AeroParts Now, a purpose-built ecommerce solution for aviation part sellers, has made its software-as-a-service (SaaS) integration platform solution available. Designed to accelerate the parts sales cycle, AeroParts Now helps parts sellers reach their target markets, achieve business objectives and reduce excess inventory.

The system synchronises inventory with popular third party marketplaces, streamlines the quoting process and customer communications and enables direct-to-customer transactions through custom branded web and mobile storefronts. Customers can utilise the system as an all-in-one solution suite to include APN Sync, APN Inventory, APN RFQ, APN Storefront or APN Marketplace.

APN Sync synchronises inventory from popular ERP systems to connected marketplaces and APN Storefront, allowing companies to count on real-time inventory data when communicating with its customers. APN Inventory allows customers to rapidly enroll parts and add product photos, inventory tags and other certification documentation to parts in AeroParts Now and a connected ERP system. It also gives part sellers who do not have an ERP system a way to organise inventory parts and list them on company-unique storefronts or third party marketplaces.

APN RFQ consolidates and organises all customer quotes into a single pipeline, providing visibility to the entire team. RFQs can be assigned to individual team members to eliminate redundant work while flagging possible duplicate RFQs from the same buyer or marketplaces. RFQ status codes and visual cues help parts sellers manage their queue efficiently, enabling them to achieve quote release goals and manage backlogs and delays.

APN Storefront enables part sellers to quickly publish a private or public, custom-branded ecommerce store and sell directly to their customers, and APN Marketplace is an extension of APN Storefront, that enables parts sellers to establish a private, custom branded environment to do business with preferred partners. APN Marketplace owners can allow select customers to buy and sell parts with custom pricing, reaching more customers than ever before.

AeroParts Now's SaaS model offers parts sellers greater flexibility and lower overall costs over existing or custom home-grown solutions. Customers can add new services as needed, and or add custom features with AeroParts Now professional services.

“We are thrilled to release this secure and private enterprise software solution to the aviation industry,” says president Will Dent. “Built with agility and business performance in mind, our system will help our customers achieve higher sales, reduce costs, eliminate excess inventory and ultimately improve customer satisfaction. Our platform features will help propel the industry forward by modernising the way suppliers sell and buyers purchase aircraft parts.”

Founder and chairman of Simon Group Holdings Sam Simon adds: “We see a clear opportunity to modernise current aircraft parts sales processes and shopping experiences that are commonly found in other industries. That's why we have put so much energy into AeroParts Now, and why we're looking forward to bringing innovation to the future of aircraft part sales.”

The company has also appointed Mark Cumm to the newly created position of vice president, sales. He will report to president and CTO Will Dent and will lead sales and drive the company's go-to-market strategy. Working closely with the entire AeroParts Now leadership team, Cumm will help accelerate adoption of the company's ecosystem integration platform by focusing on overall customer strategy and will lead its global direct and channel sales activities.

Previously, Cumm held a variety of customer-facing positions at Boeing, Eaton Aerospace, Curtiss-Wright, Arconic and most recently as vice president, sales, marketing and life-cycle services for MTorres America. He graduated from Radford University with a BBA in Finance and Economics.

Simon Group Holdings chairman and founder Sam Simon says: “With his strong background in a diverse set of technology and business services, and his outstanding leadership experience at many leading aerospace companies that have successfully scaled their growth, he is the right fit for AeroParts Now as we push forward with our vision to become the de facto leader in ecosystem integration software.”

“AeroParts Now is disrupting the market by looking at integration as far more than just a technology layer in an enterprise architecture, and instead as a strategic component to optimising business processes and data flows across ecosystems,” adds Dent. “As the company's upward trajectory continues and as demand for the AeroParts Now platform gains further momentum, I look forward to helping our customers, partners and prospects gain unmatched competitive advantage through what AeroParts Now is bringing to market, a wholly new, modern approach to integration technology built for driving aerospace parts sales.”