The aerospace industry deals with highly complex equipment, made out of expensive and sensitive parts. It can be roughly divided into new product manufacturing and maintenance refurbishing operation (MRO).

In order to ensure flight safety, airplane engines maintenance includes a thorough and highly specific refurbishment process. In this process, each one of approximately 500 engine parts has its own, unique refurbishment plan, which goes through different stations in the facility and external plants. Furthermore, each engine must be reassembled with the exact same parts that belong to it.

In this complex and unstructured manufacturing process, a single missing part stops the production line preventing the engine reassembly. Manufacturers incur heavy late-delivery penalties as a result of delays.

The Precyse solution can provide the required visibility to manage production and assembly process effectively and efficiently. By attaching a Smart Agent device to each part, manufacturers have a complete and up to date picture of their entire operation. This allows floor operators to locate a specific part of a specific engine thereby proactively streamlining the process. Furthermore, producers can now gives visibility to customers, updating an airline on the exact status of its product being produced or refurbished, improving service and customer attentiveness.
Safety is improved as well. With the system automatically tracking the full product route, ensuring that every part goes through the exact process order as it should.

The Precyse solution can also alleviate tool availability concerns. The aerospace industry uses highly specific and expensive tools. It is critical to be able to locate the right tool at the right time in order to complete the assembly. By attaching Smart Agent devices to critical tools, managers gain total visibility throughout the enterprise. In addition, FAA regulations mandate regular tool calibration. By using the Precyse solution, you can manage and plan your maintenance program to avoid oversights.

• Improve the production process efficiency
• Provide customers with visibility
• Improve process safety and prevent misroutes
• Automate data acquisition
• Effectively manage process, identify bottlenecks in real time.
• Remove the human error factor
• Reduce equipment loss while improving maintenance procedures