Stock2Retire: Turning Spare Parts Decisions into Action

Optimising spare parts does not stop at identifying what should be stocked. Real value is created when decisions are executed consistently across the organisation.

Stock2Retire, now part of SPARROW.Plan, was developed through continuous exchange with our customers. In close partnership, we worked on a shared challenge seen across the market: once a part is identified as excess, obsolete, or no longer required, teams need a clear, operationally viable way to act on that insight.

Stock2Retire provides exactly that.

From insight to execution

When SPARROW.Plan identifies excess stock, users can immediately define the next step within the same workflow. Depending on the situation, parts can be:

• offered internally via SPARROW.Pool to enable reuse across sites
• assigned to a resale list to recover value
• scrapped with full traceability and documentation

This removes friction between analysis and action and ensures decisions are not left open or deferred.

One strategy, connected workflows

Stock2Retire reinforces a core principle of SPARROW’s approach: spare parts optimisation must be managed across the entire lifecycle.

Without integration, surplus stock management requires teams to manually identify overstocked parts, calculate excess quantities, and list each item individually for resale or exchange, often across thousands of materials. By directly connecting SPARROW.Plan and SPARROW.Pool, this entire process is automated: surplus is identified, quantified, and prepared for reuse or redistribution at scale, while users focus solely on managing planning parameters.

Built with customers, rolled out for scale

Built with a strong customer focus and a clear emphasis on usability, Stock2Retire was rapidly adopted by organisations looking for more consistent execution in daily operations.

Stock2Retire embeds execution directly into the planning process, so decisions on excess or obsolete parts are acted on immediately, not documented and deferred.

By formalising the “next step,” organisations move one step closer to treating spare parts management as an end-to-end process rather than a series of isolated decisions.

What would it mean for your organisation if every spare parts decision led to a clear, measurable outcome? Quantify your potential savings with our Cost Saving Calculator and book a demo to see how SPARROW supports end-to-end spare parts lifecycle management.