Automated system and method for spare-parts management and monitoring in a container packaging line

An automated system for spare part management and monitoring in a packaging line including at least a packaging machine configured for packaging containers filled with a pourable food product, the system comprising:

• one or more identification devices configured to be machine-readable and coupled with one or more spare parts, each of the one or more identification devices configured for unique identification of a corresponding spare part of the one or more spare parts;
• one or more reader devices, arranged at the packaging line and configured to perform automatic reading of the one or more identification devices to determine the unique identification when the corresponding spare parts is used in the packaging line;
• a data storage storing a spare-part database configured to store maintenance information associated with the unique identification of each of the one or more spare parts, the maintenance information being related to use of the one or more spare parts in the packaging line;
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• a processing unit operatively coupled to the data storage and configured to process the maintenance information in association with operative information of the packaging line to monitor and evaluate operation and performance of the one or more spare parts in the packaging line.