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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Digital twins for commercial aviation – how MROs can reap the rewards
Digital Twins in Commercial Aviation

Interest in digital twin technology is at an all-time high and the aerospace & defense industry is a forerunner in…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Agility, Transform Your Business
2019 – a year for MROs to seize opportunity
MRO

As demand for air travel continues to rise, the global fleet maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market is seeing some…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Asset Intensive, Business Technology
Insight, knowledge and speed – three key areas propelling commercial operators in 2019
MRO Airplane Image

Fluctuating oil prices, labor skills shortage and more complex assets entering service are all part and parcel of this competitive…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Transform Your Business
Defense in 2019 – the merging worlds of physical and digital
Defense in 2019

The line between the cyber and the physical world is blurring. Military and commercial organizations are trying to keep pace…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Giving military equipment a new lease of life – how to prolong the service life of assets
Military Jet

The high cost of developing new equipment and the changing political climate between countries where lengthy procurement projects need a…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Airline success quantified: The maintenance metrics and the math versus the misspend
Airline Maintenance Header

Airlines face a constant battle to win more passengers, reach new destinations and grow profits. But as new, often lower-cost…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Creativity & Innovation
See it, hear it, feel it – Augmented Reality hits A&D Maintenance
Aircraft maintenance workers servicing airplane engine

Augmented and virtual reality seem to have existed as buzzwords in lots of industries over recent years—but real-life business use…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Service
OEMs vs MROs: 3 key differentiators for independent commercial aviation service providers
OEM aircraft

The global aviation market may have just experienced its most profitable period ever. Yet, with mega airline mergers and acquisitions…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Strategy, Transform Your Business
Q&A: How commercial aviation companies can overcome today’s MRO challenges
Q&A: How commercial aviation companies can overcome today’s MRO challenges

In this Q&A with industry expert Graham Grose, Vice President and Industry Director at IFS, he answers questions on how…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Research, Strategy
The key to customer satisfaction and profitability for third-party MROs
The key to customer satisfaction and profitability for third-party MROs

Effective maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and resource management are key to customer satisfaction and profitability for third-party MROs. The…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events
IFS Maintenix: Making aircraft maintenance faster, cheaper and better
IFS Maintenix: Making aircraft maintenance faster, cheaper and better

Maintenix has two decades of development behind it, but it’s new to IFS – and we’re developing it fast. Here’s how we’re getting aircraft assets back in the air, quickly, cheaply and safely.

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, IFS Labs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain
IFS World Conference 2018: Focus on customer success
Focus on customer success

IFS innovations are only meaningful when they make your business better. In this session we hear from IFS partners, customers on staff about how we’re making people’s businesses better.

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