Even in 2025, manufacturing and industrial facilities professionals still mostly turn to local partners for industrial repair And while local partners are often great repair professionals, they cannot specialize in repairing every component used in a manufacturing plant or industrial facility. Thus, manufacturing and industrial facilities professionals are then forced to scrap failed parts with untapped potential and purchase new components, taking an unnecessary bite out of already thinly stretched budgets. What if, instead, you could find one fully integrated industrial repair solution that transcends geographic limits?
Industrial Repair without Geographic Limits
Introducing global industrial repair management. Using an industrial repair management partner that has access to a global network allows your repair efforts to cross geographic boundaries like never before. This allows you to work with one vendor and gain access to a network of hundreds, even thousands, of repair partners across the globe. Not only does this allow your U.S.-based facilities to utilize repair partners outside of their normal locations, it allows for a standardized industrial repair solution that is fit for your plants and facilities across the globe.
Why is it beneficial?
Global industrial repair management can help manufacturing and industrial facilities professionals repair more components than ever before. This includes components that may require a highly specialized repair partner to fix or components that are nearing the end of their lifecycle and becoming obsolete. By opening your network to repair partners outside of your geographic region, you can unlock the full potential of your components and save some much-needed budget for more crucial requirements.
Having a standardized repair solution among all your plants and facilities across the globe also allows you more insight into the processes professionals in your facilities are using for repair. This means you can ensure each failed component is checked to see if it is viable for repair, ultimately allowing you to repair more components, save on unnecessary MRO costs, and cut on waste created by scrapped parts.
What are best practices when using global industrial repair services?
If you are planning to utilize a global network of repair partners outside of the country your plant is in, make sure you have inventory management practices in place. Global industrial repair will work best for non-urgent repairs, so make sure if you are planning to send an item out for repair globally, there is a spare component you can use in place of the failed one in the meantime. This allows your plant to avoid downtime while still getting the best price and quality repair possible.
It is also best practice to ensure your industrial repair management partner has technology in place to track repairs and provide insights on repairs. When utilizing a global approach to industrial repair, it is imperative for all parties involved in the repair process to be able to track status of repairs, spend, savings through repair, failures, and more. The ability to track these insights allows your team a truly centralized approach to repair, and without them, it is not likely that a standard approach to repair will be successful for plant or facility employees. An industrial repair management partner that can offer global solutions while providing technology and data to back it up will provide the best partnership for your plant employees and take the weight of repair off of their shoulders.
Conclusion
In today’s world where most operations are globalized, it only makes sense for industrial MRO repair solutions to work beyond geographic limitations, as well. With companies that have plants and facilities in several states, countries, and continents, a uniform, global solution often works best to cut waste and save your team on repair costs. At AH Group, we offer operations in seven different countries across three continents. We also work with a network of over 3,000 repair partners across the globe to get you the highest quality repair for the best price each time. Contact us at info@ahgroupna.com to learn more about our limitless global solutions.