Aerospace       Aerospace       •   Field Operatives       •   Operation Managers       Space       Oil & Gas Streamline and manage maintenance and repair functions. Advanced Environment for Collaborative Interactive Maintenance (AECIM) optimises the delivery of accurate, intelligent and procedural information to engineers who perform complex maintenance. Uncertainty in performing complex maintenance operations is reduced, quality of maintenance operations increased, safety standards secured, regulatory compliance enforced and additional maintenance capacity achieved. Currently, maintenance tasks are performed by engineers based on two discrete elements: The Job Card that defines the work instructions for engineers The Maintenance Manual which provide technical support to assist engineers in completion of assigned tasks The paper-based job cards refer engineers to maintenance manuals which explain how to perform the work instruction. These maintenance manuals are usually available to the engineers in paper or CD-ROM format. To refer to them the engineer must stop the maintenance task, go to a computer terminal or library, search for the relevant material and read through it, before returning to the maintenance task. This leads to a reduction in the efficiency of the engineer along with a potential decrease in the quality of the maintenance operation. AECIM targets this area by addressing the lack of integration between these two core elements by providing an Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) system for accessing and performing maintenance procedures. The AECIM system provides a single point of access for engineers. All relevant support information required to perform a maintenance operation is combined in an intelligent manner with the work instructions. Through mobile wireless technologies such as handheld devices and tablet PC's, the electronic job card provides the engineer with direct access to information . The AECIM system enables both data gathering and retrieval. Using AECIM, maintenance information such as task completion, defects found etc. can be inputted into the system. This information is transmitted back to the central data storage systems of the maintenance organisation, providing for both regulatory compliance and real time analysis of the performed operational procedures. AECIM was developed using open standards and architecture and is designed to integrate seamlessly with both current maintenance systems and those in development. Read more about AECIM in the aerospace industry: AECIM for field operatives AECIM for operation managers and supervisors Return to top "AECIM applies space technology to aerospace reality"