Parts and tools
Spare parts, wear parts and maintenance tools. Product specification and compatibility matter more than price alone.
INDUSTRIAL PROCUREMENT · MAINTENANCE · MRO
Your MRO procurement.
Keeping your sites running.
A spare part, protective equipment or workshop consumables: organise the purchases that keep your sites moving. Sourcing Force and BME connect operational requirements to your purchasing rules.
Sourcing Force + Buy Made Easy
Urgent workshop needs in a shared process.
A missing part, a consumable or a local service can involve several teams for a single order.
Sourcing Force centralises requirements scattered across industrial sites, prepares purchasing files and passes the information to the procurement system.
Buy Made Easy acts as the single supplier for outsourced operations and coordinates local suppliers.
When a small part becomes critical
Maintenance is waiting.
The process must move forward.
A standard part is out of stock. Urgency does not remove technical compatibility or safety requirements.
SITE REQUIREMENTAn unavailable part.
An unavailable part.
Equipment out of service.
- Maintenance identifies the requirementProduct reference, quantity, intended use and criticality.
- The usual supplier cannot deliverAnother source is needed.
- Supplier onboarding slows progressDocuments, supplier account and approval.
Administrative lead time adds to availability delays, with potential effects on production and safety.
SOURCING FORCE + BME WORKFLOWQualify. Direct.
Qualify. Direct.
Coordinate.
- A documented requestSite, deadline, product reference and attachments in one place.
- An appropriate supplier workflowCatalogue or sourcing; BME handles the purchases assigned to it.
- Explicit responsibilitiesThe technical lead checks; the approver commits; the site receives.
A guided process to avoid unnecessary rework and make progress visible.
External industry example · Japan, 202314 factories.
14 factories.
An ordering system at a standstill.
On 29 August 2023, Toyota announced the suspension of 28 lines at its 14 Japanese factories. Its statement on 6 September linked the incident to a failure of the servers processing parts orders following maintenance work.
Read Toyota's explanation ↗A scope grounded in the workshop
MRO procurement
at the pace of your operations.
MRO — maintenance, repair and operations — covers the purchases needed to keep equipment and facilities working.
Consumables
Supplies and consumables used by production teams, reflecting the requirements of each workstation and environment.
PPE and safety
Equipment suited to workplace risks. Designated staff verify technical and safety requirements.
Technical services
One-off maintenance or inspection services, with documented requirements and responsibilities.
This process covers indirect and class C purchases. Components incorporated directly into the product sold and managed through a bill of materials form a separate scope.
From the site to the procurement team
Local requirements.
A shared view.
Each site retains its operational context; procurement gains visibility of the purchases in scope.
Workshop · maintenanceFactory · productionBranch · field service
Site + requirement + criticality + cost allocation
Shared requests and trackingProcurement · suppliersApprovers · commitmentsERP/S2P · data
Close to the requirement
The requester specifies the site, intended use and deadline; the technical lead confirms the engineering constraints.
At the right level of authority
Approvers apply your organisation's rules. Urgency does not constitute authorisation.
Through to receipt
The site checks deliveries and reports discrepancies. Relevant information feeds into procurement tracking.
Recurring or exceptional
The right process
for each requirement.
For familiar items, make approved catalogues easy to access. For unusual requests, structure the information and supplier discussions.
Explore Catalogues and PunchOut ↗Inside organisations
Industrial contexts. Practical responses.
Energy
780 tail spend suppliers rationalised.
At Rolls-Royce Nuclear, BME rationalises the tail spend supplier base.
Read the Rolls-Royce Nuclear case study (French) ↗
Manufacturing / HVAC
EUR 1.2 million in class C spend under control.
Digital oversight of spend scattered across the compressor manufacturer's sites.
Read the Tecumseh case study (French) ↗
Manufacturing / materials
More than 500 suppliers centralised.
A consolidated supplier base to reduce administrative and accounting work.
Read the Corning case study (French) ↗Explore 3 more BME customer stories
Manufacturing
A clearer view of the supplier base.
Supplier rationalisation and centralised class C purchasing for the access solutions group.
Read the ASSA ABLOY case study (French) ↗
Automotive
More than 600 orders per year.
Handling tail spend orders and centralising class C purchases.
Read the Goodyear case study (French) ↗
Construction / technical services
More than 1,500 transactions per year.
Simplified class C transactions in the lift installation and maintenance sector.
Read the OTIS case study (French) ↗An initial scope you can measure
One pilot site.
Concrete criteria.
Start with a representative purchasing category and compare the same steps before and after.
Lead timesRequest → order → receipt
WorkloadProcessing time and rework
SuppliersAccounts created and avoided
QualityDiscrepancies, exceptions and traceability
Your next step
Make room
for the purchases that matter.
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