Software installation to manage supplied parts

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(2005), "Software installation to manage supplied parts", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 77 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2005.12777bab.018

Software installation to manage supplied parts

Software installation to manage supplied parts

Keywords: Software, Components, Aircraft

i2 Technologies (OTC: ITWO), a provider of closed-loop supply chain management solutions, recently announced that Galileo Avionica has selected i2 solutions to better manage the large number of components the company uses to build its products.

Galileo Avionica, which is part of Finmeccanica, the largest Aerospace and Defense group in Italy, aims to achieve faster time-to-market and significant operational efficiencies from its use of i2 solutions.

Galileo Avionica produces a broad portfolio of highly complex products including navigation and attack equipment, precision approach radar systems and robotics for use in outer space.

As a result, they manage vast numbers of components with a high level of technical specifications.

Galileo Avionicas goal is to implement i2 solutions to improve efficiency and minimize costs by managing components and suppliers more precisely, sourcing components more strategically, and responding more quickly to component obsolescence. Galileo Avionica plans to implement i2 Component Supplier Management, i2 Product Sourcing and i2 Electronics Database.

Component Supplier Management is designed to enable companies to rationalize parts across their various design organizations and reduce product costs and time-to-market by promoting the re-use of parts.

Product Sourcing complements this solution by helping companies to perform analysis at the Bill of Materials level to understand the impact of the expected lifecycle of each component on the end system.

Electronics Database offers a single catalogue of more than 12 million electronics parts from more than 500 manufacturers.

Together, the three solutions can reportedly provide Galileo Avionica with a platform for more effective and efficient component management. Galileo Avionica found that the i2 solutions could help address their component management challenges with superior product functionality.

Galileo Avionica also reported that i2 was selected for this project based on i2's strong track record working with customers in the aerospace, defense and high tech industries “We are very pleased to be helping Galileo Avionica implement technology and processes that will help them make the management of components for their products simpler and more efficient”, said Ken Coulter, president i2 EMEA.

“By taking a best practice approach to component management they can potentially gain a competitive advantage as they bring their products to market quicker and more cost effectively”.

Details available from: i2 Technologies. Tel: +44 1344 756400; Fax: +44 1344 756401.