What Is Aircraft Data Management & Why It’s Important
What is aircraft data management?
Data management is the process of handling data so that it can be used effectively. This involves storing, organizing, and accessing data, as well as ensuring its quality and security. Data management is a critical part of any business or organization, as it helps to ensure that data is properly utilized. Without data management, data would quickly become unorganized and chaotic, making it difficult to find and use. Data management practices help to keep data organized and accessible so that it can be used effectively.
Within aviation, data management is essential for airworthiness, safety, asset value, and efficiency. An airline and its aircraft generate a large amount of data, which must be collected and organized to be useful. This data can include everything from part certificates, flight log data, maintenance work orders, Tech logs, and weather conditions to engine performance and logbooks.
Why is data management important?
In today’s digital economy, data can be seen as the new currency. It can be used to make more informed decisions, optimize operations, and reduce costs to increase revenue or profits altogether!
A lack of proper data management can result in data silos, inconsistent data sets and data quality problems that limit the ability of an airline to run for example business intelligence and analytics applications - or even lead to flawed findings.
𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳.
Data needs to be available and accessible for everyone within the organization to drive real value. In the last couple of years, many airlines have taken lots of initiatives to make data that is locked on paper accessible. Still, many operators deal with paper-based workflows, for example, aircraft records that need to be digitalized to a certain extent in MRO systems. All those records hold data that might be of use at some point and currently this data is not accessible or available to everyone.
As mentioned above data is also airworthiness compliance. Data indicates for an airline whether aircraft are airworthy. That is always the first and most important key consideration when talking about data - airworthiness compliance. For example, when returning an aircraft to the lease company one of the first things the lease company will do is a records verification to check the records that accompany the aircraft including checking data to make sure that it is correct. They do that to confirm whether the aircraft is in compliance with airworthiness regulations, which in turn has a direct effect on the value of that asset. No one would buy an aircraft whose airworthiness is in doubt. So, there is a direct relationship between data and asset value and between data and airworthiness compliance.
Do you need help with your aircraft data? Starting with collecting and validating it, getting it into the right format? Or do you would like to get rid of all the excel sheets you are using next to your MRO/M&E system because you do not trust the data in the system?
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