Maine Pointe In The News

As published in September issue of Aviation Maintenance Magazine

The aerospace supply chain is like the weather: Everyone complains about it from time to time, but no one seems to know how to fix it. Necessary aircraft parts are often out of stock or awaiting production, while those that are available can be difficult to access due to distribution and delivery problems.

Originally published in Aerospace Tech Review Magazine, March 2020 issue

According to David Grasso and Chris Brumitt, despite advances, the aerospace and defense industry still lags behind in taking full advantage of digitization, and still needs to move aggressively towards adopting cultural change and adopting new technologies such as predictive analytics.

Key insights from the article include:

• Modernization projects in defense are more important then ever due to flat year-over-year funding
• Digitization of the supply chain does not start with the technology; it starts with a new business model and processes
• Benefits of digitization go beyond cost savings, and include creating sustainable growth and becoming more agile and responsive

Originally published in Defense Maven

Maine Pointe's Chris Brumitt, VP Aviation, Aerospace & Defense, answers an important question: What needs to be done to bring sustainment cost under control to better serve the warfighter?

Originally published in Aviation Maintenance Magazine

In a new article published in Aviation Maintenance Magazine, David Kleine and Alfred Baumbusch point out that the biggest challenge to the military may not be foreign aggression, but rather, the threat of an inadequate supply chain that just can't keep up with the MRO needs of existing aircraft. Total Value Optimization and improvements to the end-to-end supply chain delivers tremendous benefits to the warfighter effort, allowing for greater value at the lowest cost to the organization.