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+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

+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

+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

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

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

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

+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

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

+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

Gratitude

+17

Stop Quoting Blind: How Smart Intake Adds Margin Back to Aviation RFQs

Jun 29, 2025

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6 min read

Stop Quoting Blind: How Smart Intake Adds Margin Back to Aviation RFQs

Smart Intake & Action Routing for Aviation Suppliers

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+5

Repaired, Reignited, Resilient — Lindsey Gamell on What Aviation Taught Her About Grit and Coming Home

Jun 18, 2025

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5 min read

Repaired, Reignited, Resilient — Lindsey Gamell on What Aviation Taught Her About Grit and Coming Home

A story about falling in love with aviation, walking away, and finding the strength to return on your own terms.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+23

Quoting Like It’s 2025: How iRFQ by ERP.Aero Redefines Speed, Accuracy, and Control

Jun 12, 2025

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8 min read

Quoting Like It’s 2025: How iRFQ by ERP.Aero Redefines Speed, Accuracy, and Control

When every feature costs extra, you're not buying ERP — you're renting basic functionality at a premium.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+18

The Hidden Margin Killers No One Talks About

Jun 9, 2025

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4 min read

The Hidden Margin Killers No One Talks About

Modern ERP isn’t about more tools. It’s about less drag, more margin, and one source of operational truth.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+11

The ASA Statement Reinvented: From Afterthought to Engineered Compliance

Jun 4, 2025

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12 min read

The ASA Statement Reinvented: From Afterthought to Engineered Compliance

A deep dive into the most mishandled document in aviation — and how embedding the ASA Statement into your ERP transforms compliance from a manual risk into a system of record.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Gratitude

+14

If It Takes 8 Months to Launch, Imagine How Long It Takes to Grow

May 7, 2025

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9 min read

If It Takes 8 Months to Launch, Imagine How Long It Takes to Grow

In aviation, every month spent waiting on a slow ERP rollout is a month lost to faster, hungrier competitors. Legacy ERPs drag implementations into 8–12 months of delays, killing RFQs, growth, and momentum. ERP.Aero flips the script with aviation-native architecture, quoting live in weeks, and compliance built in from day one. In today's aviation market, speed isn't optional—it's the battlefield. Move fast, or be left behind.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+19

The Quote Behind the Quote: Why Vendor Visibility Is the Real Deciding Factor in Aviation

May 5, 2025

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9 min read

The Quote Behind the Quote: Why Vendor Visibility Is the Real Deciding Factor in Aviation

When vendor quotes are buried, expired, or missing certs — you don’t lose the quote. You lose the deal.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+19

The Systems Know: Why AI Isn’t Enough if Your ERP Doesn’t Know How to Think

May 2, 2025

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10 min read

The Systems Know: Why AI Isn’t Enough if Your ERP Doesn’t Know How to Think

Why Real Intelligence Begins at the Core — and Fake-Native ERPs Fall Apart Where It Matters Most.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+18

Built for Yesterday: How They Are Leaving Aviation Behind

Apr 30, 2025

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9 min read

Built for Yesterday: How They Are Leaving Aviation Behind

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+27

Shock and Awe 2: The Aviation ERP That Actually Works

Apr 20, 2025

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8 min read

Shock and Awe 2: The Aviation ERP That Actually Works

This is the story of what happens when an industry finally gets a system built for how it really operates. The result? Speed. Control. Visibility. And freedom from the ERP chaos that’s held aviation back for 20 years.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+12

The eCommerce Wake-Up Call Aviation Didn’t Know It Needed

Apr 15, 2025

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8 min read

The eCommerce Wake-Up Call Aviation Didn’t Know It Needed

Aviation eCommerce is no longer optional — it’s expected.

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi

Revenue

+13

Wrapping Up MRO Americas 2025: Thank You for the Momentum

Apr 14, 2025

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7 min read

Wrapping Up MRO Americas 2025: Thank You for the Momentum

I have to tell you, I'm still of an MRO Atlanta mindset..

Ralph Merhi
Ralph Merhi
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