PAM APAC Episode 1

Moving away from decades-old legacy systems towards modern, offer-and-order architectures sounds straightforward in theory, but executing that transition across complex global networks is an immense undertaking. To explore how the industry is bridging the gap between digital ambition and operational reality, Editor Rob Munro spoke to Samik Ghatak, from Infosys.

Aviation Business News took the opportunity of being at this year’s MRO Asia Pacific trade show in Singapore to visit the Sanad stand. We first spoke to Luc Morvan, Director of Asset Management about the Abu Dhabi-based MRO’s recent move into asset trading, and then caught up with Director for Commercial and Sales Martin Fuerl, to talk about the firm’s traditional maintenance business.

This episode of ABNcast wraps up another successful Aviation Business News PAM conference with an interview with our chairman and moderator, Richard Brown, director of Naveo Consultancy. We speak to him about the second PAM APAC event held in Singapore and how the two days underlined how predictive maintenance is moving from theory into practice.

This episode of ABNcast sees ABN’s Lee Hayhurst speak to Chukwuma Ukegbu, Global Head of Sales for Africa-based PSP Kora. Discussion centres around the challenges airlines face transacting and reconciling their payments in African markets and how technology that smooths the process is the answer for more effective and efficient retailing. Kora was featured in our ABN retail and payments supplement which we will be distributing at the upcoming T2RLEngage, World Aviation Festival, and World Travel Market events.

In this video interview, Linn Shaw, chief executive, and Pat Coward, vice president of operations at KP Aviation, discuss the challenges and changing dynamics of the aviation supply chain, and how the company is responding to customers’ evolving material needs. They also explore KP Aviation’s position and growth within the aviation aftermarket, the importance of inventory planning, and how Airside MRO complements its capabilities to provide customers with a more complete aftermarket solution.

In this edition of Aviation Business News' podcast ABNcast, we speak to Matthew Lacki, President of FDH Hardware, about the ongoing challenges faced by all aerospace companies in supply chain management and parts procurement and how specialists like FDH are applying their expertise in global distribution to address these issues.

In this special Farnborough International Airshow edition, Siemens Global Industry Development Lead for Aerospace and Defence Paulo Colombo tells ABNcast how aircraft operators are creating a digital backbone for their fleets and assets to create a single source of truth that improves and speeds up maintenance, repair and overhaul decision making.

ABNcast spoke to Shawn McCloskey, Chief Commercial Officer at Greene Tweed, at this year's Farnborough International Airshow about the work the components manufacturer and supplier does to help the aviation industry solve the world's toughest problems.