They will jointly create a smart-tag-based aircraft parts management system designed to keep parts inventories at airports at optimum levels and replace the need for manual records.
Tokyo-based Fujitsu will develop technology to provide Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID) and Contact Memory Buttons (CMB) for the tags that will be attached to aviation parts to record data including life spans, scheduled replacement dates and maintenance history.
The system, that is yet to be named, is due to launch in the first quarter of 2012 for both Boeing and other types of aircraft.
A spokesman for Fujitsu said the system is expected to 'reduce overall maintenance costs by 15 percent'.
He added that Boeing and Fujitsu are hoping to sign up around 10 customers in the first four years.
Major air carriers reportedly spend between $596 million - $1.19 billion a year on maintenance of aviation parts.
Per Noren, vice president, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, Information Services said: "Our customers have told us they need these types of innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency." |
