CRITICAL ITEMS
See the risk before it stops your line.
Give us an item code, or upload your parts and bill of materials, and we tell you which critical items are heading for a late or short delivery, including risks hiding tiers above your direct supplier, ranked by how much they matter and ready to act on.
In development. Product functionality is continually evolving based on customer feedback. Features and screens shown may change before release.
THE COST OF A SURPRISE
One late critical part can stop the line.
Downtime
A stopped line runs into thousands of euros an hour, and critical parts cause a large share of it.
Overpayment
When a part is suddenly short, you buy reactively, at a premium, off contract.
Trapped cash
Uncertainty about supplier dates gets buffered with safety stock you did not need.
HOW IT WORKS
From an item code to an action.
01 / Start from what you have
A single item code gives a first read. Upload your item master and bill of materials, and the picture gets much sharper.
02 / See the full risk
The radar ranks at-risk items by criticality and severity, traces upstream dependencies, and shows confidence and sources.
03 / Act
Every flag ends in a clear next step: chase the supplier, add a buffer, or re-source.
WHAT IS INSIDE
Built for the parts that matter.
Early-warning radar
Flags order lines heading for a late or short delivery before the promised date.
Hidden sub-tier reveal
Surfaces the risk two or three tiers up that no one in your chain has mapped.
Supplier risk
Reliability from your own order history, with optional financial-distress signals.
Criticality ranking
Automatic ABC classification, so the biggest risks sit at the top.
Confidence and sources
Every inferred risk shows how sure we are and why.
Weekly digest
New and worsening risks, in your inbox, so nothing is missed.
THE DIFFERENCE
Risk read from your real orders, on a network no rival holds.
Other tools infer risk from outside signals. Critical Items reads how your suppliers actually confirm and deliver, and cross-checks it against the wider network, so it sees trouble forming first. Your item and supplier history stays yours, exportable, and makes the prediction sharper the longer you use it.
BUSINESS IMPACT
Less firefighting. More control.
Spot supply risks earlier and focus your team’s effort where it matters most.
Protect.
Production continuity
Identify at-risk parts early so your team has more time to prevent shortages.
Prevent.
Costly last-minute fixes
Give planners time to explore alternatives before emergency freight and expediting become necessary.
Focus.
Less time chasing updates
Focus on the exceptions that need attention instead of reviewing every order.
WHO IT IS FOR
Procurement lead: fewer fire-drills, with at-risk parts surfaced before they slip. Supply chain director: upstream dependencies mapped to finished goods. CFO: downtime and reactive-buy premiums avoided, safety stock released.
SIMPLE TO START
Start from a single item code.
A self-serve starting point, with no setup project. Pricing will be published once confirmed.
ILLUSTRATIVE SCENARIO — NOT CUSTOMER RESULTS
One missing part. Four expensive hours.
4 hours × €2,500 = €10,000
If a production line costs €2,500 per hour when idle, a four-hour stoppage represents €10,000 in downtime costs. These are hypothetical inputs, not an industry average or a measured Syracus AI result.
Critical Items is being developed to highlight supply risks so teams can investigate earlier. Detection lead times and avoided downtime have not yet been validated.
What does an hour of downtime cost you? Let’s discuss.