1. Growing Digital Ecosystem
Company: Lufthansa Technik
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has spent the first half of the year strengthening its Aviatar digital platform. In January it incorporated flydocs and Swiss AviationSoftware’s AMOS software into Aviatar to create what it is calling a “digital tech ops ecosystem.” The partnership will provide what LHT says will be comprehensive data coverage across the entire tech ops value stream, covering areas such as maintenance operations, data analytics and digital records. In March, LHT integrated Honeywell Connected Maintenance Analytics into Aviatar’s Predictive Health Analytics suite. It has also fully acquired software developer Lufthansa Industry Solutions as a subsidiary, so it will now leverage the company’s expertise to boost its digital offerings and enable more services.
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2. Versatile MRO Management
Company: Ramco Systems Corp.
Ramco Systems Corp. offers a variety of enterprise resource planning software for the aviation industry, including its Ramco Aviation MRO Solution for digitalizing maintenance requirements across the aftermarket. It integrates a wide variety of segments within MRO, including engineering, continuing airworthiness management, supply chain, manufacturing and sales. It also utilizes emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain. Several airlines and MROs have signed on to use Ramco software this year, including Etihad Airways Engineering, Philippine Airlines and Skytek Pty Ltd.
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3. Smarter MRO Scheduling
Company: Stottler Henke
Originally developed to help NASA schedule its MRO activities, Stottler Henke’s Aurora software uses artificial intelligence to analyze numerous “what-if” scenarios. Since its success with NASA, Aurora has been adopted by customers in the commercial aviation industry such as Boeing, which uses the software for more than 60 applications, including aircraft assembly and MRO operations. The software determines how companies can best synchronize and allocate resources, adapting quickly to uncertain conditions. Stottler Henke says the software cuts down on schedule times compared to other popular project management tools, such as Microsoft Project and Primavera P6. When applied to a Boeing aircraft assembly subproject, it says Aurora produced schedules that were between 12-42% shorter than both of the other project management tools.
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4. Boosting Mobility And Predictive Maintenance
Company: Trax
MRO provider AAR acquired software developer Trax in March for $120 million. It plans to leverage Trax’s products and expertise to help it increase internal efficiencies and develop new digital sources of revenue, such as selling parts online and expanding its Airvolution component repair management platform. Trax offers several software products for MRO, including its eMRO maintenance and engineering enterprise resource planning software and its suite of eMobility apps for digital maintenance. The software is already used by a wide range of customers, including airlines, MROs, rotorcraft operators, and government and defense agencies. Moving forward, Trax plans to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to further transition its software capability toward predictive maintenance to help customers proactively forecast and address potential maintenance issues.
