Across a multi-site manufacturing business, the same spare part can be bought dozens of times, often at very different prices.
One site may be paying £900 for a component while another site in the same group has already sourced the identical part for a fraction of the cost. At the same time, the open market may offer an even better price.
The problem is simple, buyers rarely have all of that information in front of them when they place the next order.
Parts Control changes that.
Our new Sourcing Agent brings together your own internal purchasing history with publicly available marketplace pricing to continuously identify where you may be overpaying.
For every part, the agent can compare:
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What each site has previously paid
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Which suppliers were used and what the contracted prices should be
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The latest internal purchase price
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Public marketplace and supplier pricing
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Potential annual savings based on usage
Instead of manually searching ERP/CMMS records, calling other sites or checking multiple supplier websites, your team gets a ranked list of sourcing opportunities in one place.
A buyer can immediately see:
“Another site buys this part cheaper.”
“A lower-priced external source has been found.”
“This price difference could save £33,000 per year.”
Each opportunity can then be reviewed, approved or declined, creating a clear workflow from insight to action.
The Sourcing Agent is part of the Parts Control approach to Agentic Spare Parts Management, using the data you already have to continuously find better decisions and lower costs.
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