https://maintained.ai Maintained is the agentic AI layer for industrial distribution, MRO, and energy operations — cutting excess and obsolete inventory, turning surplus into cash at fair market value, automating RFQs, and freeing trapped working capital. AI acts; your team approves the calls that matter. en-us Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/research/state-of-surplus-mro-inventory https://maintained.ai/research/state-of-surplus-mro-inventory An anonymized analysis of ~11,000 surplus MRO and industrial line items across a multi-site network: how much value sits idle, how little is invoice-backed, and how far scrap falls below fair market value. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/research/how-much-mro-inventory-is-excess https://maintained.ai/research/how-much-mro-inventory-is-excess Industry benchmarks put excess and obsolete MRO stock at 15–25%. An anonymized analysis of ~11,000 surplus line items shows why it's so hard to see — and where the recoverable value actually hides. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/research/what-surplus-industrial-equipment-is-worth https://maintained.ai/research/what-surplus-industrial-equipment-is-worth Fair market value for surplus industrial equipment runs 20–50% below reference price by category. An anonymized analysis of ~11,000 line items shows the discounts, where value concentrates, and the scrap-vs-FMV gap. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/research/the-long-tail-of-dead-stock https://maintained.ai/research/the-long-tail-of-dead-stock In an anonymized analysis of ~11,000 surplus line items, 73% were worth under $25 each and held just 27% of value. Where surplus value concentrates — and why the head and tail need different strategies. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/research/why-surplus-inventory-stays-invisible https://maintained.ai/research/why-surplus-inventory-stays-invisible Only ~0.2% of a ~11,000-item surplus pool was formally marked for depletion, while ~90% carried only low-confidence values. Surplus stays invisible because records can't support a confident decision. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/excess-and-obsolete-inventory https://maintained.ai/excess-and-obsolete-inventory Excess and obsolete inventory is stock that sells slowly or not at all, and it costs the typical distributor about 25% of its value every year. You reduce it by finding slow movers across every branch, redistributing what another location needs, right-sizing reorder points, and monetizing true dead stock at fair market value. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/surplus-asset-monetization https://maintained.ai/surplus-asset-monetization To monetize surplus and idle assets, first establish each item's fair market value, then route it to the highest-recovery channel — internal redeployment, fair-market resale, or RFQ. Scrapping recovers only 5–15% of original cost, while documented, fair-market resale recovers far more. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/rfq-automation https://maintained.ai/rfq-automation RFQ automation captures a request, benchmarks it against fair market value, compares supplier and internal-surplus options, and produces a quote in minutes instead of the usual 3–4 days. It also flags overpriced buys and cuts the 20–30% of indirect spend that leaks to off-contract buying. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/working-capital-inventory https://maintained.ai/working-capital-inventory To free working capital tied up in inventory, raise inventory turns and cut days sales of inventory (DSI) by clearing excess and obsolete stock and right-sizing safety stock — without dropping fill rate. Every added turn releases cash roughly one-for-one with the inventory it removes. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/agentic-ai-supply-chain https://maintained.ai/agentic-ai-supply-chain Agentic AI for supply chain means AI systems that take goal-directed action — running routine inventory and procurement decisions continuously and escalating only exceptions and value calls to a human. Unlike rule-based automation, it decides what to do next toward an outcome and adapts as conditions change. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT https://maintained.ai/mro-digital-transformation https://maintained.ai/mro-digital-transformation Digital transformation for MRO and industrial distribution means moving from systems that record data to systems that decide and act — cutting excess inventory, monetizing surplus, automating procurement, and freeing working capital. The fastest ROI comes from the highest-cash outcomes, not a multi-year platform rebuild. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:20:57 GMT