10112198Repairability: improving access to information for spare partsClosedCollaborative R&DInnovate UKGoodMine (project lead) is an early stage growth tech company that specialises in collating data and insights relating to the circular supply chain(consumer goods). Mer-IT (collaboration partner) is a social enterprise which collects donations of unwanted devices(e.g. laptops,phones), repairs them and distributes them to the local community. MT has a skills-transfer model through vocational and community repair courses which enables a large volume of repairs. MT has extensive knowledge of the costs, labour and skills required to construct a working device using parts. MT wants this knowledge to be scaled. As part of their behavioural change strategy, MT provides free repairs for the community. Together the GoodMine and Mer-IT propose to explore ways to create a structured, searchable database to collate information about parts for repairs(e.g. compatibility, complexity/time/cost to harvest parts from discarded devices).