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Aviation Spare Parts Planning – 5 KPI’s for the Airline C-Level Executives
/0 Comments/in Blog /by OliviaIn the first of our series on Opening the Black Box on Aviation Spare Parts Planning we look at 5 key KPIs that every airline should track. Airlines have traditionally relied on expert Inventory Planners to drive their investment decisions in spare parts for maintenance engineering. However, a ‘just-in-case’ engineering mindset coupled with emotional buying behaviour driven […]
Bridging the Inventory Planning Gap
/0 Comments/in Blog /by MauricegTypically, in MRO and airline inventory planning, the response to this gap is to develop manual workarounds, which usually give less than optimal results. People work outside the ERP using spreadsheets, tribal and tacit knowledge, and their best subjective judgement, unsupported by any analytical system
The Inventory Planning Gap
/0 Comments/in Blog /by MauricegInventory management for airline and MRO differs from standard manufacturing techniques and is much more complex. We are repairing and keeping serviceable highly engineered, mission-critical assets, as opposed to manufacturing from raw materials and distributing.