One wrong match doesn’t cost a sale. It costs the account.
Claro reads exploded drawings, supersession chains and cross-brand references, and decides whether two parts are the same, a valid replacement, or close enough to be dangerous — attribute by attribute, with the reason stated, before anything reaches your counter.
Built for where identity is hardest, and being wrong costs the most
Aftermarket catalogs are every catalog problem at once. Identifiers are manufacturer-specific and collide across brands. Supersession chains run four or five links deep, and nobody re-runs them when a link changes. The attribute that decides whether a part fits — a seal type, a thread pitch, three millimetres of tolerance — lives in a drawing, not a description. And a wrong answer costs twice: the return, and the customer who stops trusting your counter. Claro checks what a parts specialist would check, drawings included, and states which attributes drove the call — so a person catches a bad match in seconds, not from a return three weeks later.
6204-2RS and 6204-ZZ. The same 20×47×14 bearing, rubber seals against metal shields. Only one of them survives a wash-down line.
What goes in, what comes back
Claro writes back through files and APIs rather than certified connectors, so this list is a guide, not a limit.
Why parts catalogs decay faster than any other kind — and what it costs
Cross-referencing a competitor’s range is days of side-by-side spec comparison, and it’s stale by the next catalog.
A supersession chain breaks quietly — the reference in your catalog was replaced twice since anyone last checked, and the counter is still quoting the old one.
The attribute that decides fit is buried in a drawing, so a "close enough" match ships — and a return, a warranty claim, or a customer who stops calling follows.
Who it's for, and how Claro runs it.
Supplier catalogs, supersession lists and exploded drawings, in any language.
The current reference behind every superseded code.
Attribute by attribute: same part, valid replacement, or neither.
Crosswalks and spare-parts tables, with the evidence behind every pair.
From first call to a working pilot in ~11 business days.
We look at one real file
Bring a genuine supplier file and we walk it end to end, together.
No pre-cleaning
The file goes in exactly as it arrived — messy is the normal case.
Matched & reviewable
A matched, enriched, sourced output on your own data, not a canned demo.
Scoped and signed
Measurable outcomes agreed, a pilot running on one real flow.
Build once. Deploy across every team.
Claro learns your rules once and applies them continuously — every run makes the next one better, and the same layer serves catalog, sales, procurement and your agents without a rebuild.
Spare parts & aftermarket: common questions
Can you turn an exploded drawing into an orderable parts list?
Yes. Position numbers on the drawing are tied to order codes, and positions that couldn’t be resolved are flagged rather than guessed.
How do you cross-reference OE to aftermarket with no shared identifier?
Attribute-level comparison against the technical evidence, with a confidence score and the specific attributes that decided it.
What about parts that supersede in one market and not another?
Supersession is stored per market and per date, not as one global field.
What happens with near-fits?
They’re flagged as near-fits and never silently promoted to a match. In this category, a "probably" is a return.