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Material planning

With the support of Material Planning, Airbus supports its customers during the complete lifecycle of their aircraft, regardless of age.

Getting ready

Getting ready

Before  the entry-into-service, Airbus Material Readiness Support offers full technical expertise spares parts data and provisioning support to help customers to make decisions about how much to spend on spare parts, which parts are necessary and how many of each need to be procured.

A comprehensive Material Readiness Roadmap helps to prepare a smooth entry-into-service by identifying up front the spares needed from initial provisioning up to heavy maintenance events. Airbus provides comprehensive spare parts lists customized to the operators’ fleets, their entry-into-service schedules, operations and maintenance plans.

The power of experience

Airbus on-site support managers are skilled to manage the procurement process at customer facilities, and familiarize operators with Airbus spares engineering related documentation. The wide range of Airbus material planning products can be tailored to operational requirements and budget – with Material Readiness Support making it easier to use inventory and budget more effectively.

Forecasting service for maintenance material – anticipating the spares needs

For the operation of in-service fleets, Airbus offers a variety of planning services to enhance material availability for maintenance events.  This combines the elements of resource planning, logistical requirements, real consumption data analysis and in-service provisioning in new mathematical models to provide accurate material consumption trends and customised forecasting recommendations.  Airbus ensures that for both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, customers are able to have all material they need without jeopardizing flight and maintenance schedules.

Did you know?

Airbus has an international network of support centres, training centres and spares' stores as well as 160 field offices around the world where nearly 300 resident customer support managers assist airlines in their daily operations.

 

Related publications

FAST technical magazine - #51

FAST technical magazine

The January 2013 edition of Airbus’ FAST technical magazine covers a wide range of topics, led by a feature article on the autonomous eTaxi system – which provides a number of operational and environmental benefits. This issue also focuses on the A320 Family Sharklet retrofit, optimised spare parts investment and more. 

Download the magazine as a .pdf file (10.6 MB)