MRO - Engineering

Your Situation

What's the plan?
A unit is scheduled for overhaul.

• Based on the unit's age and accrued usage, what maintenance is required?
• What outstanding upgrades and directives need to be performed?
• How to reconcile these into an MRO plan in time for the unit's induction?

The Pertinence Suite tracks all necessary data for end item units in the field, providing the planner with all necessary data to quickly assemble the proper instruction package for maintenance technicians. Based on usage statistics and open directives, standard instruction packages are automatically assembled…increasing the planner's throughput and assuring that all open directives are addressed.

Intercim's answer

While most planning systems require complex authoring and approval cycles, the Pertinence Suite Process Planning module allows planners to quickly create and release plans when time-to-execution is critical. The system tracks data on end item units such as airplanes or sub-assemblies like landing gear. That data can drive the selection of reusable, pre-defined objects including operations, steps, electronic signatures, tools and data collection. The planning tool quickly assembles all data necessary into planning templates or authoritative process documentation to be executed in a paperless environment. The module accommodates the full range of ME and Quality planning functions, including pre-planning, modification planning, and emergent planning to enable efficient and accurate documentation of the as-executed record.

Your Situation

Making re-built as good as new.
Assemblies are evaluated, reworked, replaced and re-assembled. Many parameters are checked in the process and everything is within specification. But when the engine performance is tested, it falls short of expectations. What is causing this underperformance of an engine with both re-manufactured and new parts?

Part data analysis using the Pertinence Suite discovered that a number of key re-manufactured components in the engine stack were on the low side of acceptable tolerance. If a new component is used for one of the key parts, the tolerance stack-up that results in failed acceptance tests is avoided. A new rule, or best operational practice is created.

Intercim's answer

With Best Operational Practices and historical data defined, Process Rules Discovery helps manufacturers determine the leanest, most robust and reliable process possible. Patented algorithms of the module extract from a process the combination of process and material characteristics that produce both good and inferior results. Rather than relying on subjective opinions or complex models, Process Rules Discovery allows the user to make rapid decisions based on facts and historical lessons. In addition to early indication of quality issues, the system encourages development and adoption of best practices throughout operations including new product introduction and continuous improvement teams.

Process Rules Discovery answers the WHY question, essential for continuous improvement. Why are two identically produced engine parts performing differently? Why isn't this production line able to produce a consistent yield? Why did the product fail when production tolerances were within range? Because the Suite has solved the complex issue of capturing relevant data and offering best practice corrective action, repair and overhaul technicians have the ability to systematically avoid reproducing past mistakes while improving first pass yield.