Aviation glossary · Parts, stock and tradingConsumable
A low-value item used up during maintenance and not recovered — seals, fluids, fasteners, lockwire.
Why it matters
Individually negligible and collectively substantial. Consumables are where stock accuracy is lost first, because nobody counts what nobody tracks.
In AerSynx
Consumables share the same part master and movement history as rotables, so consumption is recorded where the work is recorded. Inventory →