cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message inventory locator service llc type private subsidiary of boeing industry aviation marine defense founded 1979 1979 memphis tennessee founder john williams headquarters memphis tennessee united states of america number of locations u.s. memphis atlanta boston dallas los angeles miami new york philadelphia phoenix san diego seattle st. louis washington d.c illinois ; europe frankfurt london paris ; asia shanghai singapore owner boeing parent aviall inc. website ilsmart.com inventory locator service llc ils is an american company that started the first e marketplace for aviation marine and defense industries . ils has its headquarters in memphis tennessee united states of america ; with relationships globally especially in north america through its parent company aviall inc. a subsidiary of the boeing company . 1 inventory locator service was started in may 1979 by john williams founder of the memphis group an aircraft parts dealer . 2 ils provided a business to business marketplace for its subscribers to search among millions of parts and negotiate orders . 2 contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 services 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1985 williams and his four partners became concerned that ils might be vulnerable to competition and urged selling the company while it was profitable . the other partners agreed to sell and ryder system inc purchased ils . ryder was a major player in the aircraft parts and service business but kept ils operations separate . 2 in 1988 ils moved to a new location in memphis tennessee . a switch in business conduct occurred due to the introduction of dos software to pc users . its first windows software followed in 1994 . 3 ils introduced internet access to its database in 1999 2000 . in 2001 ils was changed from a tennessee corporation to a delaware limited liability company . it was seeing record usage while other dot coms folded in the collapse of the internet bubble . 3 it had about 6 000 subscribers at the time and was succeeding in the face of new competition from start ups airlines and oems . 3 acquisitions edit in 1983 ryder acquired some aviation companies including aviation sales co. inc. and its subsidiary general hydraulics corporation of florida an aircraft leasing firm and spare parts firm . 4 aviall an aviation solutions provider was bought by ryder in 1985 . 4 in 1993 there was a spin off of ryder s aviation businesses including aviall . 5 aviall inc. became incorporated in 1993 as an independent global provider of new aviation parts supply chain management and other related value added services to the aerospace aftermarket . aviall inc. also became the parent company to both aviall services inc. and ils . 6 7 later in 2006 aviall inc. was acquired by the boeing company . 8 services edit ils serves as a data warehouse where information from the faa and other similar organizations is captured . data captured includes pma data airworthiness directives maintenance repair and operations mro services and unapproved parts . ils services clients in the aviation defense and marine industries with its business to business electronic marketplace . ultimately ils offers an electronic marketplace for buying and selling within those industries and provides aftermarket information on supply demand and pricing data . 3 references edit ils . about us . ilsmart aircraft parts helicopter & defense parts marine spares 2009 web . 5 oct 2009 . http www.ilsmart.com aboutus a b c warbelow art . inventory locator service . harvard business school . 191.008 1990 5 . print . a b c d aviall inc. . company profile . hoover s inc. 2008 . answers.com 05 oct. 2009 . http www.answers.com topic aviall incorporated a b universe funding . ryder system inc. company history 1980 acquisitions . fundinguniverse.com 2009 4 5 . web . 7 oct 2009 . http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories ryder system inc company history.html . universe funding . aviation sales company company history key dates . fundinguniverse.com 2009 1 4 . web . 7 oct 2009 . http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories aviation sales company company history.html . commercial credit report aviall incorporated creditriskmonitor.com 2009 1 . web . 7 oct 2009 . http www.crmz.com report reportpreview.asp businessid 5165 . united states . schedule 14a aviall inc. washington edgar online 2006 . web . 7 oct 2009 . http google.brand.edgar online.com efx dll edgarpro.dll fetchfilinghtml1 id 4489981 & sessionid 0f9ewe9tsqf d47 boeing to acquire aviall to enhance its growing services businesses press release . the boeing company . 2006 06 05 . retrieved 2009 10 07 . external links edit ilsmart.com home page industry eyes home page eye on marine home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 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