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Spare Parts Portals
Serial Number LookupBOM Explorer3D Parts DiagramsERP Integration

B2B Spare Parts Portal Development

Your Parts Desk Burns 60 Hours A Week On Serial Number Lookups

87%
Fewer Order Errors
With visual part selection
24/7
Self-Service Access
No phone queues
<200ms
Search Response
Algolia-powered
95+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
What A Spare Parts Portal Actually Replaces — And What It Won't

Your technician lands on the portal at 2 AM. They type a serial number, drill into the BOM, spin a 3D exploded-view diagram, and add the exact seal to cart—live inventory, real price, order ships at sunrise. No phone tree. No PDF catalog guessing. Your spare parts portal connects directly to your ERP so every search hits current stock, supersession chains resolve automatically, and your parts desk stops playing human lookup table. It handles the 80% of orders that don't need expert intervention. Your team keeps the 20% that actually require judgment. Downtime shrinks. Return rates drop. Your aftermarket margin stops leaking to channel conflict and backorder chaos.

Waar projecten falen

Technicians call your parts desk and wait 20 minutes for a part number Meanwhile, every hour of machine downtime is costing that customer $10K–$50K in lost production.
Customers order from flat PDF catalogs and get the wrong part Return rates hit 15–25%, which eats margins and, eventually, trust.
Your serial-to-BOM mapping lives in a spreadsheet — or in someone's head When that person leaves, the knowledge goes with them.
ERP inventory data never reaches customers in real time Orders placed against zero stock kick off backorder cascades and a wave of angry emails.
Nobody sees cross-sell or upsell opportunities when a customer's hunting for a single part That's 30%+ of aftermarket revenue left on the table every quarter.
Dealers maintain their own shadow catalogs on stale data Price discrepancies and discontinued-part orders create channel conflict you're constantly cleaning up.

Compliance

Serial Number Lookup

A customer enters their machine serial and immediately sees their exact configuration, eligible parts, and available upgrade paths. When original parts are discontinued, AI surfaces the alternatives automatically.

Interactive BOM Explorer

A hierarchical Bill of Materials with expand/collapse navigation, tied directly to your ERP structure. Each node links to part details, live availability, and one-click ordering.

3D Exploded-View Diagrams

Three.js-powered 3D models let users rotate, zoom, and click individual components to add them to cart. We convert your existing CAD files into web-ready assets — no manual remodeling required.

Real-Time ERP Integration

Bidirectional sync with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, or Epicor — live inventory, customer-specific pricing, order status. No batch jobs. Webhook-driven updates.

Account-Based Pricing & Access

Dealer tiers, contract pricing, and volume discounts enforced per login. Each customer sees only the machines and price lists tied to their account.

Predictive Maintenance Bundles

The portal auto-generates maintenance kits based on machine age, runtime hours, and service history. Push notifications go out when a scheduled service window is coming up.

Wat we bouwen

Train search on your order history so partial numbers and natural language queries return the right part, not a dead end

Your technicians find the right part in under 90 seconds instead of waiting on hold for 20 minutes

Ingest STEP, IGES, STL, and native CAD files to generate interactive 3D viewers without manual remodeling

Your return rate drops from 15–25% to single digits because customers see exploded views before they order

Track supersession chains automatically so discontinued parts resolve to current replacements with cross-reference notes

Your serial-to-BOM mapping lives in the system so turnover doesn't erase institutional knowledge

Deploy white-labeled sub-portals for each dealer with separate branding, inventory allocation, and customer lists

Your customers see real-time inventory before they click 'order' so backorder cascades stop flooding your inbox

Capture warranty claims and service requests tied to serial numbers with photo upload to cut back-and-forth by 60%

Your portal suggests cross-sell and upsell opportunities at the moment of search so you capture 30% more aftermarket revenue

Surface analytics showing top-searched parts, failed searches, and demand signals that inform purchasing decisions

Your dealers pull pricing and availability from a single source of truth so channel conflict stops burning your time

Ons proces

01

Data Audit & ERP Mapping

We start by going through your parts data, BOM structures, serial number schemas, and ERP endpoints. Gaps, duplicates, and broken supersession chains get surfaced before we write a single line of code.
Week 1–2
02

Architecture & Wireframes

We design the buyer flows — serial lookup, BOM navigation, 3D interaction. API contracts for your ERP get defined, staging environments get stood up, and account-based pricing rules get mapped out.
Week 3–4
03

Core Build & ERP Integration

We build the Next.js portal, Algolia search index, Three.js viewer, and live ERP connectors. Serial lookup, BOM explorer, and cart/checkout all go functional in staging.
Week 5–9
04

3D Asset Pipeline & QA

We process your CAD library into web-optimized 3D models and run end-to-end testing across serial lookups, order flows, and ERP sync. Load testing runs against realistic catalog volumes.
Week 10–12
05

Launch & Optimization

We deploy to Vercel edge with CDN-cached 3D assets, train your team on the admin tools, and monitor search analytics, failed lookups, and conversion rates through the first 30 days.
Week 13–14
Next.jsSupabaseVercelThree.jsAlgoliaSAP/Oracle ERP APIsPostgreSQLRedisCloudflare

Veelgestelde vragen

How does serial number lookup work in a spare parts portal?

The customer types in a machine serial number. That queries your ERP — or a synced database — and returns the exact machine configuration, its Bill of Materials, and all eligible replacement parts. If a part's discontinued, the system walks the supersession chain and shows the current alternative with cross-reference documentation. The customer never has to call anyone.

Can you integrate with our existing ERP system?

Yes. We build bidirectional API integrations with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor, and Infor. For ERPs that don't have modern APIs, we use middleware or scheduled sync with webhook-triggered cache updates. Live inventory, customer-specific pricing, and order status all flow through the portal without anyone touching it manually.

What does the 3D parts diagram feature require from us?

We need your existing CAD files in STEP, IGES, STL, or native SolidWorks/CATIA format. Our pipeline converts them into lightweight, web-ready 3D models rendered with Three.js. Every component in the exploded view becomes clickable and links to the corresponding part record, BOM node, and cart action.

How long does it take to build a spare parts portal?

A typical portal — serial lookup, BOM explorer, 3D diagrams, ERP integration — takes 12–14 weeks from kickoff to launch. Simpler builds, like catalog search with ERP sync but no 3D, can ship in 8–10 weeks. It depends on catalog size, ERP complexity, and how ready your CAD assets are.

Can dealers get their own branded portal?

Yes. We build multi-tenant architectures where each dealer gets a white-labeled sub-portal with their own logo, domain, customer list, and inventory allocation. All of it runs on one admin backend with the same ERP integration, so you've got a single source of truth for parts data and pricing.

How do you handle parts that have been discontinued?

We track supersession chains in the database. When your ERP flags a part as discontinued, the portal resolves the chain to the current active replacement automatically. Customers see the original part marked discontinued with a clear link to the recommended alternative — fit notes and spec differences included. Nobody ends up in a dead end.

Spare Parts Portals from $18,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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