Attention aviation suppliers, leaders, founders and team!


Hi Reader,

If you’re reading this, you’ve felt it:
A part stuck in limbo. A quote delayed until it’s useless. An AOG with fingers pointing everywhere — and answers nowhere.

That’s the reality behind the dashboards.

We built ERP.Aero to stop putting lipstick on broken workflows.
But before we build further, we’re hitting pause — to listen.

No pitch. No agenda. Just a real conversation about what actually needs fixing.


WHAT I’M SEEING

The aviation supply chain is bloated with:

  • Manual quoting loops.
  • Vendor management that runs on Outlook.
  • Systems that weren’t built for speed — just complicated flow.
  • Compliance that lives in drives, inboxes and treated as an afterthought

And when someone tries to fix it? They get told to buy:

  • A new quoting module that doesn’t talk to procurement.
  • An AI assistant that still needs 3 humans in the loop.
  • Another “supplier portal” no one logs into.
  • And a new "integration" they have to pay for

WHAT IT’S COSTING

Every workaround has a hidden price tag. So imagine having three, four, or more!

For every quoting delay, there’s a missed opportunity.

For every spreadsheet band-aid, there’s risk hidden in plain sight.

For every bolt-on tool that doesn’t talk to the others — there's a compounding cost no one budgets for:

  • Lost deals because the RFQ didn’t get answered fast enough
  • Wasted hours chasing inventory that was "probably in stock"
  • Duplicate orders, misaligned POs, and untraceable accountability
  • Suppliers marked "underperforming" when the system never gave them a fair shot
  • Talent burnout from babysitting workflows that should’ve been automated years ago
And the most dangerous part? Most of these costs are so baked into the system, they've become "expected" — quietly draining millions without ever raising a red flag.

This isn’t just inefficiency. It’s erosion of margin, morale, and trust across your supply network.

And the longer we pretend patchwork is "good enough," the deeper the cracks go.

Read More: Attention-Aviation-Suppliers.pdf


WHAT I’M ASKING

Let’s pause the product. Let’s pause the pitch. And just ask: What’s on your wishlist?

If you could redesign:

  • How RFQs are received, routed, and answered
  • How inventory is surfaced across your network
  • How supplier performance is tracked without spreadsheets

…what would it look like?

Because if you're a CxO, a VP, a supply chain lead — you know the difference between "nice features" and what actually moves the needle.


THE NO-PITCH GUARANTEE

This isn’t a sales call. No demo. No deck. No drip sequence.

Just a conversation — one operator to another — to:

  • Trade notes on what’s broken
  • Hear what tech should be doing
  • Make the wishlist that no one in your last 5 RFPs listened to

I’ll share what I’ve seen from 100s of supplier workflows. You share what’s keeping you up at night.

And maybe, if we do this right, we stop treating RFQs like spam and start rebuilding the core workflows from the ground up.


NEXT STEP:

📩 Reply to me here or ralph.merhi@erp.aero or call me 305-209-3789.

No-pressure/ zero-sale session — just an open runway for ideas.

Let’s fix this. Together. No pitch. Just progress.

Thank you.

2252 Hayes Street, Hollywood, FL 33020
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