Reducing cost with Sidel spare parts service

SIDEL has introduced a spare parts service that will help beverage companies minimize cost.  The company is encouraging beverage producers, whether big or small, to be more involved in parts inventory management. Being prepared with spare parts on hand can prevent work long stoppages or downtime.

"This is because spare parts have always been – and still remain - a critical part of beverage bottling line management.  By being proactive in the handling of spare parts, customers are equipped to avoid long-term stoppages and unnecessary downtime," said Samuel Gobbe, Customer Services Director for Greater Middle East & Africa Zone at Sidel.

The Spare Parts & Logistics team, part of the Sidel Services™ business unit offers the service and provides a holistic approach to lowering total costs of ownership (TCO) and raising overall equipment efficiency (OEE) and productivity for the installed Sidel equipment of beverage producers worldwide.

"When even a few minutes of lost production can have significant financial consequences, minimizing downtime is very important to all our customers – big and small,” said Mr Gobbe.  “High quality spare parts, along with the speed of supply and planned stock replenishment programmes, are fundamental to achieving this.  We believe that proactively managing parts inventory is one relatively simple yet effective way for all beverage producers to eliminate unscheduled breaks in production."

The new service is a combination of three new order types (Emergency, Stock Replenishment and Maintenance); four recommended lists of strategically critical parts (Emergencies, Maintenance, Overhaul and Uptime), tailored to fit different production conditions; and a comprehensive portfolio of parts covering the company’s entire portfolio of equipment, past and present. 

The leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging advises customers to plan ahead using the lists and order parts in advance. Producers can reduce their upfront costs, have the flexibility to manage costs to meet demand, and be ready in case there is a need to replace parts.

With over 165 years of experience, Sidel knows how long it takes to deliver parts to customers in order to keep production running.  It says some 1,000 orders are processed and shipped globally every day, or more than one order every two minutes, to an installed base of over 30,000 machines in 191 countries.  As well as the very latest parts - and bundles of parts – the company provides remanufactured parts and components that deliver same-as-new performance and reliability.