Technical knowledge
Texts answering real decision questions in supply chain, maintenance and entry into the Brazilian market.
This section gathers technical texts on the questions that come up most often in conversations with international manufacturers and with supply chain and maintenance engineering teams. Each text answers a concrete decision question and connects to the service lines described in Solutions and For Manufacturers.
Supplier qualification in Brazil: how a foreign manufacturer becomes an approved vendor
From corporate compliance to item approval and entry into approved vendor lists, with the mistakes that cost the most time.
Local content compliance in Brazil: what it changes in the project
Effects on the bill of materials, the localisation schedule, the supply architecture and the measurement risk.
When modular engineering with skids assembled in Brazil pays
Where the package integration happens changes cost, schedule and local content, and three definitions have to precede the choice.
When to repair and when to replace a safety valve
Objective valve MRO criteria, from bench testing before strip-down to the geometric limits that end the service life of the assembly.
How to size MRO inventory for critical items
Why turnover is the wrong criterion for a critical item and how to size by consequence of the shortage, installed population and real lead time.
What predictive maintenance detects that preventive maintenance does not
Incipient failure, silent efficiency loss, electrical signature of the drive and valve passing, plus where preventive work is still the right choice.
How to calculate the total cost of ownership of a valve in severe service
The shares that make up the bill, the present value comparison method and the three assumptions that most distort the result.
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