Logistechs Inc. Appoints Flindt as Vice President -- Business Development.Business Editors SCOTTSDALE Scottsdale, city (1990 pop. 130,069), Maricopa co., central Ariz.; settled in 1895 by Winfield Scott, inc. 1951. It is a resort and retirement center in the Phoenix metropolitan area. , Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2002 Scottsdale-based Logistechs Inc., an inventory planning and asset management firm, announced today that it has appointed Rene Flindt as vice president of business development. Flindt, 52, comes to Logistechs from Air Canada where he was manager, Rotable Logistics and Allotments. Flindt has more than 33 years experience in aircraft maintenance and materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, . At Air Canada in Vancouver, he was directly responsible for more than $162 million U.S. in assets and managed more than 40 employees. "Rene Flindt brings great attributes to our team. Rene has pioneered asset-pooling efforts for airlines around the world and has always strived for improvement and change. He has a wealth of knowledge in aircraft maintenance and materials and has the motivation to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. traditional business practices," said Craig Ballard, president of Logistechs. "We believe that very experience will help Logistechs perform better so we can serve our clients more effectively." Flindt was instrumental in encouraging Canadian Airlines Canadian Airlines International Ltd. was, from 1987 until 2001, Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada, carrying more than 11.9 million passengers to over 160 destinations in 17 countries on five continents at its height in 1996. to adopt a system-wide approach to managing material assets using Logistechs proprietary software, k2s: Knowledge to Spare(TM), a software that has now been adopted by Air Canada. "I'm excited to be part of Logistechs' new pooling and capital asset management team. Logistechs' inventory management package is a genuine opportunity for airlines to improve their bottom lines in these times of negative cash flow," said Flindt. "I look forward to developing new programs with Logistechs' existing customers and to introducing Logistechs' benefits to future customers." In the last 10 years Flindt was also involved in the establishment of the International Airline Technical Pool (IATP IATP Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy IATP Internet Access and Training Program IATP Illinois Assistive Technology Project IATP International Airlines Technical Pool IATP I Aim To Please IATP Individual Aircraft Tracking Program IATP Interactive Agent Transfer Protocol ). From 1993 to 2001 he served as management, vice chair and finally, senior vice president of finance and legal. Logistechs (http://www.logistechsinc.com) provides integrated material planning and support solutions to the airline industry. Based in Scottsdale, with offices in Vancouver, Canada, and Bern, Switzerland, Logistechs offers software tools for inventory planning, spare part pooling and comprehensive material support programs. Logistechs customers include America West Airlines America West Airlines was one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline was based in Tempe, Arizona, and is now a part of US Airways Group. At the time of its integration into US Airways, the airline maintained two hubs, one at Phoenix Sky Harbor International , Mesa Airlines Mesa Airlines is an American airline based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29 1979. It is a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. , Air Canada, Horizon Air and GE Engine Services, the latter of which uses Logistechs' systems in its GE Rotable Solutions division to offer customized inventory fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. to its clients. |
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