Spare parts warehouse, spare parts management & spare parts logistics

Reliable spare parts management, spare parts management and integrated maintenance and spare parts logistics

Hardly any logistics segment is as demanding as spare parts logistics. It requires well thought-out and customized solutions for the storage and distribution of spare parts to ensure that sufficient quantities of spare parts are available at all times. Efficient spare parts management systematizes and structures the handling of spare parts. This is the prerequisite for day-to-day warehouse management that optimizes availability and keeps capital expenditure within reasonable limits. This is all the more important because spare parts consumption is sometimes subject to changing demand. Here in particular, a coordinated and well-stocked inventory is of utmost importance in order to keep costs under control.

Because without modern maintenance, there is no reliable automated production. Therefore, it makes sense for many reasons to outsource spare parts management to an experienced, external service provider like Lufapak. Modern machinery in industrial production is so complex and specified that storing large wear parts at the place of use would be uneconomical due to the technology and the immense space required.

Here, the fulfillment service provider acts as a spare parts manager, as an interface between the supplier and the point of use. At Lufapak, the spare parts are delivered, recorded and stored and can be retrieved there within a very short time. If necessary, Lufapak also takes care of the assembly of the individual components, so that in an emergency they arrive at the damage site ready for use and without further delay. Modern software and real-time inventory management ensure that the overview of the inventory always corresponds to the actual state.

Customers have the certainty that their spare parts management is fast, professional and economically secured. They can rest assured that spare parts supply is also guaranteed in terms of delivery times and logistics performance. Safety stocks, which have long been the norm, are now a thing of the past. This applies not only to standard parts but also, if necessary, to custom-made products. Another advantage of Lufapak as spare parts manager is that the complete logistic and administrative handling is also taken over.

For this complex system of spare parts logistics to function, a valid determination of the demand for spare parts is required so that damage repair can be realistically forecast without tying up capital unnecessarily by keeping too many spare parts on hand. This also applies to the area of after-sales logistics. Here, customers expect that the technology sold will also guarantee them a sustainable supply of spare parts.

The organization and management of a spare parts warehouse entails special requirements: many references must be accurately recorded and managed, and the parts can range from very small to large. This is challenging, especially when parts sometimes differ only in details and are not marked. It then becomes apparent that accurate inventory information is the decisive prerequisite for a low error rate. Since spare parts are often needed at short notice, quick access must be possible. At Lufapak, a sophisticated warehouse management system and personnel trained in warehouse and industrial requirements are intertwined for this purpose.

The collection and provision of spare parts is not the end of the story: in order for this spare parts logistics to work, Lufapak also takes care of the assembly, if necessary, so that the required workpiece arrives at its destination ready for immediate use. The assembly, packaging, labeling and shipping of the spare parts is also in one hand at Lufapak.

In this way, the company has been working with premium manufacturers from the mechanical engineering and automotive industries for years. They know that Lufapak, as an experienced fulfillment service provider, plays a decisive role in not only minimizing costs, time and effort, but also offers quality at the highest level at the same time.