When new equipment is installed in your facility how do you manage getting the spare parts bill of material in a format that you can order parts? Do you use a CMMS for this function?
Any real CMMS application will have a parts linking to primary and sub components for part usage during work and PM Orders. You can also ask the vendor to provide a detail listing of parts on the equipment in excel or access format which they generally have in any case, This task is better added to the Bid Package through the buying engineer because if it is not included, the vendor will want an additional charge.
Do not forget to ask for OEN and original part numbers on the listing, else the vendor will general only include their numbers for obvious reasons.
If your CMMS allows it and you can easily attach parts to work orders and manage inventory great but there will need to be a firm link to any purchasing module you may use for ordering parts
