Aerospace Products S.E. Inc. (APSE) was established in 1987 and is owned jointly by Cherokee Nation Businesses, a wholly owned affiliate of the Cherokee Nation, and Acorn Growth Equity Capital. The company was acquired in August of 2008 from the Wimberly family.

Acorn Growth Companies, an aerospace and defense private equity firm, provides day-to-day oversight of APSE’s operations on behalf of ownership.

APSE’s headquarters is located in Huntsville, Alabama, with facilities in San Antonio, Texas (Supporting Boeing Global Support & Services and other customers) and Wichita, Kansas (supporting Boeing IDS). The company maintains business development offices in Oklahoma City, OK and Salt Lake City, UT.

Today the company is known for its ability to procure “hard to find” parts for military and commercial platforms. We can find parts, especially fasteners, for most platforms and we specialize in legacy military platforms such as the KC-135, C-17 and the KC-10.
APSE also provides on-site supply chain Integration services, inventory bin management, and kitting services to complement its extensive array of value-added capabilities. We invite you to call on us for your outsourced procurement and inventory management needs.
APSE’s experience proves that although similarities exist between our customers, each program is unique. APSE has developed an extensive array of skill sets that allow for the customization of solutions suited to specific needs and requirements. Current company skill sets include:

* Forward Stocking Locations (FSL) - APSE operates two FSL’s located strategically to support our site operations in San Antonio, and Wichita. The availability of safety stock and operations either located directly on-site or nearby allow instant around the clock access to critical material and customer service.
* Point-of-Use (POU) - Bin management services located directly at our customer’s operation, 99%-100% sustained fill rate for 20,000 plus bins. The daily monitoring of bin use determines optimum material quantity, material placement and usage.
* 24 Hour On-Call Support - Program management point-of-contact provided for each respective area, aircraft, program and or shift as required.
* Inventory Visibility - Our customer’s can accesses stock levels through either APSE’s secure web site or a direct portal or link directly to the APSE Inventory Management System.
* Design Effort Support - During the course of new manufacture, repair, and overhaul, engineering assistance is available from our seasoned staff. Determinations of off-the-shelf materials versus long lead, material availability status, cross reference data, etc., are utilized to create lean bills of materials or work orders.
* Spot Buy Activity - Providing status on the un-forecasted, urgent need items is a discipline in which APSE excels. The current process is a 24-hour or less turn-around-time for status, completed via e-mail to the requester, or buying authority, with a Sales Order Number for traceability, Part Number, Program, Aircraft Tail Number, and most importantly an EDD (Estimated Delivery Date). This information populates an overall Open Order Status Report available on the APSE’s website 24/7.