Sustainable Supply Chain

A sustainable Supply Chain is designed to ensure that airline capital assets are fully employable, and can account for up to 25% of a carrier's total operating costs.

Supply chain inefficiencies lead to:

• Longer turn times
• Increased labor costs
• Fewer aircraft in service

An airline SCM solution aims to:

• Reduce waste and labor costs
• Streamline procedures
• Anticipate non-routine events
• Improve mission-readiness
• Increase maintenance reliability

SCM Airline SCM Solutions

A typical example of vendors working together to develop an industry specific solution is the partnership between Teradata [ADW] - Business Objects [SCM] - BearingPoint [Implementation]

The best-in-breed 'MRO Supply Chain Sustainment Solution' developed by these three partners delivers:

• Increased asset utilization - improved readiness, flexibility and availability
• Inventory reduction - improved in-stock availability, higher turns and better vendor management
• Higher labor productivity - better accountability, coordination and anticipation

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