{"id":44419,"date":"2020-05-26T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caireadydev1.wpenginepowered.com\/life-sciences\/cai-the-forgotten-capital-spares\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T17:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T21:53:46","slug":"the-forgotten-capital-spares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caiready.com\/life-sciences\/blog\/the-forgotten-capital-spares\/","title":{"rendered":"The Forgotten Capital Spares"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preservation Program<\/span><\/h1>\n
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What are Capital Spares?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A Capital Spare is a piece of equipment, or a spare part, of significant cost that is maintained in inventory for use in the event that a similar piece of critical equipment fails or must be rebuilt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is the purpose of Capital Spares?<\/p>\n

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Minimize Downtime:<\/span><\/h6>\n
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  1. Protect an organization from a major equipment failure that would result in a prolonged shutdown due to long lead times to get a replacement.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Rotatable Spare Part \u2013 Held in inventory for extended periods of time to be used by one site, or shared between multiple sites, to replace an existing long-life piece of equipment that is scheduled for a major repair.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Capital Spares are held in inventory and assumed to be in a fully functional and 100% reliable condition.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    How can Capital Spares provide a false sense of security?<\/p>\n

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    Equipment \u201cInfant Mortality\u201d Failure:<\/span><\/h6>\n
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