RS Industry Sector Manager for Transportation and Defence, Greg Sharp, shares his insights into current MRO trends in these sectors
Greg Sharp joined RS at the end of 2021 after a career in engineering and manufacturing. He heads up the Transportation and Defence Industries team, supporting organisations in aerospace, automotive, rail and defence. It’s a role that requires Sharp to have a high level, holistic understanding of the organisations he is responsible for.
Recently the Connected Thinking team caught up with Sharp to find out about the key issues within maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) in transport and defence and what organisations within these sectors are looking for from indirect procurement suppliers.
Many thanks for your time, Greg. Can you begin by telling us what transportation and defence organisations want from MRO suppliers right now?
“More than anything else, they’re requesting strong supply chains. Globalisation and the ways things used to operate don’t work so well now. Having seen so much volatility linked to the coronavirus pandemic, inflation, geopolitical unrest and energy costs, customers are looking for shorter and stronger supply chains.