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DETAILED SERVICES
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AUDIT - ASSESSEMENT

We offer for your assets, facilities, resources:
  - Assessment, pre- audit, audit,
  - Action plan set up,
  - Action plan implementation assistance

PREPARATION 
No more stress before audit. Would you be airlines / operators / manufacturers / MRO / Manufacturer and  would you be audited by the Regulatory Authority / your customers; APRS Consulting will assist you to release this unnecessary pressure and concentrate your energy to correct potential picks up pointed out. Together we will minimize any risk to jeopardize you operation (Grounding, activity closing, ETC.) in opposite this pre audit will put you in better position and confident mood in front of market.

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FACILITY
You owners want the best including facilities for your asset services. Activity evolution in terms of business location and workload, makes systematic facility survey more and more difficult. Consequently decision you make is very often based only on general feeling.
APRS Consulting assists you in performing this survey and provides you with a dual report including defects and corrective actions needed.

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OPERATOR
In a context where aviation transport market is growing faster and faster airlines & operators must keep on a high level quality in terms of services and fleet status. To avoid any deviations APRS Consulting audit product and process to maintain the level of compliance to regulation. Having audited worldwide airline and operators, you can expect the best and impartial report.

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MAINTENANCE PROCESS
Worldwide MRO’s follow their own process and authority regulation, it’s essential for you to have a complete picture of the organization you will contract to take care of you asset. APRS Consulting audit on behalf you through all aspect such legal, financial, regulatory, quality, and technical, to give a proper feedback. It will avoid you the re-delivery bad surprises.  

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

EXPERT WITNESS

APRS Consulting has considerable experience in quality, Technical, and aviation regulation procedures. It allows assisting you matching right expertise to instruction of case study in commercial court.
This support could be related to: asset values, maintenance issues, industry case study, fleet management, contract guarantees, aircraft sever snags, operational issues.

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CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS
Aviation process involves multi cultural, processes and fields’ relationship. Would you face any technical or commercial dispute, regarding invoicing, work scope, services performance, APRS Consulting expert team offers its experience to reach the best compromise in avoiding long and costly court action.
You are Airlines /lessor/MRO/OEM, APRS Consulting is an independent company and gives warranty to your organization, to be impartial. Its fields experience will ensure you we will have all technical, regulatory, time line and cost effective common goals, to solve dispute preserving as much as possible your interest and image.

MARKET ANALYSIS

We offer assistance on : Business plan, Market analisys, Organisation start up.

BUSINESS PLAN
Any aviation field would you work, APRS Consulting pragmatic knowledge will give you realistic models based on its experience. Its technical, regulatory, financial background can bring key solutions to build up a solid business case

ORGANIZATION START UP
You are thinking in establishing your own aviation organization from manufacturing up to dismantling, APRS Consulting has got a huge worldwide experience and offers you to share it, and advices you to adopt best strategy to get greatest benefits and cost minimized.

 MARKET RESEARCH - MAINTENANCE DEMAND
APRS Consulting has experience to perform on behalf you market research and study, maintenance demand, and will provide you with a full documentation.

OPERATOR START UP

We Assist on: Quality, Production, Engineering, Training.
  QUALITY
    - Documentation writing (MOE,CAME,QAM, etc...)
    - Aproval set up or extention 
    - Aircraft acceptance delivery

  PRODUCTION
    - Aircraft entry in service

  ENGINEERING
    - Technical documentation writing (MPD customization, MEL,..)

  TRAINING
    - Specific training (FH, FTS,...)

You are starting-up your operations and need to be assisted on the technical, quality aspect and business guidance which will ease new-comers to face the aviation industry.
Collaborating with an existing team or as outsourced process, APRS Consulting will determine the best way to ease and shortcut the way to your success.
APRS Consulting offers:
Key advice to start-up carriers, from fleet specification definition.
Its assistance in developing operations strategies, fleet compositions, and organizational structures.
To rationalize your business at each step of the way, and make your operational activities cost efficient and compliant.
APRS Consulting network involve Civil Aviation Authorities as well. It will contribute to ease and speed the process and to ensure the new airline gets off to the right start.

ON-SITE REPRESENTATION

Technical representation: 
  - Working party (Modification, Customization, Phase in & out)
  - Airworthiness monitoring /review
  - Production monitoring during assembly line, maintenance 
  - Aircraft entry in service assistance
  - Aircraft/Engine storage monitoring
  - Dismantling process

Commercial representation during:
 - Aircraft manufacturing
 - Aircraft heavy maintenance
 - Aircraft storage
 - Aircraft dismantling

You are aircraft owner lessor, airlines, or operator:
Any event which occur on you asset involve physical risks and financial value repercussion.
Maintenance tasks  mods airworthiness condition of aircraft.
Lease agreement always has differing Return Conditions; Third party services always has commercial and technical contract with specific and complex restrictions. Both need tight follow up.
APRS Consulting experts has extensive knowledge of these fields and propose to establish reliable filter and link in recording the condition of the asset and providing a regular detailed reports, including reliable current status and /or progress.
You have on time real picture and avoid any last minute bad surprise.

