Flight Simulators | Intelligence Report

Strategic Sourcing Guide to Flight Simulators Procurement

Overview

Transportation Support Services market around the world is undergoing rapid transitions that have a massive potential to influence the way companies strategize for Flight Simulators procurement and the cost they have to incur. Technological advancements are enabling providers of Flight Simulators to leverage a diverse set of tools and identify resource and cost optimization opportunities in collaboration with the customers.

Globalization has opened new markets for suppliers. Flight Simulators market was historically a localized industry, but many geographies have seen introduction of new, foreign players who brought with them a new set of business practices and value propositions. Influx of this new competition has forced the traditional local suppliers to innovate and enhance their offerings to match the new benchmarks.

Customer expectations of service quality has transformed in line with the customer experience provided within consumer and online sectors. Suppliers are striving to provide not only best quality but best-in-class experience.

Flight Simulators Procurement Best Practices

Sometimes, procurement functions are unable to timely alter their practices while responding to market conditions. Industry experts acknowledge that periodically reviewing procurement best practices and adopting learnings from across procurement categories can help procurement teams respond to market needs in a more agile way. This report combines our experience of other categories with Flight Simulators procurement insights and hand picks best practices that can work for category managers delving in this market.

For example, Engage suppliers that have adopted a high degree of automation in their business model. Automation of supplier's operations can offer benefits such as decrease in operational costs, reduction in the need for manual labor, lower chances of operational errors and optimized use of space.

It is important for category managers to track and measure suppliers' performance against a defined set of KPIs (agreed to by both parties during contract negotiation). The result of suppliers' performance can be directly linked to the quality of support provided.

Buyers need to employ robust should-cost models and total cost of ownership models to aid Flight Simulators supplier selection and pricing negotiations.

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Risks in Flight Simulators procurement

Flight Simulators procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Flight Simulators procurement. Some examples include:

When requirements of the buyers are not absolutely clear or usage patterns are not stable or predictable, suppliers often build in \"cost buffers\" for unforeseen risks due to a lack of complete understanding on buyer's requirements. This increases the risk of overspending on Flight Simulators
The industry is directly linked to economic and political environments. Changes in government policies and economic instability negatively impacts the industry, thereby posing challenges to the suppliers. For instance, changes in tax regulations can affect profit margins of suppliers, thereby hindering their capabilities to offer improved services within the set timelines
Contract-related risks where unfavorable credit terms may severly penalize buyers for delayed payments or entitle the supplier to demand pre-payments or shorten the payment terms are not very common in the category but they do exist in certain situations where buyers' liquidity or financial health is in question

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Who should read this report

The report is intended to serve as a one-stop reference guide for Flight Simulators procurement strategy and offers a perfect blend of category basics with deep-dive category data and insights. Therefore, it is ideal for category beginners looking for “Flight Simulators: Procurement Report 101” as well as for category experts actively tracking the global Flight Simulators procurement market.

You may have just initiated your research to design a winning Flight Simulators procurement strategy, or you may be a category expert looking for strategic insights and updated data.Either ways, the report has your requirements covered.

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Key questions on Flight Simulators procurement answered by this report

Procurement decisions can prove to be costly in the absence of careful deliberation and evaluation of every available option. In fact, more than 90% of the decision makers we work with acknowledge that timely availability of up-to-date category intelligence can help them make better purchasing decisions. More than 80% of them believe that in-house category intelligence needs to be updated periodically to achieve full benefits. If you have read so far, we are quite sure you agree!!

The Flight Simulators procurement report helps take more informed decisions by placing all the critical information and advice at the fingertips of a decision maker. It also specifically answers some of the key questions that we have been routinely asked during our industry outreach initiatives:

What is the spend potential in the Flight Simulators market?
What is the correct price to pay for Flight Simulators? What are the key trends and factors that influence current and future pricing?
Which selection criteria are the most important for Flight Simulators Suppliers Market?
Who are the top Flight Simulators suppliers? What are their cost structures?
Which negotiation levers can reduce Flight Simulators procurement cost ?
What are supplier margins in Flight Simulators market?
What are the best practices for Flight Simulators procurement and what are the potential risks?

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Flight Simulators Category Insights: What is inside

The Flight Simulators market report offers a complete picture of the supply market and analyzes the category from the perspective of both buyers and suppliers. Analysis of the category trends, procurement best practices, negotiation levers and overall category management strategy advisory are interspersed with in-depth data and commentary on spend outlook, pricing ecosystem and supplier landscape drilled down to a region-level coverage.

Data

A key highlight of this report is the in-depth outlook created on Flight Simulators procurement spend and pricing trends. The report further delves deep into the aspects of cost structure, total cost of ownership and supplier margins for Flight Simulators. A dedicated section to supplier profiles and evaluation helps decision makers cast a wider procurement net and identify gaps in existing relationships.

Insights

Along with specific category and supplier intelligence, the publication also includes curated insights on Flight Simulators market trends, price influencers and inherent risks. These insights help the decision makers prepare for market shaping trends in advance and create alternative strategies for changes in the market conditions.

Advisory

Additionally, the report also advises on the best practices and strategies to manage the Flight Simulators category efficiently. Negotiation levers and opportunities are explained in detail along with quantification of their potential. Benchmark KPIs for supplier and buyer performance management are also aggregated to better organize the category objectives. Other themes of advisory include ideal procurement organization structure, enablers to achieve KPIs or category objectives and ideal SLAs to have with suppliers.

Category Ecosystem

Buyer and supplier ecosystem
Competitiveness index
Buyer and supplier power
Threat of new entrants and substitutes

Global and Regional Sourcing Insights

Category spend
Spend growth
Dynamics
Opportunities

Pricing and Cost Analysis

Pricing outlook and data
Drivers of pricing
Cost structure and inputs cost
Total cost of ownership
Pricing models and margins

Cost Saving Opportunities & Negotiation Strategies

Buyer and supplier side levers
Quantified cost saving opportunities
Negotiation strategies and quantified outcome

Procurement Best Practices, Strategy and Enablers

Procurement excellence
Sustainability and innovation
KPIs and category enablers
Risk management and outsourcing

Vendor Analysis

RFx essentials and selection criteria
SLAs
Supplier evaluation metrics
Detailed supplier profiles

Our research is complex, but our reports are easy to digest. Quantitative analysis and exhaustive commentary is placed in an easy to read format that gives you an in-depth knowledge on the category without spending hours to figure out “what does it mean for my company?”

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Category Research Framework

SpendEdge presents a detailed picture of Flight Simulators procurement solutions by way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources. The analysts have presented the various facets of the market with a particular focus on identifying the key category influencers. The data thus presented is comprehensive, reliable, and the result of extensive research, both primary and secondary.