CASE STUDY:

1) What problems does Air Canada hope that Maintenix will

solve?
Ans: Air Canada’s old legacy systems were not able to interact
with one another finance and inventory systems. The
inefficiencies of those systems were costing the airline
engineer’s time and money that could have been used on
maintainning planes , instead of needlessly maintaining excess
inventory.
Air line Canada turned to n=mix technologies for help in
addressing these problems. Mix is renowned in the air line
industry for its maintaining software package, which provides
integrated, intelligent aviation MRO (maintenance, repair, and
organizations) software to aviation organization hoping to
improve productivity.

2) How does Maintenix improve opperational efficiency and

decision making?
Ans: The Maintenix information system provides integrated,
intelligent aviations , maintenance , repair and operations
software. That leads the way to enhanced visibility of fleet
-wide data, timelier decision making support Air Canada’s
existing business model , and increased operational efficiencies.
The maintenance system is accessible via the web and easy to
deploy to all stations around the world. It reduces repetitive
tasks and time chasing missing or incomplete information by
allowing maintenance, engineering , and finance diviations to
easily share information. Wireless deployment also makes
Maintenix more effective, since aviation technicians,
equipment and parts are always on the move.

3) Give examples of three decisions supported by the Maintenix

provide to support each of these decisions?
Ans: The Maintenix software package cobsist of six different
modules, which are separate segments of the product that
interconnected. The six modules are maintenance
engeineering, line maintenance, heavy maintenance, shop
maintenance, materials maintenance, and finance.
The maintenance engineering module is the foundation of the
Maintenix systems. It is used to establish the configaration
hierarchy, rules, and maintenance program that all of the other
modules depend upon. Through this module, the airline can set
up a “logically configuration”, which describes aircraft
components, part relationships, and compatibility rules. For
example of how Maintenix will increase air Canada’s efficiency
might be as follows, An Air Canada technician requests a part
he needs for maintenance from supply. Maintenance
automatically process the request , if the required part is
available, Maintenix automatically reserves it and the
appropriate personal are ammediately informed that the part is
ready to be picked for issue, Line Maintenix involves matching a
dynamic list of maintenance work requirements against finite
resources at varying locations with in a flight schedule that is
constantly undergoing change. The module includes line station
planning applications, which are designed schedule
maintenance and allocate work based on the capabilities of the
line station facilitie as the Aircraft’s scheduled location. For
exzmple, this module allows Air Canada to ensure that qualified
technician is available before they schedule maintenance. The
material management module deals with the logistically
complex process of ensuring availability of parts without
overstocking. Maintenix ensure’s that the minimum amount of
eachh part is always in inventory without causing engineer to
be sort on parts at any time. Maintaining this delicate balance
is critical in order to maximize revenue and achieved greater
operational efficiencies.