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Critical spare parts on time as a key to smooth production

Critical spare parts on time as a key to smooth production

When we talk about industrial products the range is so wide that it seems practically unfathomable. In this article we are going to focus on some very specific ones, the critical components and spare parts that are so key to the correct functioning of the machines. To mention a few, we talk about elements such as sensors, PLCs, HMIs, cylinders, cables, automata, cards, valves or drives.

Companies and production centers in very powerful sectors such as iron and steel, chemical, energy, waste management, combustion, food or textile, among others, know the strategic importance of having these critical spare parts available on time.

To better understand the relevance of critical components, it is advisable to make a brief analysis of the main problems faced by those responsible for production centers in relation to the critical elements and the machines in which they operate. Here we go!

Failure of a key component

Everything flows like a charm until, suddenly, that industrial component that makes everything work fails. At best, technicians and maintenance managers know how to fix it or have a critical part on hand. In a somewhat darker scenario, technicians are not able to repair it, they do not have the spare parts they need and, in addition, their suppliers give them unaffordable delivery times. At that point, a desperate search will begin.

Machine stopped

The machine, esa same that guarantees the manufacture of the company's star product and until a minute ago it was like silk, stops. Every second of downtime translates into lost money and a considerable level of stress for the maintenance manager, who, while looking for a critical spare part without finding it among his suppliers, feels closer and closer the breath of his bosses, in turn watched very closely by the final customers who wait for their order within the agreed deadline.

Unemployed operators

Machine stop are two words that, on many occasions, triggers a chain reaction. When it has been a critical component that has caused the machine to stop, this chain reaction begins to take shape until it becomes a snowball. If it does not stop in time, the snowball becomes bigger and bigger, having catastrophic consequences for the company.

One of the first consequences, in addition to the fact that the machine has stopped producing, is that the operators or technicians who work on said machine will go to work, yes, but their work tool will not be available. Therefore, we have a machine stopped and operators not working. The snowball keeps spinning and we keep losing money, in fact, more and more.

Millionaire sanctions

Companies, production centres or factories, whether large industrial groups or SMEs, work, as a general rule, on request. This means that the usual thing in the industrial sector is that the manufacturer has agreed a very specific delivery date with the customer.

Whether it is, to give some examples, a thousand stainless steel tubes, X pallets of silentblocks or a million glass bottles that have been agreed to deliver to the client, it will be better to deliver it on time to save us a great displeasure. In that sense, the absence or shortage of critical spare parts at any given time, can generate a new problem: breaches of contract for a delivery of material out of date.

What happens if this delivery date is not respected and is delivered later than stipulated in the agreement? Normally, an untimely delivery will result in penalties, in many cases millionaires, for those who have not fulfilled their part of the contract.

Lack of spare parts supply

With the wide variety of critical spare parts that exist and the importance of a correct supply of them, it is really necessary to have a guarantee provider that can respond when the company needs it most.

The ideal supplier, or at least that's how we see it, is the one that will supply different categories of products, in record time, which has in its catalog a wide variety of industrial brands linked to different products and that, in addition, guarantees prices adjusted to the reality of the market. It is actually a super supplier that has contact with many other suppliers, manufacturers and trusted warehouses to be able to give an optimal and immediate response in moments of urgency such as those analyzed.

Our experience tells us that it is convenient to reinvent and educate to change the consumption habits of industrial companies, sometimes more typical of the last century. The benefits are enormous. The search for a key supplier, adapted to the real needs of companies and a 100% digital scenario, guarantees a much more agile, fast and transparent industrial purchasing process compared to traditional purchasing channels. As if that were not enough, the work is greatly facilitated for the professionals involved such as the person in charge of maintenance, the person in charge of purchases or the person in charge of administration.

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