Critical Spare

Spare part whose unavailability could cause unacceptable downtime, safety risk or business interruption.

Examples

01The gearbox of the main extruder is a critical spare: delivery takes 16 weeks and a failure would stop the plant.
02The maintenance review checks every quarter that each critical spare is in stock, in good condition and correctly labelled.
03When a critical spare is used, a replacement is ordered the same day and the stock record is updated.