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Industry Drives Toward Digital, Standardized Data
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LOUISVILLE, KY -- Commercial aviation is going digital across the board, from dealing with passengers to managing aircraft maintenance. Getting the most out of digital information requires effective collaboration across supply chains, and the need will only increase as outsourcing grows and operators use tools such as Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) and Electronic Log Books (ELB), contends Ray Marzulo, vice president of customer support at Boeing. And as the digital revolution continues, operators, suppliers and MROs need to move away from custom-built, in-house data systems that cannot talk to each other, he said. Collaboration requires thorough data standardization.
Marzulo said at a recent conference on electronic business convened by the Air Transport Association (ATA) that internal information systems must be able to handle standardized data formats so that organizations can exchange data easily and electronically. Relevant data should thus follow the new industry standards: ATA Spec 2000 for electronic exchange of material and reliability data; ATA iSpec 2200 for engineering and maintenance data; and S1000D, originally developed for military equipment, which is now being supplemented to serve commercial aviation. "Standards are the glue necessary to avoid one-off solutions," Marzulo stressed. Table of Contents
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