PRICING ASSISTANCE

We can assist you on pricing policy or quotation.

You are Airlines / Operators / Lessors / Financial Company. Would you need any support in terms of spares (consumable, rotable) pricing? APRS Consulting with its expert’s team will provide you with data coming from Benchmarking across comparable fields to ease your decision.

PRODUCT REVIEW

We assist
- First Article inspection;
- Aircraft section inspection during manufacturing process
- Aircraft assembling process monitoring
- Aircraft final acceptance delivery
- Aircraft / Equipment status expertise & records update
    Technical records audit
     Independent assessment of aircraft condition
     Status update
    Documents organization in accordance with status.
    Assessment of compliance to operator / lessor / contract requirements.
- PRE-LEASE / PRE-PURCHASE AUDIT
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APRS Consulting is experienced capable of assessing aviation assets including aircraft and engines or any product according to current standards of production, quality, technical and operational requirements. A detailed review of performance, avionics and navigation equipment, and manufacturing procedures allow us to establish assessments. This review also helps to value asset along the product life-cycle.
Our services, from First article inspections which ensure a complete review of the product specifications, up to air craft surveys including detailed aircraft surveys, Delivery & Re-delivery Inspections Records/Documentation Auditing, will be finalized with A full report including technical, quality statements, and photographs and provided to the owner.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Among project we manage on behalf you:
- Structure re-organization (Approval set up, company segregation,...)
- Aircraft  repossession management phase in, phase out, etc...
- Aircraft working party
- Complete Dismantling

Consulting is involved for years in aviation fields. You can easily imagine that any aviation project involves systematically complex project management (Technical, Quality, Re-organization, etc..) in term of aspects such: multi cultural, location, sector, job categories, etc.
Would you have any specific project to manage? APRS Consulting offers its experts team capabilities and experience to carry out this management. We will provide you with a regular reporting, several options, and the assurance of the best and efficient solution.

RISK MANAGEMENT

We provide you with:
- Onsite Risk evaluation.
- Desktop Risk evaluation.

Risks evaluation & management are part of life especially in aviation field which deal with high value asset then important budget. The main examples are Investors which can considerably minimize portfolio risk in estimating the remarketing potential and building reliable trading evaluation.
Main risks come from aircraft operations. These technical and commercial risks are evaluated and studied either trough desktop analysis or via an on-site audit to give a deeper risk report. Our experience is based on major carrier or on small airlines assessment. We include in our evaluation: the operator history, financial and operational performance, fleet planning, distribution methods, marketing plans and technical performance, to cover all aspects of this business.

SOURCING PROVISIONNING

Among our capability, OEM or PMA part/equipment, aircraft and maintenance slot sourcing can be provided by APRS Consulting.

Would you suffer from lack of time to invest in such long, labor and intensive process? APRS Consulting welcomes and introduces you to its network involving Manufacturer, Lessor, Supplier and choice of PMA or OEM parts.
As soon as complete needs and requirement from customer is identified, APRS consulting is eager to offer Assets, and Sourcing Services. APRS consulting will select and short list of providers then establishes contact. You will be provided with a full assistance to handle and negotiate deal till the end.
Used aircraft market is based on the compromise of offer and demand. It reflects the specific needs of operators in term of capacity, take-off weight, etc…. You will take advantage of a single service provider, with better pricing and flexibility. You will get quicker the best and comprehensive solution in order for you to focus on your core business.
After years of experience APRS Consulting through its worldwide network will source maintenance slots for your aircraft or your engines keeping on your concerns in term of lead time turnaround time and quality.

STAFF RECRUITMENT/SEARCH

From basic up to highly qualified and experienced expert our experience will help you in making the right decision in terms of candidate.

Recruitment being nowadays more and more complex it becomes really a specific needs. Would you feel that you need support, or simply want to externalize this job; APRS consulting experience involve as well recruitment services. From labors up to top management we can support you in either the global process, from the needs description up to the final recruitment, or on only one step you would like to outsource. We can offer this service to you for long term/short term contract or even temporary assignment.

TECHNICAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

TRANSFER & BRIDGING PROGRAM
- Transfer programs build-up up to authorities approval
- Bridging programs between operators MP & MPD.

RECORDS UPDATE AND ORGANIZATION
- Status monitoring
- Technical records organization .

MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
- Customized maintenance schedule build-up and optimization.

COMPUTERIZED FOLLOW-UP INTEGRATION
- Maintenance software data integration.
- WORKPACK BUILD-UP
- Elaboration of heavy maintenance check workpacks.

