New Software Releases At MRO Americas 2018

After a soft release in January with a small subset of customers, AvSight is releasing its cloud software platform to the rest of the aviation aftermarket. Created by former Kellstrom and Aeroturbine CIO Scott Loescher, AvSight is built on the Salesforce platform with a wide variety of functionality for inventory management, vendor quoting, managing work orders and labor, accounting and more. Loescher says the platform is unique because he was able to build it from scratch using his insights from the industry and newer available technologies, such as AI and blockchain. Once AvSight gains traction, Loescher says the next big focus will be embedding intelligence and machine learning into the system.

Developed by consulting firm accelean in response to recurring repair shop issues they noticed with customers, Acumain is a software platform for planning, scheduling and production control that can be plugged into all major enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms. Acumain was first released on the European market last year with customers including Air France KLM Group, and now the software is being released to the North American market.

Michel Carron, president of accelean North America, says Acumain will deliver the most efficient balance between loads and capacities across the board, from aircraft maintenance and engine services to component support and repair. Carron says Acumain’s proven benefits include delivering improved turnaround time (TAT) performance, better utilization of assets and additional revenue opportunities thanks to more efficiently used resources.

Intelligent Aeronautics officially launched its instantMRO software, which provides streaming, real-time requests for quote (RFQ) solicitations from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to thousands of commercial vendors worldwide. instantMRO leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze, rank and sorts bids, which the company says will reduce time spent sifting through bid opportunities. Sales opportunities are provided to subscribers based on their preferences and procurement criteria, with plans ranging from $199 to $499 per month.

Boeing announced a new customer-requested capability for Boeing AnalytX called Self-Service Analytics. The service allows subscribers to access their application data using new analytics tools, which Boeing says will enable them to find new insights and opportunities to meet business goals. Self-Service Analytics will be available to select customers starting this month.

Boeing’s subsidiary Jeppesen also introduced new features to Aviator, including a paperless briefing experience for crews and a weather capability providing meteorological data.