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ERP and and Aviation: what do they have in common?

December 24, 2018 By Frederik Otten

As many of you with whom I have worked know, I am an active pilot. To be a good pilot means much more than simply developing the skills to control the airplane. It means subscribing to and embracing a culture, processes and procedures that govern how you prepare for, conduct and learn from every flight. Over the years I've often drawn on the discipline that aviation requires and applied this to the work I do in ERP. The inspiration for this post came from a recent experience. A friend and I took our humble Piper Warrior aircraft out for the first time since installing a new avionics package. The Garmin GTN 750. This package combines GPS, COM and NAV functions with powerful multifunction capabilities; it would bring our little airplane up to 21st century standards enabling us to fly any GPS approach, receive real-time traffic alerts and see near-time weather information. There was a lot that went into that first flight. A week earlier, when I was onboard of a commercial flight, I Continue Reading

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