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Faizan
If there's one thing that creates out of control stress, it's aircraft component repairs.
One minute you have a repair need, and the next minute you have 20 repair orders to ship, follow-up on, and approve.
I recently spoke to a VP of Maintenance of an international airline about this very problem.
Their biggest problem was streamlining repairs.
They pull parts from their large fleet. Repairing surplus stock is a no brainer.
Their biggest problem is utilizing their internal team to focus on repairs, pulling them away for core activities.
Shipping, receiving, and processing repair orders does not create value for them.
Often times they get so overwhelmed they just approve repairs without questioning market or trying to drive cost down, due to the urgency for a part.
That's not a win/win scenario.
You just don't have time for repairs. Simple as that. No time to babysit and no time to piece part.
Maybe you could hire someone from Nannys.com, but I doubt they would understand.
Time is crucial and refocusing your resources on core activities is vital to your operations success.
Outsource your work
Before you go thinking, "of course you say outsourcing," look at these numbers:
Several major airlines that have outsourced heavily in the last five to 10 years claim savings in airframe work of 35 percent to 45 percent. Some 53 percent of worldwide commercial maintenance requirements are outsourced today.
Now those are some numbers worth crunching.
Outsourcing gives you the flexibility to refocus your attention on higher level activities and reduce overall costs.
One minute you have a repair need, and the next minute you have 20 repair orders to ship, follow-up on, and approve.
I recently spoke to a VP of Maintenance of an international airline about this very problem.
Their biggest problem was streamlining repairs.
They pull parts from their large fleet. Repairing surplus stock is a no brainer.
Their biggest problem is utilizing their internal team to focus on repairs, pulling them away for core activities.
Shipping, receiving, and processing repair orders does not create value for them.
Often times they get so overwhelmed they just approve repairs without questioning market or trying to drive cost down, due to the urgency for a part.
That's not a win/win scenario.
You just don't have time for repairs. Simple as that. No time to babysit and no time to piece part.
Maybe you could hire someone from Nannys.com, but I doubt they would understand.
Time is crucial and refocusing your resources on core activities is vital to your operations success.
Outsource your work
Before you go thinking, "of course you say outsourcing," look at these numbers:
Several major airlines that have outsourced heavily in the last five to 10 years claim savings in airframe work of 35 percent to 45 percent. Some 53 percent of worldwide commercial maintenance requirements are outsourced today.
Now those are some numbers worth crunching.
Outsourcing gives you the flexibility to refocus your attention on higher level activities and reduce overall costs.
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