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Track your spares.

Your parts library can become a living spares store: what's on board, what's running low, kept current just by telling MBN what you used or received. Here's how to turn it on and keep it effortless.

Goal

Track your spares on hand and keep the count current.

Before you start

An approved vessel organization with at least one part in your Parts library.

Time

About 5 minutes.

Version

Reflects Inventory, live August 2026 (app v1.39).

01

Turn on tracking for a part

Tracking is opt-in, so you track only what matters. On a part, set its unit (each, litres, a kit) and its on-hand count. Add a reorder level if you want it flagged when it runs low. Parts you don't set stay untracked.

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Turning on tracking for a part: unit, on-hand count, and reorder level.

02

See your stock at a glance

Each tracked part shows its on-hand count and a low-stock badge when it dips below the reorder level. You can adjust it by hand anytime, Received, Used, or Set to a count, and every adjustment is recorded.

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A part's inventory panel: on-hand count, low-stock badge, and the Adjust control.

03

Or just tell the assistant

The Inventory Assistant is a chat. Type what happened in plain words, “used four primary fuel filters,” “received a case of six impellers,” and it finds the parts in your library and proposes the change as a confirm card. Nothing is written until you press Confirm, and it never guesses: if a part is unclear, it asks.

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The Inventory Assistant chat proposing a stock change as a confirm card.

04

Every change is on the record

Whether you adjusted by hand or through the assistant, each movement is stamped with who, when, how many, and why. Your on-hand count is always reconstructable from the ledger, the same governed record MBN keeps for everything else.

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The stock movement history for a part: who, when, how many, and why.

05

Low stock, one click to restock

When parts run below their reorder level, turn them into a draft goods tender (or a Direct Request) in one click, grouped and ready to review. Your depleting spares feed straight back into the network you already use to buy them.

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Turning low-stock parts into a draft restock tender in one click.

What happens next

Your spares are now a living record. When you restock, that draft tender publishes like any other, and the delivery you receive updates your on-hand count automatically.

Put your spares on the record

Log in and open your Parts library to turn on tracking. New to MBN? Request free access first.