Purchasing

Fleets Need $4,059,422,121 Worth of Aircraft APUs: Here’s How To Buy Your Next One

Fleets Need $4,059,422,121 Worth of Aircraft APUs: Here’s How To Buy Your Next One

You’re leaving time and money on the table if you only focus on the technical details and price, here’s why…

If you have an aircraft or do maintenance on one, there’s one thing for sure; you’ll need an APU.

According to Aviation Week, the world fleets will need $4,059,422,121 worth of total MRO demand for all APUs in 2018.

That’s a 4 with a B. Billion!

At Skylink, we’ve seen an increase in aircraft APU replacement and repairs for our clients. Maybe you too have an upcoming APU need.

Part One: 8 Things Everyone Should Know About Aircraft Maintenance Supply Chain Management

Part One: 8 Things Everyone Should Know About Aircraft Maintenance Supply Chain Management

The non-stop flight by Qantas from Perth to London was an aviation game changer in more ways than one. While the feat itself is testament to the ongoing transformation of engineering in the airline industry, you need to look beyond the flight itself and ask: What does this mean for the future of aviation across all areas of its supply chain?

Paradox of Choice

Paradox of Choice

This article was first seen on NateAnglin.com. To see original article, click here. At the end of every day, you sit and stare at your computer screen.

Paradox of Choice 

We see it in our daily shopping habits. Toilet paper, electronics, appliances, coffee (this is the best kind by the way), you name it. And it gets worse the more complex the sales. More options, higher priced contracts, and more at stake.

I see it at Skylink. We'll need to buy a $15,000 part and we send an RFQ to 25 companies. We know there's 2-3 on that list that are our preferred suppliers who have proven themselves. The same holds true for our clients.

We were recently apart of a $500,000 a year contract.  The person leading our client's project is a friend whom we've got to know well. We've done a lot of business together. We helped create the need for our solution and the proposal. We all earned the trust that's necessary for such an endeavor.

Yet, once the RFP was ready, they sent it to 200 people...on their "email list." I get it. I understand the thought behind it. Yet when the no replies, half-hearted, incomplete proposals come back with cheap pricing... choice overload sets in.

It smacks you across the head. Thump. You go brain numb. You begin chasing the Golden Goose.

It's like what Barry Schwartz says in his Ted Talk (don't mind his shorts!)...

MRO NETWORK: Purchasing Trends No One Is Talking About

MRO NETWORK:  Purchasing Trends No One Is Talking About

You hear about major trends every day—the trends that will have a lasting impact on your maintenance and material life.

But among the deep analytical thinking of the brightest minds, there lie what I call sleeping trends, ones that are less “glamorous” yet impact billions of dollars a year.

There are many of these sleeping trends, but here we’ll look at three within procurement. In our world, the procurement stakes are high...