If you’re a Dash 8 operator, aircraft MRO, or lessor, this post is for you.
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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.
A client of ours has saved $116,093.06 on their first 39 repair orders.
They didn’t wave a magical wand.
We didn’t put a spell on the parts.
Instead, we worked together to look at what they were currently doing and how we could help them optimize their repair results.
This one thing bothers you the most about aircraft components. Are you ready?
Turn-around-times.
Just like you, I encounter this problem every single day. It's one of the reasons we start working with new Asset Repair Care clients.
Every aircraft part repair station has two turn-around-times (TAT).
How long the component will take to get evaluated and how long the work order will take once approved.
We'll call these pre-work order quote time and post-approval repair time.
Here’s how you to take the guesswork out of your TATs and better predict your next repair turn-around-time.
Pulling a component from your aircraft early costs you thousands of dollars and hours of time. It’s frustrating. It’s infuriating. It’s stressful. Your first instinct it’s to “blame” the maintenance professionals who repair these components. That would make it a lot easier if it were always correct. But, it’s not reality. As an operation, you must first acknowledge that you’ll own a part that becomes a rogue or chronic unit.
I was on the phone with a supplier and wanted to argue with him. It took immense self-control.
We needed an actuator for a maintenance project, so I called the supplier for a quote.
The actuator cost between $15,000 to $25,000 depending on the condition.
He had one serviceable (SV) and overhauled (OH) unit.
He asked me what condition I preferred. I told him it depends on the tag date, but I prefer overhauled.
In a quick reply, he said he had both, but he’ll quote SV as why would I pay for OH when SV costs less.
In 2019, there's 985 active DHC8 aircraft in the world, with a yearly total component demand of $518,244,375.
That's $526,136.42 of components needed per aircraft per year, or $43,844.70 per month.
How will you reduce your total material costs and the time you spend planning for all this material?
Legend has it that a great commander once burned the ships of his fleet to ensure they had no choice but to fight an insurmountable foe. While they no-doubt felt plenty of fear, they had no choice but to face it.
A key factor in completing your aircraft material projects on time is ditching an irrational fear of asking for help.
As a supply chain professional, with a high volume of various tasks, being organized is exactly what you need.
If you don’t, orders will get lost, the material won’t arrive on time, you’ll waste hours of your week, and your operations total material costs will begin to rise.
If you’re in a situation where you’re sourcing aircraft material and processing purchase orders daily, here are some quick tips to help you get organized.
Does it ever feel like you've hit a wall in your attempts to receive better maintenance material support? I suggest that it's time to take a look at what you do regularly that's holding you back. There is a shortcut, a simple hack to be able to get more done, and I'm going to reveal it to you now.
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.
