Maintenance Practices

Maintenance Practices

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to assess the maintenance practices that are employed in workplacce. The paper attempts to enlighten the concept of maintenance practices in a holistic conctext. The paper also critically evaluates the maintenance practices as well as the application of these standards. Good maintenance management is that tangible asset that provides for any industry the essentials necessary to the establishment of a efficient and effective organization.

The fundamental aspects of the standards include safety, airworthiness, product conformity and reliability in aerospace. These quality requirements are essential for aerospace OEMs, who have higher levels of responsibility for their product (Levitt, 1997, pp 423 - 431). The standards focus on the control schemes of repair and maintenance plans, configuration management, and the skills and qualifications necessary to perform the activities of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul within the aerospace industry. The guiding of this effort thus requires more planning and expertise on the part of the maintenance manager. His or her program must be dynamic rather than static, which is to say it must operate to accommodate changes in industry needs, student needs, and instructional processes (Brown, 2009, pp 123 - 131).

Discussion & Analysis

Standards in terms of standards are used in the art for understanding, Rationalization and to design more efficient and less costly procedures. The ATA iSpec 2200 is a new standard issued by the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), based on established predecessors: the ATA Spec 100 and ATA Spec 2100th Governed the design and the electronic data exchange, especially between Aircraft manufacturers and airline maintenance on the subject, the definition of the aircraft, Training of maintenance personnel and flight operations.

Information technology easier.For years it has been recognized that the aviation industry is a vital adjunct to the growth of our nation. Today's aviation input consists of over 12,700 airports, 2,830 scheduled airline aircraft, and 215,000 general aviation aircraft. The industry services both the industrial and the public sectors, ranging in scope from passenger-carrying aircraft, to cargo freight, business, air taxi, rental and commuter operations, special purpose, personnel, sport, and instructional flying. In terms of personnel, the scheduled airlines averaged 328,648 employees in 1983 (Kinnison, 2004, pp. 431-455).

Standards in Aviation Industry

The standards have been developed for distributors of aerospace products ("stockholding"). This rule is particularly the case chain, traceability and availability of records.

Aerospace Industry standards will:

Improving customer satisfaction, quality and safety

Reduce costs and the specific requirements of each customer

Reduce variation caused by multiple expectations

Reduce and streamline audits conducted on supply chain

The standard ISO 9001 on quality management systems is the basis of EN 9100. While the majority of aerospace suppliers choose the standard 9100 as the main management system certification, there is certainly also the option of certifying organization solely in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 (Levitt, 1997, pp 423 - 431;Johnson, 2002, pp 92 - 103).

The standard ISO 14001 on environmental management systems assists companies in planning, monitoring and continuous improvement of their competitive position and environmental performance.Because of the complexity of some aerospace products, hazardous materials are often used ...