The Problem:
TODAY THERE IS NO BACK TO BIRTH (BTB) TO BEYOND ECONOMIC REPAIR (BER) UNIVERSAL PART CONDITION DOCUMENTATION CAPTURE AND TRACE HISTORY FOR USABLE SERVICEABLE MATERIAL (USM) and other parts.
Our Disconnected Universe
WhyNot?
PARTS DOCUMENTATION IS CREATED AND ARE STORED ON DISCONNECTED COMPUTER
NETWORKS AND ON COMPANY SERVERS THAT ARE DISCONNECTED AND UNRELATED FROM COMPANY TO COMPANY AND COMPANY TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
THERE IS NO STANDARDIZATION FOR
SECURE DOCUMENTATION DATA CAPTURE, REVIEW, EXCHANGE, SECURE, ACCESS SHARING WITH
UNIVERSAL ROUTING, TRACKING, AND COLLABORATION. IMAGES AND PART DOCUMENTATION FILES
USE UP PRECIOUS STORAGE SPACE AND QUADRUPLE THE IMAGES ARE EMAILED OR STORED IN
DISCONNECTED OUTSOURCED FILE STORAGE SYSTEMS.
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When aircraft are parted out or a part fails on a current flying aircraft it will need testing, repair, overhaul, or replacement. Today airlines, MRO's and owner-operators have several choices to replace a failed part. Buy a new one (the most expensive). Repair the failed or exhausted part. For Repairs, the documentation process today is a paper and digital scan or type-based trace document that is filled out by the service technician. The document contains the part number and or a parts Serial Number, the aircraft it was removed from, and other related information.