Feature|Videos|November 13, 2026
Securing the Supply Chain: OEM Programs and a Formal Sparing Strategy
Key Takeaways
- Discover how OEM supply-chain and storage programs are designed to minimize wait times for critical parts.
- Learn how one operator's formal sparing philosophy and RAM report drive its capital-versus-operational spares decisions.
Shady Saeed and Omar Al-Essa reveal two very different strategies for securing spare parts: one built around OEM programs, the other around a strict internal policy.
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With spare parts availability under pressure, OEMs and end users are taking different paths to secure supply. Shady Saeed describes how FS-Elliott has expanded its global supply chain and built long-term service and parts agreements, including storage facilities that keep critical components like rotors preserved and ready to dispatch, programs he says grew directly out of feedback from end users.
Omar Al-Essa shares Saudi Aramco's stricter stance on the same problem: no non-OEM parts, full stop, governed by a formal sparing philosophy document and a Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) report that determines whether a facility carries a capital spare, an operational spare, or a full online standby unit.
Anyone managing a spare parts strategy will find two contrasting, field-tested approaches to the same challenge in this episode.
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