National Aviation Company of India Limited today said that it has entered into an agreement with Ramco Systems Limited to bring all maintenance, repair and overhaul operations on to a common IT platform.
NACIL is the holding company of national air carrier Air India and erstwhile Indian, while Ramco Systems is a leading aviation software solutions company.
"Air India will soon bring all areas of functioning of its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility on to a common IT platform with the objective of increasing aircraft availability, reducing inventory, ensuring quicker turnaround times and bringing cost-effectiveness," a press release issued here stated.
This software will help automate the business processes of line and heavy maintenance, component and engine maintenance, quality assurance, production, planning and control, material procurement, inventory, payments and accounting functions, among others, it said.
The benefits of the solution include an improvement in the turnaround time of business processes, leading to increased aircraft availability, a reduced float requirement and a consequent reduction in inventory. It will also help increased productivity of all resources.
This would also enable the airline to improve revenue generation through more third-party MRO jobs, the release said, adding that the software will also be integrated with corporate ERP solutions in the near future.