ATA e-Business Program Overview ATA e-Business Forum – June 24, 2014 Ken Jones ATA e-Business Program International standards program for information exchange to support engineering, maintenance, materiel and flight operations. Open membership Neutral/consensus-based environment Administered by Airlines for America, formerly Air Transport Association (non profit) 110 Member companies 700+ Individual volunteers Collaborative web site: www.ataebiz.org for documents, balloting, calendars, email ATA Specifications - History Beginning – late 1950s Spec 100 – Technical Data Standards Spec 200 – Materiel Data Standards (IBM Punch Cards) Standards Evolved and Expanded Changing business needs Technological advances Today Broad list of standards and data definitions Long list of adopters Standards deeply embedded in industry systems and processes 3 Vision To be an agile, cost effective, global commercial aviation industry enabled through effective and efficient information sharing. Information is as dynamic as the business environment Business Models can be effective adjusted in a timely manner as conditions require Minimal data processing for distribution or consumption Information is complete and ready for consumption when provided Mission To establish a global commercial aviation industry information framework that facilitates improved business agility, reduces costs, increases speed of business, and maintains the highest level of safety. Functional / Lifecycle Scope Design Production Operation Maintenance Configuration Management ATA, AIA, ASD Maintenance Planning Collaboration (S1000D) Maintenance Procedures Part Identification, Traceability, RFID Initial Provisioning Delivery Config Reliability Data Industry Performance Metrics Spec 2000 Supply Chain Mgmt/e-Procurement/Repair Order Admin/Warranty iSpec 2200/S1000D Electronic Regulatory Documentation Spec 42 Aviation Marketplace Spec 2300 Electronic Aircraft Logbook In Development Flight Operations Data/MMEL Data Electronic Aircraft Transfer Records Digital Data Security 6 ATA e-Business Specifications Spec 2000 – ATA Materiel, Reliability, Logbook, Regulatory Data, RFID standards iSpec 2200 / S1000D – Technical Information standards Illustrated Parts Catalog, Maintenance Manuals, Service Bulletin, MPD, Wiring Manuals, etc. Spec 2300 – Flight Operations Data Spec 42 – Digital Information Security Common Support Data Dictionary Definitions, characteristics, tags/identifiers for all data. World Airlines & Suppliers Guide 7 Organizational Structure e-Business Steering Group Functional Interest Groups Integration Working Groups Supply Chain Flight Regulatory Reliability Quality Traceability Civil Aviation Data Security Management Operations Documentation Data Assurance Spec 2000 Spec 2300 Spec 2000 Spec 2000 Spec 2000 Data Harmonization iSpec 2200 Spec 42 Ch. 1-8, 12, Ch. 9, (15) Ch. 16 Ch. 11, 13-2 Technical Design S1000D Data Security 13, 14, (15). (17) Spec Consistency Collaboration WASG Methodology CMM PT Configuration Mgmt PT Graphics & Multimedia PT XML PT Warranty PT Schema PT RFID on Electronic Aircraft E-Logbook PT Maintenance Rqmts PT Spec 2.0 CSDD PT Parts PT Transfer Records Metrics PT Service Bulletin PT Technical PT 8 ATA e-Business Strategy October 5, 2007 Vision: To be an agile, cost effective, global commercial aviation industry enabled through effective & efficient information sharing. Mission: Establish a global commercial aviation industry information framework that facilitates improved business agility, reduces costs, increases speed of business, and maintains the highest level of safety. Customer For Commercial Aviation Companies that Produce, Consume and Budgetary Perspective Exchange Data… Perspective Who are the Produce What do member Be Self customers? What Standards Improve Maintain Safety airlines expect Supporting do they value from That... Reduce Costs Business and from ATA B1 ATA eBusiness? C1 C2 Processes C3Compliance eBusiness? Operations Standards Lifecycle Management Standards Implementation Building the Community Perspective Maintain Open Increase Reduce Establish Operate to Ensure Quality & Consensus- What must we do Standards Barriers for Effective Lifecycle Plan Standards Based Work internally to meet Adoption Adoption Participation our customer P1 P2 P7 P8 P12 P13Environment objectives? P10 Provide Leverage Identify Encourage 3rd Provide Support for Increase Existing Business Party Product / Networking Standards Membership Standards Opportunities Solutions Dev. Opportunities P3 P4 P9 Implementation P14 P15 Provide Project Increase Speed Market the and Program of Standards Standards Oversight Development P5 P6 P11 Learning Perspective Maintain Awareness of Emerging Know the Standards and How Understand Business What must we