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The Comparesoft Podcast hosts conversations with enterprise software users, sharing their experiences in finding, implementing, and using transformational enterprise software.

  1. 6d ago

    Running Aviation Maintenance for 40 Airlines at BOS Aerospace

    Dr Sajjad Hussain, Head of Maintenance at BOS Aerospace (BOSA), joins the Comparesoft Maintenance Management Podcast to delve inside aviation maintenance, where aircraft turnarounds can be as short as 25 minutes and every signature carries legal accountability. Sajjad has spent 26 years in aviation engineering. He started as a trainee engineer at Monarch in 2000, spent 14 years in the Middle East with Etihad Airways and Oman Air, then led maintenance operations at Bombardier, Ryanair, Wizz Air and British Airways. Today he is BOSA's Head of Maintenance and regulatory post holder, leading a third-party line maintenance operation that acts as the engineering department for around 40 airlines at airports across the UK and Ireland. In this episode, Sajjad talks about: How line maintenance differs from base (hangar) maintenance, and why the MEL (Minimum Equipment List) matters on every turnaround What a third-party aviation maintenance provider does for airlines Why no single aviation maintenance system covers everything How BOSA runs MRO Pro, Centrik and separate HR and finance tools The double data entry problem between airline systems and MRO systems Getting value from a maintenance system after it has been selected and implemented Where MRO software performs well (invoicing, parts traceability, tooling, authorisations) and where planning falls short The operational dashboard and cross-training tool he built with basic coding and AI Predictive maintenance, digital twins and why AI cannot sign a certificate of release to service

  2. Sep 18

    Leading Waste & Recycling Maintenance at Biffa

    Damien O'Neill, Group Head of Engineering (Maintenance) at Biffa, joins the Comparesoft Maintenance Management Podcast to unpack CMMS selection in the waste and recycling industry, across more than 100 sites and roughly ยฃ1bn of assets that keep the UK's recycling infrastructure running. Drawing on 12 years as a Royal Navy marine engineer and maintenance leadership roles at EMCOR, Doncasters and ATS, Damien explains why he is reviewing his CMMS while it still works, why the technician's experience is too often an afterthought in system selection, and why the data you feed a system matters more than the system itself. In this episode, Damien talks about: What CMMS selection looks like in waste and recycling maintenance Scaling a maintenance operation across 100+ sites through acquisition Why the right maintenance manager matters more than the data or the process The EOS meeting cadence and KPIs behind a national maintenance team Why proactive system review beats waiting for a CMMS to break Why the technician interface, not the database, is the real differentiator Building the "golden data set" before you move to a new CMMS Winning technician adoption with one system and one linear workflow Where AI genuinely helps in large-scale asset history and fault finding Making the case for maintenance investment to a cost-focused business

  3. Sep 11

    SAP & Oracle ERP Implementation In Aerospace

    Doug Hanson, a former IT and ERP Director with a 40 year career across aerospace and defence manufacturing, joins the Comparesoft ERP Podcast to explain what more than 25 ERP deployments taught him about selecting, implementing and adopting the right system. Starting as a Fortran programmer at McDonnell Douglas back when it was still called MRP II, Doug went on to lead SAP and Oracle deployments at Honeywell Aerospace and B/E Aerospace. Now retired, he talks openly about why so many ERP projects fail, and what leaders must get right before they sign a contract. Full episode: https://comparesoft.com/erp-software/podcasts/sap-oracle-aerospace/

  4. Sep 8

    Running Microsoft Dynamics ERP at Alpine F1 Team

    Jaco Schutte, ERP Manager at the Alpine Formula One Team, discusses selecting, implementing and running Microsoft Dynamics ERP inside Formula One. Jaco leads the technical and functional design of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations for a team of roughly 900 people. He explains why an F1 team is really a manufacturing business, how the system was selected, why he aligns processes to the software before customising, how his team connects PLM and ERP in real time, and why adoption depends on people, not technology.

