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Embrace Automation Aviation Aftermarket
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast
English - February 06, 2020 09:20 - 25 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★ - 325 ratingsTechnology News Business News safety aerospace airlines aviation defense news space technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The aviation aftermarket still uses as lot of paper—but that is not going to be the case forever. In this fragmented, global industry where the same companies can compete and cooperate, figuring out how to share and leverage data and technologies within a shared ecosystem is key. Aviation Week Chief Editor MRO Lee Ann Shay talks with Accenture Global A&D Lead John Schmidt and A&D Aftermarket Lead Jon Baker about this and how technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality are already making an impact on MRO—from optimizing inventory and maintenance planning to improving customer service on a technical level.