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Ralph Merhi

Entrepreneur | ERP.Aero Advocate & CEO | Aviation & Tech Enthusiast | Streamlining Operations & Driving Innovation

Revenue

+6

A Skybound Ops episode I’ve been excited to share

Jan 27, 2026

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2 min read

A Skybound Ops episode I’ve been excited to share

A conversation with my friend, Kelly Carlson

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+12

The Hidden Cost of Cheap Pricing and Why Value Collapses Under Pressure

Jan 26, 2026

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12 min read

The Hidden Cost of Cheap Pricing and Why Value Collapses Under Pressure

Low upfront pricing doesn’t remove work. It pushes cost into training gaps, compliance risk, and cleanup that shows up later.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+4

Readiness over certainty

Dec 31, 2025

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1 min read

Readiness over certainty

Optimism doesn’t always look like excitement

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+3

Wishing You a Meaningful Close to the Year

Dec 24, 2025

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2 min read

Wishing You a Meaningful Close to the Year

A pause to acknowledge the work, the growth, and the people behind it

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+12

What Hearing “No” Every Day Taught Me About Building the Hard (Right) Way

Dec 19, 2025

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8 min read

What Hearing “No” Every Day Taught Me About Building the Hard (Right) Way

Why trust takes time, why progress matters more than permission, and how perseverance turned early rejection into real operational proof.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+7

A conversation that reminds us why aviation never lets us go.

Dec 9, 2025

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3 min read

A conversation that reminds us why aviation never lets us go.

Episode Available Now Featuring Michael Miner

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+6

Refueling for the Journey Ahead: A Thanksgiving Reflection

Nov 26, 2025

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2 min read

Refueling for the Journey Ahead: A Thanksgiving Reflection

Pausing the grind to say thank you (before you disconnect)

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+13

✈️ iRFQ: The Inbox Has Run Aviation Long Enough

Nov 21, 2025

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3 min read

✈️ iRFQ: The Inbox Has Run Aviation Long Enough

It’s Time for Something Better

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+14

When a Simple Interview Turns Into a Reflection Moment

Oct 10, 2025

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3 min read

When a Simple Interview Turns Into a Reflection Moment

A candid conversation about building clarity, speed, and trust in aviation tech — and what we learned along the way.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+11

The Hidden Cost of Clarity

Oct 9, 2025

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7 min read

The Hidden Cost of Clarity

Why founders must trade control for clarity — and how true visibility is built through architecture, not effort.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+5

Why AI Isn’t Replacing Us Anytime Soon

Oct 1, 2025

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9 min read

Why AI Isn’t Replacing Us Anytime Soon

What happens when trillion-dollar narratives run into Fortune 500 realities?

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+14

Aviation Intelligence Isn’t a Dashboard - Here’s What It Really Means

Sep 29, 2025

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6 min read

Aviation Intelligence Isn’t a Dashboard - Here’s What It Really Means

Why dashboards and lagging reports aren’t real intelligence — and what it takes for aviation to finally think in real time

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+13

Mastering Aviation RFQs: How ERP.Aero Boosts Win Rates & Compliance

Sep 23, 2025

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13 min read

Mastering Aviation RFQs: How ERP.Aero Boosts Win Rates & Compliance

A Data-Driven Guide to Building Faster, Compliant, and More Profitable Quoting Processes

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+11

Nothing Like This Exists. Or Does It?

Sep 3, 2025

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7 min read

Nothing Like This Exists. Or Does It?

The Case for Embedded Sourcing Intelligence in Aviation Repairs

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Success

+1

Labor Day: More Than Just a Long Weekend

Sep 1, 2025

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8 min read

Labor Day: More Than Just a Long Weekend

Honoring the sacrifices of the past, and giving thanks for the work — seen and unseen — that carries us forward every day.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+10

Aviation Supply, AI, and Real Intelligence: How to Do Better Work

Aug 27, 2025

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9 min read

Aviation Supply, AI, and Real Intelligence: How to Do Better Work

Beyond automations: intelligence trained on your own data, guiding every RFQ and quote.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+11

Aviation ERP Leaders Are Streamlining for 2026 – Are You Ready?

Aug 13, 2025

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2 min read

Aviation ERP Leaders Are Streamlining for 2026 – Are You Ready?

How aviation companies are integrating systems, speeding transactions, and preparing for the next wave of industry change.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+17

The RFQ Bottleneck: Are You Winning on Speed but Losing on Margin?

Aug 12, 2025

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4 min read

The RFQ Bottleneck: Are You Winning on Speed but Losing on Margin?

Why quoting faster means nothing if you can’t protect the deal’s profitability.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+9

Repair Orders Without Trace — How a Missing Teardown Report Can Stall a Whole Project

Aug 11, 2025

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4 min read

Repair Orders Without Trace — How a Missing Teardown Report Can Stall a Whole Project

From Paper Trails to Digital Threads...

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+13

You Didn’t Break Quoting. The Industry Did.

Jul 31, 2025

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6 min read

You Didn’t Break Quoting. The Industry Did.

But we decided to fix it and here's how we're doing it.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+15

THE STRONGEST TEAMS AREN’T THE LOUDEST — THEY’RE QUIETLY ALIGNED

Jul 18, 2025

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3 min read

THE STRONGEST TEAMS AREN’T THE LOUDEST — THEY’RE QUIETLY ALIGNED

The Work Is Just Working

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+8

The Hardest Part of Aviation Isn’t the Tech — It’s the Trust

Jul 15, 2025

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3 min read

The Hardest Part of Aviation Isn’t the Tech — It’s the Trust

Why Fixing Trust Gaps Is the Real Work Behind Aviation’s Next Decade.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+18

The Holy Grail of Aviation Supply: What Top Suppliers Get Right (and Everyone Else Misses)

Jul 7, 2025

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13 min read

The Holy Grail of Aviation Supply: What Top Suppliers Get Right (and Everyone Else Misses)

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+19

How Mountain Air Parts Transformed High-Volume Quoting — And What “20 Quotes in 5 Minutes” Really Means

Jul 3, 2025

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5 min read

How Mountain Air Parts Transformed High-Volume Quoting — And What “20 Quotes in 5 Minutes” Really Means

How Mountain Air Parts Turned Daily RFQ Chaos Into a Lightning-Fast Competitive Edge

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+6

Batch Numbers & Trust: How Powell Simbulan Quietly Rewires Aerospace

Jul 1, 2025

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5 min read

Batch Numbers & Trust: How Powell Simbulan Quietly Rewires Aerospace

A lot of people talk about speed and growth. Powell talks about trust and autonomy.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi
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