  5. Sep 2

    Maintenance in MTO Manufacturing: 300 Machines & 1000 Custom Doors a Day

    Israel Arrieta, Senior Maintenance Manager at TruStile Doors, joins the Comparesoft Maintenance Management Podcast to unpack MTO maintenance management: what it takes to keep a made-to-order manufacturing plant reliable when almost every product coming down the line is different. Drawing on 10 years in the US Navy as an aviation structural mechanic, then maintenance leadership in medical device manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, Israel explains how he runs a 24/7 operation across roughly 900 maintainable assets and 1000 custom doors a day with CMMS Software. ๐Ÿ”— Listen and read more: https://comparesoft.com/cmms-software/podcasts/made-to-order-manufacturing/

  6. Aug 27

    Leading Water Utility Maintenance With a CMMS at United Utilities & Binnies

    Chris Bates, Director of Operations and Maintenance Excellence at Binnies, joins the Comparesoft Maintenance Management Podcast to unpack what water utility maintenance management really involves across a large, ageing and heavily regulated asset base. Drawing on eight years at United Utilities, where he went from graduate mechanical engineer to Reliability Maintenance Manager and helped shape the company's predictive maintenance strategy, Chris now leads a consultancy team advising water companies on asset health. In this episode, Chris talks about: What water utility maintenance management looks like, from United Utilities to Binnies Why you nail the requirements before you go anywhere near a CMMS How to select a maintenance system in a regulated, bill-payer-funded environment The two suites of KPIs that show a CMMS implementation is working Setting SMART KPIs for the first time, and letting them evolve with maturity Building the culture, vision and zero-blame environment that makes change stick Winning technicians over to condition monitoring and new maintenance tools Where AI helps in condition monitoring, and where it takes engineers too far from the data Making the case for maintenance to a C-suite that sees it as a cost centre

  7. Aug 13

    From Jet Engines to Runways: Airport Maintenance Management at Manchester Airports Group

    James Ayre, Asset Management Director at Manchester Airports Group (MAG), joins the Comparesoft Maintenance Management Podcast to unpack what airport maintenance management really involves at the UK's largest dedicated cargo hub, East Midlands Airport. After 20 years at Rolls-Royce, from engineering apprentice to global maintenance executive, James now oversees more than 220,000 assets across Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands. In this episode, James talks about: What airport maintenance management looks like across a group managing over 220,000 assets The move from reactive repair to proactive, condition-based maintenance The leading and lagging KPIs he tracks, and why he brought OEE from Rolls-Royce How his team uses IBM Maximo and Maximo Monitor, and why clean data comes first Where AI genuinely fits into maintenance today, as a multiplier rather than a replacement Building a digital twin of the airfield to see failures below the surface Outsourced facilities management, team culture and having hard conversations Making the business case to the board: maintenance as value protection, not cost Comparesoft: ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://comparesoft.com/cmms-software/podcasts/Airport-Maintenance-Management/

  8. Jul 14

    How a Korn Ferry FM Gets Supplier and Contractor Management Right

    Lewis O'Brien, Facilities Manager UK at Korn Ferry, joins the Comparesoft Facilities Management Podcast to explain how he manages suppliers and contractors across three offices, and why he still runs most of the operation on spreadsheets rather than a Computer-Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system. Lewis started at Korn Ferry as an Operations Assistant in March 2020 before moving into the UK Facilities Manager role, and now oversees the London, Manchester and Dublin offices. This is a candid look at a manual facilities management (FM) operation: how contractors get selected and onboarded, how work orders are raised and closed, how planned preventive maintenance (PPM) schedules get built from call-out history, and what still gets missed when it all lives in spreadsheets. In this episode, Lewis talks about: Running FM across offices of 1,000, 200 and 50 people, and why the small sites are not a smaller job Managing work orders, maintenance schedules and compliance dates on spreadsheets Extending an existing IT ticketing system to facilities, and why nobody pushed back on adoption Building trust with contractors, and how quickly it breaks Handling substandard work face-to-face without a blame culture Onboarding contractors for a Dublin office relocation from another country Using response time and call-out history to judge contractor performance Three things every new facilities manager should get right about contractor management ๐Ÿ”— Listen and read more ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://comparesoft.com/facilities-management-software/podcasts/supplier-contractor-management/

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