”“The increased competition has driven APOC to shift its focus to differentiate itself in a saturated market. We used to try to do teardowns quickly and efficiently. Whereas we’re taking a little bit more time over them now, making more units serviceable, maintaining a bit more of an exchange pool for end users.”
Craig Skilton
In the April/May edition of InsideMRO, Craig Skilton, VP Components at APOC Aviation, discusses changes in USM market competition and its impact on company investment strategies.
Intensifying competition in the USM market, driven by limited aircraft retirements and strong demand for parts, is prompting aviation companies to adopt a more technology-driven approach, as well as more strategic teardown and investment.
“The increased competition has driven APOC to shift its focus to differentiate itself in a saturated market. We used to try to do teardowns quickly and efficiently. Whereas we’re taking a little bit more time over them now, making more units serviceable, maintaining a bit more of an exchange pool for end users.”
“We’re looking into a storefront for our parts where people can buy things easier. We’re leaning into a lot of system integrations to do things quicker and give the customers better service. Especially when we’re modelling aircraft, we’re using machine learning and some large data models and trying to use data a little bit more effectively than we’ve done in the past. We don’t want to take humans out of the loop, but we do want to cut out some of the time wastage we have.”
Article in courtesy of InsideMRO
