Best Practice Guide

This section provides you with best practices and tips for beginners to maximize your impact with the IATA MRO SmartHub.

Optimizing Your Operations: Why MRO SmartHub is the Right Choice? IATA MRO SmartHub is the leading platform for optimizing aircraft parts procurement and surplus management. This guide outlines best practices to help you streamline your operations, maximize inventory value, and reduce costs.

Onboarding

Complete the registration form here to receive your personal login credentials. To ensure your account is correctly linked to your company’s profile, please use your business email address.

First Steps

  • User Settings: Specify your CSV delimiter (, or ;) to ensure correctly formatted exports and manage your notification settings for auction events.

  • Company Settings: Complete the company profile with accurate details (only available to company administrators).

Tip

Use the available tutorials or schedule a demo by contacting (How to contact IATA?) our team to familiarize yourself with the platform.

Define Your Objectives

  • Determine your primary focus: buying, selling, benchmarking, or auctions.

  • Access Connector and Auctioneer free of charge.

  • A subscription may be required for advanced modules.

Tip

If your company has subscribed to IATA MRO SmartHub but you are missing access to paid modules, contact your company administrator. If you do not know who your administrator is, reach out to our team for assistance (How to contact IATA?).

Connector – Optimizing Your Trading Experience

Simplify Your Procurement Processes

  • Access priced materials from a wide range of suppliers.

  • Use the Demand Feature to monitor availability for your demand lists.

  • Build relationships with suppliers to encourage listing of additional priced material.

Enhance Your Sales Capabilities

  • Update part listings regularly with accurate data (price, condition, availability).

  • Engage with potential customers to align expectations on inventory scope and simplify pricing.

Tip

IATA MRO SmartHub can automatically price your inventory based on market KPIs and custom rules. Contact us to learn more.

Evaluator – Data-Driven Decision Making

Support Pricing Decisions

  • Validate pricing in real time with reliable market data.

  • Access comprehensive reports on pricing and repair KPIs.

Simplify Package and Inventory Valuations

  • Use the Material List Feature to quickly calculate total inventory or package value.

Learn About Your Company’s Performance

  • Submit transaction data (purchase, sales, repair orders) for a personalized benchmark study.

  • Use benchmarking reports to identify savings opportunities and optimize supply chain decisions.

Tip

Request a cost-free benchmark analysis to uncover improvement potentials.

Auctioneer – Simplifying Material Sales and Sourcing

Efficiently Sell Material

  • Provide detailed descriptions and conditions for listed parts.

  • Leverage IATA MRO SmartHub’s complimentary marketing to target industry players.

Tip

Request a free report on your auction material for analysis and optimized bid structure.

Streamline Procurement with Sourcing Auctions

  • Post RFQs to over 500 companies to receive competitive offers.

Bid with Confidence

  • Use Evaluator to determine competitive bidding prices.

  • Monitor auctions and adapt to bidding dynamics.

Continuous Engagement

Stay updated on new features and modules via newsletters and user training. Provide feedback to influence future developments. Our team is ready to support you whenever necessary, feel free to reach out to them here.

Ready to Transform Your Aviation Supply Chain?

By following these best practices, you can unlock the full potential of IATA MRO SmartHub, making your aviation processes more efficient and profitable. For personalized guidance or demonstrations, contact us today!