Standardization of Aerospace Industry.

Towards Collaborative Engineering in the Aerospace Industry

This paper reports on the experiences and lessons learned from the implementation and utilisation of collaborative engineering applications that address the increasing demand for richer and faster communication in product development between different partners and locations in the aerospace industry. The paper outlines MTU’s Collaborative Engineering Initiative and highlights the requirements a...

Information Management Challenges from the Aerospace Industry

The aerospace industry poses significant challenges to information management unlike any other industry. Data management challenges arising from different segments of the aerospace business are identified through illustrative scenarios. These examples and challenges could provide focus and stimulus to further research in information management.

Participation in XmL-Based Industry Standardization Efforts

XML-based vertical standards are an emerging compatibility standard for describing business processes and data formats in specific industries that have emerged in the past decade. Vertical standards, typically implemented using eXtensible Markup Language (XML), are incomplete products in constant evolution, continually adding functionality to reflect changing business needs. Vertical standards ...

MAE 188: RFID on the Manufacturing Floor of Aerospace Industry

In the aerospace industry, a maintenance history is not that easy to maintain. It can be an arduous task trying to find the part number on a component especially when the component has already been assembled and the number is the back. However, searching for the number is not the only issue in tracking the maintenance history. Since the number is written down by a person, human errors are prone...

Sectoral Analysis of the Aerospace Industry in South Africa