-one for slow movers.
Write classified data and min, max and reorder points back for materials requirements planning.
How it works
OptimalSPARES™ makes the maintenance strategy executable by holding the parts, and pools stock across the network.
Define the objectives of the APM strategy.
Transform strategy into systems that collect data and manage change.
Use analytics to monitor performance in real time.
Analyse the data to optimise performance continuously.
Illustrative value
Move the two levers within the confirmed Optimal ranges to see an illustrative annual value from fewer stockout shutdowns and lower maintenance cost, alongside the inventory it releases. This is a conversation starter, not a quote.
Illustrative annual value
Illustrative only, based on confirmed Optimal client ranges applied to figures you enter. Not a guarantee of results.
GARPI™ is the Optimal asset performance benchmark, an ISO 55001 and GFMAM-aligned view of asset management maturity across eight dimensions. See where you stand and where this app moves the needle first.
FAQ
It cleans and classifies the materials data, ranks spares by criticality, sizes the min, max and reorder points to a service level, and writes the result back to the ERP.
The capital comes out of the slow-moving tail that never gets used, while the critical parts get better coverage. Targeting, not a blanket cut, does it.
Duplicated and mis-described parts cause phantom stockouts and duplicate holding. Optimising dirty data just optimises the errors.
Yes. It is built to be ERP and SAP ready, writing classified data and stocking parameters back for materials requirements planning, and it prepares data for an S/4HANA migration.
It is the materials engine of the Optimal® ARaaS® platform, taking criticality from OptimalAvailability Studio™ and remaining-life signals from OptimalTREND™ for just-in-time orders.
Start a 14-day OptimalSPARES™ trial and see the criticality, the stocking policy and the inventory it frees.
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