Solutions

Solutions by outcome and industry

Pick the result you're after, then your world. Every combination is a focused plan for the outcome that moves your number.

Two questions decide which page you want: what result you are after, and what kind of operation you run. This index crosses 6 outcomes with 9 industries, and each pairing has its own page covering the situation in that sector and what changes.

The industries are not interchangeable. A pipe-and-valve distributor and a utility both carry too much stock, but one is buried under SKU count and the other under critical spares held deliberately. The short descriptions below say which of those you are, and the outcome sections above link to the pairing.

Reduce Excess & Obsolete Inventory

Clear the graveyard aisle and stop the write-offs.

Monetize Surplus & Idle Assets

Turn a pile of unknown value into priced, sellable cash.

Automate RFQs & Sourcing

Quote in minutes, not days — and never overpay again.

Free Trapped Working Capital

Release the cash frozen in stock without hurting service.

Run Autonomous Operations

Let the system decide the routine; your team owns the exceptions.

Improve Inventory Accuracy & Balance

Right part, right branch, right time — one view across every DC.

The industries

Industrial Distribution

Multi-branch distributors carrying deep MRO and production-equipment catalogs, where imbalance and dead stock hide across dozens of locations.

MRO Distribution

MRO and spare-parts operations where 15–25% of stock runs excess or obsolete and most transactions are low-value tail spend.

Oil & Gas Distribution

Energy distributors and operators with long-lead spares, project-driven demand, and high-value surplus sitting idle in yards.

Oilfield Services

Field-services operators with surplus production equipment and spares whose fair market value is unknown until it's scrapped.

PVF Distribution

Pipe, valve, and fitting distributors managing enormous SKU counts where slow movers quietly bury working capital.

Electrical Distribution

Electrical distributors balancing project and counter demand across branches, with excess accumulating after every job.

Utilities & Power

Utilities carrying critical spares and long-tail inventory where availability matters but carrying cost compounds.

Chemical & Process Manufacturing

Process plants with reliability-driven spare-parts inventory where obsolescence and duplication accumulate silently.

Mining

Remote, capital-heavy operations where idle equipment and spares tie up cash far from any resale channel.

See what your inventory is really costing you.

Tell us where the cash is trapped — excess stock, idle surplus, slow RFQs — and we'll show you the outcome Maintained can unlock.