CERTIFICATE OF AIR WORTHINESS
- Application to C of A (initial issuance)
- C of A renewal (including corresponding files preparation)
- Export C of A.

REGULATIONS COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT
- Issuance of requirements for aircraft airworthiness
- Operational compliance to current regulations.

You need to focus on your own business, don’t lose your manpower energy. Would you need a partner to take care of your aircraft during phases of outsourced work such: maintenance, modification working party, Customization, etc. On behalf you APRS Consulting will be your best option.
APRS Consulting will look after all aspects such engineering, quality, CAA and quality requirements, paperwork including technical, legal and commercial, in order to reduce costs and maximize profitability according to your request.
Aircraft engines are complex assembly of interacting component. On wing it represents an important source of revenue Off wing it’s spare parts mine. In those cases Airlines, Operators, Lessors, Brokers, are all interested in. Therefore it has to be managed specifically to ensure a proper follow up and APRS Consulting can support you to managed accurately this millions dollars parts of your asset.
We assist you on: Inspections, records and document audits, delivery and re-delivery management, failure investigation and analysis, shop visit and project control including invoicing and cost control, warranty issues reporting and representation, Lease document compilation, reviews and reports
Asset management obviously involves transitions. You have an aircraft /engines to transfer from operator to maintenance facilities. APRS Consulting has the capability to ease and make this process smooth.

TECHNICAL CONTRACT TERMS AND DEFINITION

PHASE-IN / PHASE-OUT MANAGEMENT
- Lease / purchase agreement compliance check
- Acceptance Side letter preparation
- Warranty claims review

LEASE AGREEMENTS REVIEW
- Lease agreement technical clauses analysis.

TRANSACTIONS TOOLS
- Ready to use  aircraft status form
- Appliances Airworthiness Directives
- Maintenance Planning Document

Aviation industry contract include more and more technical issues. APRS Consulting with its skills panel will offer you a real added value in term of technical and operational vision of business to optimize lease revenues and maximize future values. This realistic vision will be a dependable data, for none familiar actors such Lessors Law firms etc.., issuing technical terms and definitions in lease or maintenance contract for example.

TRAINING SEMINAR FOR STAFF

Specific: Technical, Regulations, Process, Human Factors, Audits.
None Specific: English, Communication, Relation.

In a context where market is growing faster and faster, any company need to maintain their team capabilities. The lack of time and resources market moving very fast often jeopardize this process. APRS Consulting team has well experienced field experts, therefore APRS delegate to either approved training center, or under coaching process, its most experienced team to provide you with tailored, realistic, and adapted training from basics up to management.

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VALUATION / APRAISAL

Financial estimation of your asset to rationalize impacts.

You are aviation professional such as an aircraft owner, a bank, a leasing companies an insurer, you need dependable data to enable you to optimize leasing deals or others and give satisfaction to all your customers. APRS Consulting with its partners has capability to provide you with reliable asset valuation.
APRS consulting performs Asset Inspections on a wide range of aviation assets including aircraft and engines. This service can be performed as part of asset fleet Service or as an individual inspection.
The Asset Inspection includes a complete review of technical records history and the asset survey itself. Owner has a full report including data and pictures.
You will get with APRS Consulting tailor made services.

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WARRANTY ADMINISTRATION

Warranty contract & claims management during
- Aircraft production
- Phase in, Phase out
- Operations & maintenance.

Airlines operators’ lessors, etc… can generate considerable source of revenue and cost saving in managing well warranty claims. Our knowledge and experience of manufacturing, OEM and operation fields, of their relationship give APRS Consulting the potential to offer you a dependable support on your warranty administration, in term of part/equipment repairs or replacement.

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DETAILED COACHING
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INTERPERSONAL LEVEL

Without question, how individuals in an organization relate to one another and to customers can create sustainable competitive advantage. We will help you create that advantage by developing systems of communication, negotiation agreements, conflict management, giving and receiving feedback, and handling emotional situations. These systems of interpersonal behaviors and skills help create lasting business relationships with customers and save time and stress by giving individuals and teams the ability to address tough internal issues effectively.

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MANAGERIAL LEVEL

In addition to personal and interpersonal skills, managers often need help in clarifying and communicating team missions, goals and structures. Our consultants provide managers with expertise in the areas of team development, delegation and employee involvement, managing performance, coaching and negotiating inter-group agreements. 

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ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL

Clarifying and communicating organizational mission and goals and aligning your structures and systems with them is critical to your success. Our consultants’ expertise in such areas as performance management, compensation, and management and development systems helps you target your efforts and create competitive advantage.

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 COLLATERAL SUPPORT

Aviation field is huge and very specific. Being at the cross network of several collateral field, it's quite difficult to find the experienced expert to investigate and comment about precise subject. APRS experts can help any organization in confirming or simply explaining all keys, keeping of course suitable confidentiality regarding our engagement.

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