PTC Service Parts Management for Aerospace and Defense
PTC Service Parts Management for Aerospace and Defense Increase System Availability while Reducing Inventory Cost PTC s Service Parts Management for Aerospace and Defense is an enterprise solution that leverages advanced forecasting, multi-indenture, multi-echelon, readiness based sparing optimization (MIME-RBS), and constraintbased distribution planning to manage the global service supply network. Aerospace and defense (A&D) support and maintenance operations require optimal supply of spare parts to provide the highest levels of aircraft/system uptime, and the least amount of parts-related disruption. The PTC Service Parts Management for Aerospace and Defense solution is designed to address the specific needs of support, planning, and maintenance organizations, enabling them to increase aircraft/system availability, reduce maintenance costs, reduce stress on the supply chain, and optimize parts inventory management and cash flow. Page 2 of 6
Key Benefits For commercial aerospace: For defense organizations: Increased equipment availability and performance Greater customer satisfaction due to aircraft availability Higher customer retention and repeat business Lower total cost of maintenance Increased profitability and revenue Increased equipment availability and performance Better warfighter support Lower total cost of maintenance and sustainment Improved total cost of ownership Smaller, more agile footprint Comprehensive Capabilities PTC s Service Parts Management for Aerospace and Defense solution addresses a broad array of challenges in managing the materials to support Commercial Airlines, Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Providers, OEMs (including commercial and defense airframe and engine), and Defense Organizations. PTC s solution delivers the industry s most specialized and scalable Multi-Indenture Multi- Echelon (MIME) optimization combined with a robust tactical planning model. This solution can house complete product or tail configurations, compute probabilistic maintenance bills of material (BOMs), and direct the rebalancing of materials across global networks to achieve the highest availability: Forecasting creates the most accurate forecast possible for every level of the supply chain by using statistical algorithms, installed-base data, causal factors (e.g., flight hours), and maintenance requirements Multi Indenture Multi Echelon Inventory Optimization (MIME) determines the lowest cost solution to achieve desired service levels across a multi-echelon supply chain using advanced optimization algorithms and planning the service parts to guarantee a desired level of uptime or availability for complex assets Order Planning (OP) recommends the most effective way to buy, replenish, repair, and rebalance materials throughout the supply chain Lifecycle Analysis manages transitions through the product lifecycle, including new product introduction, end-of-life, and product configuration changes Initial Provisioning (IP) recommends the number of parts to purchase as an initial buy in order to support a new asset (engines, for example). This information is leveraged from PTC s Service Parts Information solution Page 3 of 6
Transforming Service with PTC Service Lifecycle Management The potential for service revenue continues to grow along with customer expectations. PTC Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) combines industry-leading IoT platform technology with best-in-class service solutions to reduce unplanned downtime, increase equipment availability and deliver the world-class service your customers demand. Together with PTC, your service organization can make smarter decisions by analyzing your service and product data in real-time, differentiating your service offering by improving service delivery and helping redefine value for your customers and your organization with outcome based service offerings. PTC Global Services Value Centric Engagement Model: Ensures cross-organizational alignment on key business objectives, a detailed roadmap that connects business need with technical feasibility, and clear accountability for program governance and decision making Ensures that PTC technology is aligned with your strategic business requirements, best practice processes, and organizational constraints Adapts to your priorities while minimizing deployment risks, accelerating time to value, and increasing flexibility for future organizational needs Role-based adoption programs enable a customized approach tied directly to the deployment roadmap and to individual and work group needs for process improvement Page 4 of 6
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