The Secret Weapon You’re Missing in Asset Management: Unlocking Uptime with AI-Powered Spare Parts Search
Asset managementinvolves managing the maintenance of an organization’s physical assets throughout each lifecycle and helps get maximum value out of the operations of those assets. An asset management solution is required to address the construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning or replacement of parts, equipment, and facilities. An effective spare parts search solution helps to ensure assets are managed efficiently.
Asset management systems help keep an asset in operation by identifying which asset needs scheduled maintenance or repair. However, in operations with a large number of different assets under management, and even amongst identical physical assets, the varying ages of the assets make it hard to know the exact replacement part.
The consequences of poor spare part search challenges extend far beyond mere inconvenience; they slow operations and increase equipment downtime.
Getting your Spare Part Seach Problem Solved is Necessary for Effective Asset Management and Maximizing Uptime.
Keeping assets in operation is essential to maximize productivity. Delayed maintenance tasks can lead to equipment breakdowns, production downtime, compromised product quality, and frustration for everyone involved. Ensuring your spare parts search is easy, fast, and effective ensures you are maximizing equipment uptime.
Why Spare Parts Search Matters:
Reduced Downtime: Delays in identifying and acquiring replacement parts lead to extended equipment downtime, impacting production, revenue, and customer satisfaction.
Enhanced Efficiency: Accurate and efficient parts search empowers technicians to fix problems faster, reducing labor hours and boosting overall productivity.
Improved First-Time Fix Rate: Eliminating guesswork in part identification ensures the right component gets replaced the first time, minimizing repeat visits and wasted resources.
Boosted Uptime: Faster repairs translate to equipment back in operation sooner, maximizing asset utilization and overall operational efficiency.
Choosing and implementing the proper spare parts search solution is key to effective asset management.
CDS Partable is the #1 spare parts search solution for manufacturers selling aftermarket spare parts.
Enter CDS Partable: The Unsung Hero of Your Asset Management Efforts
CDS Partable, which includes an AI-powered visual part search, can identify not only the replacement part but also the currently available equivalent part from the manufacturer, expanding the value management solution provided to the manufacturer.
CDS Visual Search mobilizes technicians in the field by enabling them to use their smartphone or tablet to snap a picture of an asset part and identify it using artificial intelligence (AI). With the knowledge of the replacement part, technicians can identify currently available equivalent replaceable parts and purchase them through your ecommerce site.
Improved First-time-fix-rate on technician visits: Technician time is expensive. By making Partable’s Parts Search app, technicians are more likely to identify the right part to replace.
A reliable source of currently available replacement parts: Parts and sub-assemblies sold years ago are often superseded by new parts. With CDS Partable, the current Service Bill of Material is integrated with an ordering or request-for-quote experience, enabling technicians to order a currently available replacement part that would work with the serial number of the product they are repairing.
Improve asset uptime: The ability to replace the product quickly improves productivity and efficiency of operations, reduces reruns to the warehouse, and returns/reorders for correct parts.
Reduce labor hours on parts search: With AI-enabled tools like CDS Partable, the manual and labor-intensive process of trying to find the appropriate replacement part for maintenance can be avoided or reduced significantly.
Combined with AR Digital Training, improves the expertise level for all technicians: CDS Partable with Visual Part Search along with CDS Mentor make it easier for a technician to find and order a replacement part, and when used with CDS Mentor, provides step-by-step augmented-reality aided walkthrough of installation steps. This reduces the expertise-gap-driven errors in repairs.
Embrace the Power of Precision for your Asset Management solution with CDS Partable for Spare Parts Search.
Don’t let inefficient spare parts search hinder your asset management efforts. Implement CDS Partable and unlock the true potential of your equipment. Experience streamlined repairs, faster uptime, and a workforce empowered to handle any maintenance challenge with confidence. Invest in a superior spare parts search solution and watch your asset management system truly shine.
