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Leveraging Information Technology for Optimal Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO)

A Sahay, IBM, Australia

 - provides practical and realistic solutions to real-world problems
 - presents a global perspective of the industry and its relationship with dynamic information technology
 - written by a highly knowledgeable and hands on practitioner in this niche field of Aircraft Maintenance
 - draws on the author’s wide-ranging practical experience of provisioning IT support to this industry
 - draws on the author’s extensive experience to suggest a framework for best practices in IT Provisioning

Aimed at professionals in the aviation industry and students of aircraft maintenance, this book covers the use and management of technology in the aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) context. The book provides a backdrop of current trends in the industry where airlines are tending to retain their aircraft longer on the one hand, and rapidly introducing a new genre of aircraft such as the A380 and B787 into service. This book provides industry professionals and students of aviation MRO (at all levels) with the necessary principles, approaches and tools to respond effectively and efficiently to the constant development of new technologies - both in general and within the aviation MRO profession. It highlights the unique information requirements for aviation MRO and delves into the detailed aspects of information needs from within the industry such as engineering and maintenance planning, aircraft/engine/component configurations, materials management, logistics, and technical documentation. It highlights the difference between on-wing and off-wing maintenance with their unique information processing needs. This book is designed as a primer on IT services for aircraft engineering professionals and a handbook for IT professionals servicing this niche industry.

ISBN 1 84569 982 3
ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 982 6
Q1 2011
200 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
Approx. £100.00 / US$170.00 / €125.00

Not yet published

About the author

Anant Sahay is a highly experienced IT Professional working in the Commercial Aviation industry since 1982. He has hands on experience in Strategic Planning, Execution and delivery of IT solutions for Aircraft Maintenance, including Business Intelligence and Systems Integration. Sahay holds a Production Engineering degree and an MBA. He is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) as well a TOGAF Certified Enterprise Architect and is currently working with IBM Australia as a Senior Managing Consultant and Subject Matter Expert on Aviation MRO supporting IBM’s global initiatives. Sahay has been associated with a number of airlines either as an employee or as a consultant with Qantas, Emirates Airline, Gulf Air, ADAT (Abu Dhabi Aviation Technology); Malaysian Airlines, Air China, Saudi Arabian Airline, Air New Zealand; and Eva Air among others.

Contents

How to leverage IT for optimal Aircraft Maintenance and achieve enhanced Airworthiness cost effectively; Technology in a changing world of Aviation MRO; Business of Maintaining Aircraft; Aircraft Maintenance Paradigm; How the IT industry responded to Aviation MRO’s needs; The Challenges of providing IT services to the Aviation MRO industry; How is it being currently done; The Future; and Putting it all together.