Leveraging information technology for optimal aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul /
"Aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) requires unique information technology to meet the challenges set by today's aviation industry. How do IT services relate to aircraft MRO, and how may IT be leveraged in the future? Leveraging information technology for optimal aircraft main...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
Woodhead Publishing,
2012.
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Colección: | Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Leveraging information technology for optimal aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO); Copyright; Contents; List of figures and table; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; About the author; Foreword; Introduction; Industry overview; Airworthiness; Note; 1 An overview of aircraft maintenance; 1.1 Aircraft maintenance process; 1.2 Maintenance objectives; 1.3 Aircraft maintenance strategies; 1.4 The maintenance organisations; 1.5 Regulatory compliance; 1.6 Conclusion; 1.7 Notes; 2 The business of maintaining aircraft; 2.1 The aviation MRO market overview.
- 2.2 Customers
- who are they?2.3 Demand and capacity planning; 2.4 Service offerings; 2.5 Customer orders and contracts; 2.6 Order commitment and fulfi lment; 2.7 Invoicing; 2.8 Warranty in the world of aircraft maintenance; 2.9 Customer care; 2.10 Conclusion; 2.11 Notes; 3 Aircraft maintenance paradigm; 3.1 The paradigm; 3.2 Life cycle of a commercial aircraft; 3.3 Airframe maintenance life cycle; 3.4 Aircraft engine maintenance life cycle; 3.5 Aircraft components maintenance life cycle; 3.6 Ground support equipment/fl eet (GSE/F) maintenance life cycle; 3.7 Manage materials and logistics.
- 3.8 Manage finance3.9 Manage human resources; 3.10 Manage facilities; 3.11 Manage continuous improvements; 3.12 CASS (Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System); 3.13 Manage environment; 3.14 Manage information technology; 3.15 Manage external relationships; 3.16 Manufacture aircraft parts; 3.17 Organisation structure; 3.18 Summary; 3.19 Notes; 4 Aviation MRO organisations' challenge to the IT industry; 4.1 Too many aviation MRO standards and lack of them; 4.2 The conundrum of ownership; 4.3 Forecasting: does the industry have a crystal ball?
- 4.4 On-wing vs off-wing: the life value cascades4.5 MRP-3 vs MSG-3: the ERP paradigm does not work; 4.6 Every maintenance activity has to have a Task Card; 4.7 Many systems to integrate; 4.8 Summary; 4.9 Note; 5 The IT industry responds; 5.1 The aviation MRO business and information technology; 5.2 The era of bespoke systems; 5.3 The vacuum and the minnows; 5.4 The big boys get interested; 5.5 The active vendors; 5.6 Summary; 5.7 Note; 6 The current aviation MRO IT landscape; 6.1 The legacy solutions; 6.2 Best-of-breed solutions; 6.3 Integrated ERP solutions; 6.4 The technologies.
- 6.5 So many solutions but no holy grail6.6 Summary; 6.7 Notes; 7 Leveraging IT and shaping the future; 7.1 Airworthiness and information technology; 7.2 The business view; 7.3 The ideal solution; 7.4 Is this feasible?; 7.5 The nirvana; 7.6 Conclusion; 7.7 Notes; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.