Integrated materials management for commercial aircraft fleets including access to real-time on-board systems information

摘要

Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single managementservice provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials servicesfrom a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly fromon-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance serviceproviders and parts suppliers. The MSP contracts with and manages maintenance, repairand overhaul organizations (MROs) who perform the maintenance on the customers'aircraft at line and base stations. The MSP either remotely manages part inventoriesat the customer's site, or manages suppliers who deliver the parts to theMROs. Maintenance planning, scheduling and execution information is exchangedbetween the MSP, MROs, part suppliers and the customers through a shared datacommunication network controlled by the MSP. The MSP charges the customer forthe maintenance services based on a flat rate per unit of aircraft flying time.