Technologies They are Implemented know to perform L1 L2 L3 the processes? Current Members AAR Corp FedEx Proto Type Industries, Inc. ABX Air Finnair Qantas Airways AerData UK Limited Flatirons Solutions (formerly InfoTrust Group) Rockwell Collins Aeroinfo Systems Fokker Services BV Rolls-Royce Aerospace Software Development FUJITSU LIMITED SAAB Aeroxchange Ltd. Gables Engineering Satair A/S Air Canada GE Aviation Saudi Arabian Airlines Air New Zealand Limited GE Capital Aviation Services Ltd. SDL, Structured Content Technologies Division Airbus GE Transportation SITA Airbus Helicopters GGS SNECMA Alaska Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Sonovision Canada Inc. American Airlines HiCo-ICS GmbH Southwest Airlines Atlas Air Honeywell Spirit AeroSystems Incorporated ATR Horizon Air SR Technics Switzerland Aviall Services ILFC Swiss AviationSoftware Avio-Diepen.B.V. IMS Synesis7 B/E Aerospace, Inc. InSync Software, Inc. Technology Solutions BAE Systems Intergraph Government Solutions TechPubs, Inc. Boeing International Air Transport Association Tego, Inc. Bombardier Aerospace Inventory Locator Service Teledyne Controls British Airways JANA, Inc. TELINO Bruno Chatel (Chadocs) JetBlue Airways Thales Avionics Cambridge UK Auto-ID Lab Kavi Corporation The NORDAM Group Carillon Information Security KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines Ltd CHC Helicopter Corporation L-3 Communications TRAX USA Corp CHUOZUKEN CO., LTD LORD Corporation United Airlines CIT Aerospace Lufthansa Technik AG UPS Airlines Communications Software (Airline Systems) Ltd MAINtag US Airways Comply365 Solutions Meggitt UTC Aerospace Systems Continental DataGraphics Messier-Bugatti-Dowty Virgin Atlantic Airways CORENA Mxi Technologies Ltd warp it AG Dassault myTECHNIC MRO Technical Services A.S. Woodward, Inc. Delta Air Lines Nabtesco Aerospace DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH O'Neil & Associates EAM RFID Solutions Panasonic Avionics Corporation http://www.ataebiz.org/participants/ Eaton Aerospace Parametric Technology Corporation Embraer Parker Hannifin euroscript Systems Pratt & Whitney Effective May 2014 10 The Specifications 11 Spec 2000 Began as Spec 200 related to materiel management. Migrated to Spec 2000 in the late 1980’s Material Management: Provisioning Data (ch. 1) Procurement Planning (ch. 2) Parts Order Management (ch. 2) Invoicing (ch. 4) Surplus Part data (ch. 12) Repair Management Repair Order Management, Invoicing, Teardown (ch. 7) 12 Spec 2000 Automated Identification (ch. 9) Bar-coded shipping/receiving labels Permanent parts ID (bar-code, data matrix) RFID on parts Part Traceability Industry Metrics (ch. 13) Parts Delivery, Repair Process Warranty, Reliability Technical Resolution, Product Support Data 13 Spec 2000 Reliability Data Collection (ch. 11) – Operational and Maintenance data feedback Aircraft Hours / Landings / Cycles Events / Delays / Cancelations Logbook Data LRU Removals (and installs) Shop Findings Scheduled Maintenance Data / Findings Service Bulletin / Mod Data Out of Service Data 14 Spec 2000 Warranty Processing (ch. 14) Initial Delivered Parts List (ch. 15) Electronic Airworthiness Release Certificate (ch. 16) Electronic Logbook (ch. 17) 15 Spec 2300 Provides industry standard for management, configuration, and exchange of digital flight operations technical data Covers data pertaining to: Flight Crew Operating and Training Manuals Cabin Crew Operating and Training Manuals Weight and Balance Manual Master Minimum Equipment List Dispatch Deviation Guide Configuration Deviation List 16 Spec 2300 Based on a Data Module paradigm, not document based Provides a standard for Phases of Flight Includes Flight Operations Markup Language (FOML) – a set of XML Schemas for data exchange Original published draft was released in May 2009. Six subsequent revisions since then; most recent published in June 2014 Developed and maintained by the ATA Flight Operations Interest Group (FOIG) 17 iSpec 2200 Industry standard for the development, management and exchange of digital technical manuals Most widely adopted standard for technical data in the Civil Aviation industry Based on the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) Home of the ATA Standard Numbering System (aka ATA Chapters; ATA Numbers) 18 iSpec 2200 Provides SGML Document Type Definitions (DTDs) for 18 manuals including: Aircraft and Engine Illustrated Parts Catalogs (AIPC and EIPC) Aircraft and Component Maintenance Manuals (AMM and CMM) Fault Reporting/Fault Isolation Manual (FRM/FIM) Service Bulletin (SB) Structural Repair Manual (SRM) Wiring Manual (WM) 19 iSpec 2200 Current evolution of the industry standard that began in 1956 with ATA Spec 100. Original issue of iSpec 2200 released in 2000. Thirteen