If you’re an experienced procurement, maintenance or engineering professional, the race to find a replacement part is a familiar and frustrating story.
One failed or damaged part can sideline an essential piece of equipment and slow down or halt production, force an unplanned operational shutdown or trigger a major safety incident.
When costs are escalating with every minute of downtime or lost production – the pressure is on you to find the part as quickly as possible.
Before long, you’ve hit a wall with your usual sources and no one can supply the part you need in a hurry.
How often have you asked yourself ‘what if’…?
Well, now there is… The team at MaydaySpares have gone beyond ‘what ifs’ to find a new way for you to get parts fast.
The team at MaydaySpares has 40+ years’ combined experience working in the high-pressured environments of mining, oil and gas operations/projects, supply, logistics, procurement and warehousing.
They’ve seen – or worked on – every type of spare parts procurement emergency.
And that’s why they pooled their broad experience and knowledge to find a procurement solution that’s fast, easy-to-use and discreet.
MaydaySpares has developed a reliable, efficient tool to help businesses find the parts fast. It’s designed to encourage communication and collaboration across a worldwide network of diverse industries – not just your own.
When you need parts or equipment urgently, MaydaySpares offers you an alternative to the traditional procurement process. Now you have an option that is:
When you register with MaydaySpares, you join a global network of procurement, maintenance and engineering professionals across a broad spectrum of industries.
MaydaySpares can connect you with suppliers across the world or across the street – you never know – the part you seek might be much closer than you think.
Our way – fast, easy and discreet
A MAYDAY offers you a new way to manage the search for emergency spare parts or equipment.
It’s fast, easy and discreet – you can be up and running in just a few minutes.
Whether you’re searching for a part or you can supply one, the process is straightforward and quick to implement. Here’s how it works:
Create a MAYDAY:
Help with a MAYDAY:
That’s the hard work over with – it really is that simple.
So, whether you’ve created a MAYDAY or responded to one, all you have to do now is wait for a reply from our network, then start a conversation.
Don’t wait for your next spare parts emergency – take advantage of our FREE registration and create your profile today. You’ll be ready to create a MAYDAY that can help you:
Reduce risk – some part failures cause emergencies that put people or the environment at risk. Sourcing replacement parts more efficiently can save lives and minimise damage
Save time – create a MAYDAY in just a few minutes and reach suppliers worldwide within 2 hours
Save money – if you can source your part more quickly, you can reduce the high cost of unplanned downtime or damage
Protect your interests – search anonymously because you don’t want to share your operational difficulties with the world
Connect and collaborate – grow new connections and foster collaborative relationships, inside your industry, and beyond
As you learn more about our faster option for finding spare parts, you might have some questions. You are not alone. Here are the questions we hear most often. If you have others, please get in touch at info@maydayspares.com
MaydaySpares is an online platform created to help people in large industrial and commercial companies find spare parts fast or sell surplus spare parts and equipment.
We use technology and online communities to distribute ‘MAYDAYs’ to as many people as possible. In this way, we deliver more solutions and more opportunities for professional connection and collaboration. The spare part or equipment you need urgently could be a lot closer than you think or that person seeking your surplus items may not be known to you.
First you need to be a MaydaySpares Member. Then, you submit a ‘MAYDAY’ (urgently required item or surplus for sale), which we distribute to our members and online communities. When the offers to help or purchase come in, we notify you by email, and on your My MAYDAY screen. Then it is up to you to communicate, collaborate and negotiate to find your best solution.
When you find spare parts fast, it means reduced downtime and returning to full production faster, which can save you a great deal of money. This solution also enables collaboration between industries and across the same industry.
When you sell surplus means you reduce space held in your warehouse or operation, you recover capital for items that have been left idle, and you are potentially helping other industry. It is also likely you will recover more capital when compared to traditional disposal options.
Our designers come from the world of large corporates and understand the need for discretion. As a MAYDAY creator, you have control of your privacy and can choose when to reveal your identity to the people or companies you are collaborating with.
We reveal to the MAYDAY creator the name and company details of the members who have offered to help supply your urgently required item or purchase your surplus for sale.
MaydaySpares is a solution for all industries in all locations. The solution can work for the smallest and largest parts and equipment across the world.
You must select an expiry date for each MAYDAY item. The expiry date can be a maximum of 180 days from today (the MAYDAY creation date), although this defaults to 30 days. This is the amount of time that the MAYDAY item remains active on the MaydaySpares site. When you create a MAYDAY (for an urgently required item) it is usually an urgent requirement.
Yes, we are fully operational.
It is FREE to register and post items on MaydaySpares. Should you require your item to be promoted (advertised) across our various channels, you can select one of the payment options available. Payments are available via AMEX, Visa and Mastercard.
It is FREE for users to register and offer to supply an urgently required item or offer to purchase a surplus item.
MaydaySpares operates 24/7. After your request is verified, it will be released to the other members and online communities within 2 hours of creation.
We expect to receive responses for your MAYDAY request within the first 24-36 hours for paid promotion. Total reach is expected to be achieved within 36-48 hours, but this may be longer in some cases. The quickest and widest reach is achieved when paid promotion is seleted.
At this stage, English is the only language supported. Please email us if you would like to see additional languages supported. info@maydayspares.com
MaydaySpares sends emails to confirm the creation of your MAYDAY, and when responses are received to your MAYDAY post. We also send a confirmation email to the person/company who offers to help or purchase your surplus. We also send various email broadcasts and newsletters. We monitor that these email messages are sent. So please add info@maydayspares.com to your contacts or safe senders list and also check your Spam or Junk email folders.
Please email MaydaySpares at info@maydayspares.com with this request and also quote your username to have your account deleted.
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