MROs and suppliers are actively adopting digital systems, such as aviation marketplaces, to reduce procurement friction, accelerate sales and expand global reach. In fact, 65% of industry professionals are exploring AI and automation in predictive maintenance and daily operations to cut unplanned downtime.
Locatory.com has emerged as a leading platform in this transformation, not just following market trends, but delivering efficiency gains for aviation businesses worldwide.
Today, over 25,000 aviation professionals rely on Locatory.com to search for, buy or sell aircraft parts, consumables, chemicals, assets, equipment, and related services. Marketplace users report significant operational improvements, highlighting a shift from slow, reactive supply chain processes to a new standard built on speed, visibility, and measurable performance.
Achieving Operational Efficiency and Competitive Advantage
C.A.S., a leading Cyprus-based MRO provider offering aircraft maintenance, repair, and logistics support services across civil aviation, joined Locatory.com to drive procurement efficiency through reduced costs, faster process timelines, and broader supplier reach.
The results include measurable reductions in response time and operational delays, improved inventory management, and new business opportunities.
As Savvas Pashourtides, Supply Chain Manager at C.A.S., states:
“Locatory.com has become a true strategic advantage for our business. The platform combines speed, transparency, and cost efficiency with an exceptional level of personal support. Our dedicated account managers don’t just solve problems – they open new opportunities, connect us with trusted suppliers, and help us stay ahead in an increasingly competitive market, thus, it’s more than a sourcing tool.”
Expanding Global Market Access through Locatory.com Aviation Marketplace
Executive Jet Support, a leading supplier of aircraft components and airframe parts, is using Locatory.com platform to increase international exposure and optimize its sales cycle.
Marc Browse, Chief Operating Officer at Executive Jet Support, highlights:
“We’ve seen a significant increase in leads and repeat customers since joining Locatory.com. The platform doesn’t just connect suppliers and buyers – it creates relationships built on trust, speed, and transparency. It’s become a vital part of our growth strategy at Executive Jet Support.”
Locatory.com has enabled Executive Jet Support to scale inventory turnover while increasing visibility in international markets.
Aviation Industry Context and Operational Challenges
The global MRO market is projected to grow from $92.3 billion in 2025 to $137 billion by 2032, while aerospace parts manufacturing is expected to rise from $979 billion to $1.53 trillion. Despite this growth, traditional supply chain approaches limit efficiency and market reach, exposing the manufacturers that once relied on long-term client relationships and predictable production to challenges, such as:
- Inefficient RFQ Processing: Manual or disorganized RFQ handling and delayed responses caused by uncoordinated communication systems lead to missed opportunities and inconsistent sales performance.
- Limited Visibility: Suppliers rely heavily on their existing customers because, in such a large supplier pool, it’s hard to stand out and get noticed. As a result, they miss opportunities with new buyers simply because they lack access to broader demand networks. This affects more than 65% of aerospace companies, reducing their competitiveness and limiting both revenue growth and diversification.
- Operational and Production Bottlenecks: Persistent production and logistics delays, quality inconsistencies, and imbalanced inventory levels disrupt order fulfilment, increase costs, and compromise customer satisfaction.
- Long Sales Cycles: Without centralized data, suppliers spend excessive time tracking quotes and negotiating, which slows decision-making and reduces conversion rates.
For MROs, these inefficiencies translate into operational risks:
- Late Quotes, Late Parts: Scattered information across multiple systems, lengthy approvals, multiple handovers and manual data entry slow procurement causing late part arrivals, misaligned inventory planning, and reactive maintenance scheduling, particularly for critical or hard-to-find components, increasing the risk of missed maintenance windows.
- Operational Visibility Gaps: Disconnected tracking systems prevent real-time visibility into orders, shipments, and supplier performance. This lack of transparency increases audit risks, drives overspending on urgent repairs, and weakens ROI measurement across procurement functions.
- Inventory and Logistics Imbalances: Poor demand forecasting and limited coordination with suppliers lead to overstock or shortages. Customs delays, unclear delivery timelines, and missing visibility on urgent shipments further disrupt maintenance flow and extend aircraft downtime.
- Constrained Market Reach: Dependence on a limited supplier base restricts access to new markets and long sales or approval cycles reduce sourcing agility.
These issues cost the aviation industry billions every year and lead to supply chain disruptions, grounded aircraft, lost revenue, and strained relationships.
How Locatory.com Marketplace Delivers Measurable Outcomes
At Locatory.com, we understand these pain points. That’s why we built a digital marketplace designed specifically to address the needs of both MROs and suppliers. Our platform is built on principles of connectivity, speed, and transparency.
1. Instant Access to Global Markets and Fast Response
Locatory.com provides access to more than 25,000 active aviation professionals, including suppliers listing exclusively on our marketplace. With over 10 billion aircraft parts, consumables, chemicals, assets, equipment and aviation-related services in one centralized platform, sourcing becomes more efficient, transparent, and faster than ever before. Recent RFQs were initiated just 17 minutes after a supplier’s initial stock import.
For suppliers, the platform expands their global reach and ensures that stock is visible to the right buyers at the right time, including major airlines and MROs browsing the marketplace.
2. Save Up on Shipping and Keep Maintenance Schedules on Track
Integrated shipping services enable MROs to maintain maintenance schedules and optimize supply chains for suppliers while saving up to 70% on both domestic and international deliveries.
By managing documentation, approvals, and coordination through a single platform, our platform members can minimize manual workload, prevent supply interruptions, and maintain full control over budgets and maintenance timelines.
3. Highlight Aircraft Parts Inventory and MRO Services Globally
Our platform helps MROs to demonstrate their repair, overhaul, and maintenance capabilities directly to suppliers, airlines, and operators worldwide, while suppliers can present their parts through a Public Catalog optimized for global visibility and search performance.
With ERP integration enabling automated quote management and live inventory updates, all listings remain accurate, accessible, and easy for buyers to act on.
4. Align Inventory with Market Demand
Market insights and demand visibility tools keep inventory aligned with buyer needs, providing monthly overviews of the most searched and hard-to-find parts to help refine sales strategies and maintain steady stock movement.
A Platform Designed for Connection, Growth, and Performance
Locatory.com sits at the center of digital transformation of the aviation supply chain. Not as a marketplace alone, but as a collaborative ecosystem where MROs and suppliers build visibility, efficiency, and global opportunity.
The platform’s value is proven by measurable outcomes reported by users, including accelerated procurement cycles, increased lead generation, improved inventory management, and enhanced cost control. These results demonstrate that growth is more achievable when the aviation supply chain is connected, transparent, and digital.
