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Do you have surplus aircraft part inventory?
This unnecessary buildup occurs when you order inventory in preparation for near term consumption.
When that consumption never occurs. Voila! Surplus inventory builds up.
Here’s the impact that this causes to your operation.
It’s not the price you pay, how business savvy you are, or how excellent your negotiation skills are. This is the MOST IMPORTANT skill you need when purchasing aircraft parts.
Your surplus aircraft material was sitting. Rotting. Wasting away on your shelves.
Slowly eating away at your operational results. Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.
Cash was being sucked down the surplus drain. And the only thing you could do was…
Price. How important is it to you? How often do you try and get the lowest price? I’m sure you’re thinking to yourself, “It’s incredibly important.” and “Every chance I get.” And that’s fair. It’s also common to ask how much something costs. Or to reduce the cost of something. We often use price and cost interchangeably. That’s a mistake.
aircraft consumable and expendable
Are you consuming the same 100+ expendables and consumables over and over again?
If so, you'd be crazy to ignore the powerful impacts of a vendor managed inventory. The title might deceive you. You think vendor + inventory...no thanks. That's just giving them a sale.
Wrong!
If done right, with a win/win mindset, you could cut 30 - 90% of your total material costs (not the same as material price, read more here) instantly.
Do you ever wonder how you can make aircraft consumable and expendable consumption easier? Or even automated?
No matter the price, no matter the size, no matter how many you need, even a small expendable can cause you to have an Aircraft on Ground (AOG).
These are 3 words every procurement professional never wants to hear. These words raise your blood pressure, make you sweat, and keep you up at night.
AOGs are costly occurrences that thousands of airlines experience due to consumable and expendable problems. It’s often caused by the component being out of stock, but it doesn’t stop there.
These little things can cause AOGs because of capital costs / obsolescence, logistics, or even from a failed purchasing plan.
How often does one of these create issues for you? Think about it. Once, twice, twenty times a week?
Now think of all the time and money you spend fixing these problems. It gets messy fast.
It doesn’t have to be all that bad and is incredibly simple if the right strategies are applied.
I’m a huge advocate of automating certain aspects of my life.
From social media posts and blog creation, to business development and automated ERP processes, automation can be found everywhere.
And most importantly, automation is handled by people who have a greater knowledge of certain activities. Or the opportunity cost for them to do a certain task is far cheaper than what you can do it for.
A good example is the company who cleans your office. The opportunity cost is much cheaper for them to do it instead of you. Make sense?
The same goes for automating your consumable and expendable consumption.
It’s as simple as 1, 2, and 3.
The benefit of automating is you get On-Demand component reliability through continuous replenishment. This significantly reduces your costs of AOGs, procurement, shipping, stocking components, and out of stock scenarios.
Through automation you get aircraft consumables and expendables when you need them, where you need them, and how you need them. Direct, automated shipments can be used for one maintenance hub or 15. It doesn't matter as the program automation is designed for your unique operation.
Think about it, how will automating reduce your costs and increase your reliability?
P.S. We structure our consumable automation program around you. For more information on how we can support your needs through this program, simply fill out the contact form below!
