Global MRO Duplicate SKU Benchmark Report 2025

Industry benchmark data on MRO catalog duplicate rates, working-capital exposure, carrying-cost impact, and diagnostic sequencing recommendations across the six foundation industrial sectors. Based on catalog analysis across North America, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific operations.

What this whitepaper covers

Global MRO Duplicate SKU Benchmark Report 2025

BenchmarkSKUGlobalMROData qualityCapital exposure

This paper frames the executive case for a diagnostic-first approach in Cross-industry. After reading it, the logical next step is running a PartsCleanse AI diagnostic on your own catalog to produce your organisation's actual figures -- not industry benchmarks. Open the workbench →

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Executive reading model

What the paper helps a leadership team decide.

This whitepaper is not a generic thought piece. It is designed to help Cross-industry leaders decide whether MRO data quality is a finance issue, an operations issue, an ERP-governance issue, or all three at once.

The recommended use is simple: circulate the paper before an internal data-quality discussion, agree the risk language, then replace benchmark assumptions with a PartsCleanse AI diagnostic using the organization’s own catalog export.

For enterprise buyers, the page states the operating relationship clearly: Industrial IQ is the AI2COE platform, PartsCleanse AI is the anchor diagnostic product, and this resource belongs to the MRO catalog quality and AI adoption evidence system.

Who should read it

CFOUse this paper to frame the decision, align stakeholders, and define the diagnostic question before the upload.

VP OperationsUse this paper to frame the decision, align stakeholders, and define the diagnostic question before the upload.

Materials ManagerUse this paper to frame the decision, align stakeholders, and define the diagnostic question before the upload.

Procurement DirectorUse this paper to frame the decision, align stakeholders, and define the diagnostic question before the upload.

COOUse this paper to frame the decision, align stakeholders, and define the diagnostic question before the upload.

Authority map

Topics covered and how they convert into diagnostic evidence.

Topic	Diagnostic relevance
Benchmark	Evidence requirement, business implication, and owner-review action for Cross-industry teams.
SKU	Evidence requirement, business implication, and owner-review action for Cross-industry teams.
Global	Evidence requirement, business implication, and owner-review action for Cross-industry teams.
MRO	Evidence requirement, business implication, and owner-review action for Cross-industry teams.
Data quality	Evidence requirement, business implication, and owner-review action for Cross-industry teams.
Capital exposure	Evidence requirement, business implication, and owner-review action for Cross-industry teams.

Benchmark discipline: Research pages explain the operating thesis. Diagnostic reports replace assumptions with uploaded-catalog evidence and preserve the no-write-back, source-purge posture.