Airline enjoys heightened productivity

摘要

Jazz Aviation is a regional air carrier traveling to and from approximately 80 destinations across Canada and the United States. The Jazz operational base in Toronto, Ontario, is responsible for maintenance and repair operations for 125 airplanes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. After the company installed light-directed vertical lift modules (VLM) in the maintenance stockroom, it was able to more efficiently supply parts to technicians on site as well as to five other bases. With 20,000 SKUs in inventory. Jazz has to keep a close eye on each part coming in and out of the stockroom. Accuracy and traceability are essential to identify what part number and batch number is used in each airplane. Before the VLMs, the 6,900-square-foot facility already had 200 bays of shelving with no floor space available.