Research On Process Optimization Of Consumables Purchasing Project In L Company

With the increase of global airline passenger volume,MRO(Maintenance,repair,overhaul)market is developing rapidly at the same time that the gross market vaule(GMV)of global civil aviation MRO industry is US$ 63.2 billion in 2016,while US$ 11.1 billion has been increased in 2017.It is estimated that MRO market will reach US$ 900 billion in the next 10 years.In view of the late start of Chinese MRO industry,L Company which was established to fill gaps of the insufficient repair capability of thrust reverser,not only provides maintenance & repair and overhaul services for aircraft parts(including modifications,spare unit supply and engineering support)for Chinese and Asia-Pacific airlines,but also outsources service and offers support to Europe and American airlines.How to reduce the maintenance cost and TAT(turn-around time)become the important condition for seizing market share and sustained development in L company.A large amount of data show that among the various types of cost in aircraft maintenance,which account for half or more of the total maintenance output is procurement and storage of available materias & consumables.Therefore,to control the purchasing cost of materials is to control the bulk of maintenance cost in the first place.Meanwhile,due to the operating conditions of high capital,high investment,low profit margins in current MRO market,more and more enterprises are implementing the sustainable global strategy development of MRO industry by strengthening cooperation,integrating resources,optimizing processes and developing new capability,etc.Due to the chaotic purchasing situation & unclear responsibilities and more and more purchasing overdue cases in L Company,this paper is going to analyze and find out the problems in consumables purchasing process from the point of view of project management which also combine with concept of lean management by using ASME and Value Stream Mapping analytical method.Specific solution for optimizing consumbles purchasing process will be produced with the help of ESIA method which to eliminate the non-value adding process and optimize the value-adding activities.The meaning of doing so is to research on process optimization of consumables purchasing project,then to reduce the company's purchase cost and shorten TAT,also give some inspiration to the purchasing activities in some other companies.