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Energy equipment backlogs are sky‑high. Delivery isn’t keeping up.

A lagging spec release, a late long-lead part, a failed inspection: in energy infrastructure manufacturing, one disruption can stall a build. Pelico surfaces the impact early and coordinates the recovery, so delivery commitments hold.

Pelico runs inside multinational energy equipment manufacturers, from power generation to high-voltage grid equipment. Names withheld for confidentiality.

Grid automation manufacturer

leading low & medium voltage equipment manufacturer

Power generation OEM

High-voltage equipment manufacturer

Delivery that holds, fewer gating shortages, live in 12 weeks

Past Pelico deployments have delivered:

On-time delivery

+15%

Delivery commitments met more consistently, through earlier detection

Part shortages

-37%

Fewer builds stopped by the handful of parts that gate them

CAPACITY UNLOCK

+25%

More output from existing lines, without new capex

It’s been great to see what risks we have in the 90-day window. Makes it really easy to say, “here are the parts I need help with and when they impact our MRP need dates.”

Production Control Manager

Global aerospace systems manufacturer

The execution gap

Why full order books still miss delivery dates

The AI infrastructure build-out brings the orders. Production plans assume a stable supply chain to deliver them, but energy equipment manufacturers rarely get one.

Nobody sees which programs a forging gates

A late forging or a specification change runs through engineering-driven BOMs and every program that shares the part. The full exposure only shows once the line is about to stop.

Allocation happens in a spreadsheet

When a constrained part can’t cover every order, planning, purchasing, and project teams each argue from their own numbers. The split gets made in a spreadsheet, not against business impact.

The war room decides after the date has moved

Which program gets the part, which customer to warn, which buffer to release: those calls wait for the war room. By then the delivery commitment has already slipped.

How orchestration keeps energy equipment builds on track

Pelico is the manufacturing orchestration platform that closes the execution gap. It reads what's actually happening across ERP, APS, engineering, and suppliers, maps the dependencies, and coordinates the response while the commitment can still hold.

Every team sees which programs a part gates

Pelico connects ERP, APS, engineering, supplier, and production data into one picture. When a forging slips or a specification changes, it traces the impact to every work order, program, and customer commitment that moves with it, so material coverage holds before the line stops.

Allocation decided on business impact

When a constrained part can’t cover every program, Pelico lays out the options and what each one costs downstream. Teams decide together in the same place, and specialized AI agents take the defined steps while people make the calls.

Leaders see where inventory protects revenue

Pelico rolls coverage and delivery risk up by plant, program, and customer, so leaders see where stock is covering the build and where it only hedges risk. They release buffer that protects nothing and place constrained parts where they protect revenue.

FAQ

Because stock builds up against the wrong items. Buffers land on parts that are easy to buy, while the few long-lead components that gate each build stay short. Pelico shows which stock actually covers a build and which part is holding each one back, so teams can release buffer that protects nothing and put working capital behind the parts that matter.

Weigh what each option costs downstream. When a constrained component can’t cover every program, Pelico lays out which work orders, milestones, and customer commitments each allocation protects or puts at risk, so planners and program leads make the call on business impact.

Pelico traces the change through the BOM to every work order, program milestone, and customer delivery it touches, and shows which supplier dates have to move. Program and supply teams see the same impact at the same time, and can agree on a recovery before the change reaches the shop floor.

By finding the constraints faster than the volume grows. Some manufacturers of transformers, switchgear, and backup power are being asked for two to four times their historical output, often while their customers revise requirements mid-program. Pelico gives operations teams one view of the shortages, engineering changes, and priorities across thousands of work orders, so they can re-prioritize as fast as demand moves.

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