PartsCloud
Founded 2021 · 22 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
PartsCloud offers PartsOS, an AI-based software for spare parts planning in the machinery/mechanical engineering sector, providing demand forecasting, automatic order recommendations, and inventory optimization per SKU and service level from a company's ERP data. It is aimed at service/after-sales and procurement/supply chain teams.
Also known as PartsOS
Founders & leadership
PartsCloud was founded in 2021 by Benjamin Reichenecker.
Investors · 3
Also in the syndicate · 1
Funding
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026PartsCloud develops PartsOS, software for spare parts demand forecasting and planning aimed at industrial manufacturers and after-sales organisations. The product line includes PartsOS Forecast and PartsOS Planning, with modules for data mapping (a guided wizard that maps customer data columns once, after which subsequent uploads run automatically against the mapping), part-level forecasting, a review assistant, and export. According to the company, the forecasting engine tests up to 100 forecasting methods per part against that part's own sales history and selects the method with the lowest error, re-checking the choice in each new cycle. Forecasts are expressed as monetary values in euros rather than as standalone scores, and inputs go beyond sales history to include installed base, stock-out detection, and confirmed large orders.
The workflow is designed to keep users in control: every forecast is assigned to one of four categories (edit, review individually, release in a bundle, or wait) so that the highest-value decisions surface first, and the user chooses the size of the review window. Nothing is published automatically; users publish, adjust, or defer each forecast before it reaches the ERP. Released forecasts leave the system as an ERP-ready file containing pure demand without netting, so existing ERP rules remain in force. The company states the export is SAP-ready in one click and requires no additional SAP licence fees. Remaining or slow-moving inventory is accounted for explicitly rather than written off, and parts with insufficient history are flagged as such instead of receiving an invented figure. The site also offers a four-question, two-minute self-assessment ("Schnellcheck Ersatzteilplanung") that produces a personal evaluation of where a prospect's largest improvement potential lies.
Business model
Software offered as a complement to a customer's existing ERP system, positioned as requiring no IT project and no additional SAP licence fees; the site describes ongoing partnership-style collaboration with customers on spare parts planning.
Traction
The website carries named customer testimonials from industrial service and after-sales leaders, including Hannes Malczewski (Interim head of spare parts shipping and project coordination), Michel Ahring (Head of Division Service), Christian Meisen (Head of Lifetime Services), Rüdiger Stanzel (Head of Aftersales) and Claudia Kratz (commercial managing director), the latter referencing use in the rail segment.
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Market position
Supplier of a specialised spare parts forecasting and planning layer that supplements, rather than replaces, existing ERP systems in industrial after-sales and service businesses.
Positioned as an explainable alternative to "black box" tools: forecasts are stated in euros rather than scores, residual inventory is valued honestly rather than treated as a write-off, parts with too little history are labelled as such, accepted or rejected forecasts do not reappear in the next cycle unless something material changes, and no forecast reaches the ERP without user release. The company also emphasises mechanical-engineering domain expertise and fit with limited ERP setups.
Technology
Forecasting engine that benchmarks up to 100 statistical forecasting methods per part against the part's own sales history and selects the lowest-error method, re-validated each cycle. Forecasts incorporate installed base, stock-out detection and confirmed large orders, produce a 12-month forward view, and output euro-denominated demand figures. A data-mapping wizard aligns customer data columns to the system once for automated recurring uploads, and approved forecasts are exported as ERP-ready files (SAP-compatible) containing gross demand only.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement through the company website, including a short online self-assessment of a prospect's spare parts planning that leads to a personal evaluation and a proposed entry point with PartsOS; the site notes no newsletter or automated mailings. Customer testimonials from service, after-sales and management leaders are used as references.
Service, after-sales and spare parts planning functions at industrial companies, including machinery builders with 20-30 year equipment lifecycles, broad-assortment/thin-margin parts distributors, fleet operators, manufacturers of certification-regulated assemblies with shrinking supplier bases, aviation-style serial-number-tracked rotables and global pooling operations, plant and equipment operators with long lead-time critical components, field-service organisations with hundreds of technicians and van stock under SLA commitments, and operators with contractually guaranteed, documentation-bound availability.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does PartsCloud do?
- PartsCloud provides PartsOS, AI-based forecasting and planning software for industrial spare parts demand.
- Who founded PartsCloud?
- PartsCloud was founded by Benjamin Reichenecker in 2021.
- Who are PartsCloud's investors?
- PartsCloud's investors include Newion, SquareOne.