If you’re a Dash 8 operator, aircraft MRO, or lessor, this post is for you.
This is your go-to resource for the current major Dash 8 components we have available now or in the near term.
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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.
You’ve probably been in a situation before where you sent your aircraft part to a repair station, and what they told you wasn’t at all what they delivered. You were duped, and it’s a recurring theme. In this 6-minute video, I’ll go over the key questions you can ask to ensure you’re working with an honest partner.
Honesty and trust. It sounds so simple, but it rather complicated, especially if it’s a new relationship. If you can work with a repair partner who’s honest and you build a trust-based relationship, this can save you a lot of frustration. Here are three ways you can screen your repair partner and determine if they’re honest.
Do you dread sourcing and processing your aircraft part repairs? You have hundreds of options, but you may have been tricked into sending your parts in for repair only to find out the repair partner was unreliable. In this short video, I’ll introduce you to the series in which I’m going to teach you exactly what to look for when selecting your next repair partner.
Maintenance supply chain teams all over the world have a problem. For every graduate with supply chain “skills,” there are six positions to be filled. And it’s only going to get worse. It’s expected to increase to nine to one soon. If you rely on purchasing high-value or large volumes of anything, this is a troubling statistic.
What’s one thing that will save you millions of dollars and months of your time?
Used Serviceable Material (USM).
Without them, you’d throw good money after bad, chase long, complicated lead times and get little OEM support, especially for older aircraft models.
That’s why this post is so crucial for you to read.
It’s a trend that has no foreseeable end, unless particular things happen within the aviation industry, of which, none exist.
The trend is, used serviceable parts are becoming more expensive and scarce.
Inventory is costly.
If you don’t have the back-end support you need, you’ll want to keep inventory on hand. It’s part of doing business. It’s your risk mitigation.
But if you do have the support you need, then inventory just becomes a burden. It’s also costly. You could have millions of dollars tied up in inventory that isn’t producing revenue for you.
What if you have multiple APUs in stock? Worse, what if you have more than you need?
You can’t purchase an APU without knowing the quality and still expect good results. Quality needs to be discussed and evaluated before you purchase.
There are a lot of aspects to quality, and they dictate everything from how much you spend to how long your lead times are…and how much stress you add to your workday.
A failure to properly purchase your APU can cost you thousands of dollars and hours of your time.
Between the financials, the POs, the chasing, the follow-up and all of the small details, there’s a lot to processing your APU purchases.
So what’s the best way to process your next APU?
Part number. Search. Mass RFQ. Repeat. By following this method, you’re leaving time and money on the table. Once you implement a few simple tips, you’ll streamline your APU sourcing process, making it more efficient, because at the end of the day you care about results.
Ready for it?
Maintenance kits! Typically, the maintenance process looks something like this:
We need 3 c-checks completed. It’s a mad dash through crazy land to get it done (remember that thing about sanity?).
From us to our clients and everyone in between, there was a mass scramble to have the right parts in the right place at the right time.
Everything… and I mean everything… was handled at the very last minute.
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