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Beyond S1000D: An SOA-Enabled Interoperability Framework for the Aerospace Industry

The aerospace industry is in the process of adopting the new S1000D technical publication standard. S1000D is based on the concepts of modularity, reuse, and metadata. However S1000D alone will not solve all the challenges of modern aerospace data management. While S1000D is the right payload, the exchange between content...

Tags: SOA, Aerospace, S1000D, Aerospace Industry, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Aerospace & Defense, Content Management, Web Technology, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing

White papers 2006-12-09

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Honeywell Strengthens Security, Improves Efficiency With New Productivity Software

Honeywell Aerospace, a division of Honeywell International, manufactures and provides integrated avionics, engines, systems, and services to the global aerospace industry. In an effort to further strengthen security and ease maintenance and support, the company is deploying a standardized set of applications to each employee's computer. To take advantage of...

Tags: Software, Security, Honeywell International Inc., Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Case studies 2008-09-01

IBM Engineering & Technology Services: Capabilities supporting the aerospace and defense industry

This paper explains how the IBM Engineering & Technology Services group is helping companies in the aerospace and defense industry accelerate product development and build a competitive advantage. Through IBM Engineering & Technology Services, you can leverage IBM's vast research and development resources to quickly and cost-effectively design and implement...

Tags: R&D, product development, network, competitive advantage, aerospace, IBM Corp., industry

White papers 2004-03-01

Goodrich Selects mySAP Business Suite to Quickly Adapt to Changing Business Model

Goodrich is using lean manufacturing in its quest to achieve Enterprise Excellence - perfection in how it serves all its stakeholders. The company turned to mySAP Business Suite - a key part of the SAP for Aerospace & Defense portfolio of software and services - to help it quickly adapt...

Tags: mySAP, mySAP Business Suite, SAP AG, Aerospace, Goodrich, Aerospace & Defense, Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Manufacturing, Software

Case studies

Modeling DoDAF Compliant Architectures: The Telelogic Approach for Complying With the DoD Architectural Framework

No industry is more demanding than aerospace-defense when it concerns the complete integration of software and hardware architectures. Tasked with defending the nascent Information Age economy, the aerospace-defense industry must be capable of waging Information Age warfare, whose key concepts include information superiority and network-centric warfare. This white paper describes...

Tags: Telelogic, U.S. Department Of Defense, Modeling, UML, Research & Development, Strategy, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Business Operations, Management

White papers 2004-10-25

Bombardier Extends the Value of SAP and SOA With WebSphere Software

Bombardier Aerospace, a world leader in the Aerospace Industry, integrated their home grown environment with SAP using WebSphere software to deliver true business value to their customers. Bombardier needed a cost effective and reliable integration solution to extend their home grown applications with SAP. WebSphere MySap Adapter and WebSphere business...

Tags: Bombardier Inc., IBM WebSphere, SAP AG, SOA, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

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Optimizing Aircraft Maintenance Operations Through Java Interface to Documentum

BFGoodrich BFG Aerospace, a subsidiary of BFGoodrich, is the world's largest independent aircraft repair station. Over the years, BFG Aerospace has earned a reputation for reliable repairs and rapid turnaround. To improve its efficiency in performing non-routine aircraft maintenance, the Airframe Services Division has turned to Documentum. With Documentum and...

Tags: Java, Aircraft, Documentum, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

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Allied Aerospace, a Manufacturer of Wind Tunnel Models and Other Flight Systems, Uses NX to Shrink Cycle Times

Allied Aerospace is the only non-government entity in the world that operates wind tunnel test facilities capable of simulating everything from sea level static and low subsonic speeds to tri-sonic (just below hypersonic, or orbital) speed. Allied Aerospace is constantly looking for productivity enhancements to meet demands for faster turnaround....

Tags: Siemens AG, Aerospace, Allied Aerospace, CAD, Aerospace & Defense, Tools & Techniques, Software, Manufacturing, Management

Case studies 2007-01-01

Speaking to the Customer with One Voice: A Honeywell Aerospace Case Study

This webcast discusses how the actionable intelligence of Siebel Analytics, Siebel Call Center, and Siebel Sales has enabled Honeywell Aerospace to: Increase aftermarket spare parts revenue by 100%. Improve on-time closure rates for service requests from 45% to 83%. Decrease service response time by 27%. And increase customer satisfaction by...

Tags: Honeywell International Inc., Voice, Siebel Systems Inc., Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

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Enabling Decision Support and Costing of Product Designs by Using Visual Metaphors

The Systems Engineering Estimation and Decision Support SEEDS team is part of the Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre AMRC at the University of the West of England Bristol UWE. SEEDS expertise is in working with aerospace organisations to apply techniques in managing, categorising and visualising information to support costing of products...

Tags: Product Design, Decision Support, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2006-09-22

The CRM Imperative for Aerospace and Defense

During the times of economic uncertainty with declining aviation product revenues, decreasing service revenues from increased parked planes, and increasing customer service expectations, some aerospace and defense companies are turning to Customer Relationship Management CRM as a platform for improving customer relationships to meet these increasing expectations and to derive...

Tags: Aerospace, CRM, Siebel Customer-Relationship Management, Aerospace & Defense, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Manufacturing, Software, Marketing

White papers 2005-04-01

Smiths Aerospace Finds Flexible Help With New SAP Out-Tasking Contract

Smiths Aerospace is a leading transatlantic company. From landing gear and propellers to electrical systems and engine components, it supplies innovative solutions to all leading builders and operators of military and civil aircraft. Smiths Aerospace needed to successfully implement and manage a new SAP business software installation without specialist in-house...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., SAP AG, Smiths Aerospace, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies

Aerospace Manufacturer Streamlines Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance With New Document Management Solution

Esterline Technologies Corporation is a leader in the aerospace and defense industry, and has been acquiring specialty component manufacturers as a part of its growth strategy. With over 12,000 Sarbanes-OXley SOX documents to manage, Esterline seeks to ensure controlled access to documents, document status tracking, version control, and reporting capabilities,...

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Document Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Microsoft Corp., Consulting, Aerospace, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Aerospace & Defense, Outsourcing, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Manufacturing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

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Why a Leading Aerospace Manufacturer Outsourced Support of its JDEdwards Application Suite

When the IT staff for a leading aerospace manufacturer was challenged to take on new initiatives for improving revenue and profit margins, it decided to outsource for technical support of its JDEdwards application suite. This case study outlines why the company partnered with Caritor for this critical business function and...

Tags: Outsource, Aerospace, Caritor Inc., Aerospace & Defense, Outsourcing, Manufacturing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

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Leading Defense and Aerospace Contractor Protects Mission-Critical Data Using Full Hard Drive Encryption

This case study details the experience of a global aerospace and defense contractor as they deployed full disk encryption software from GuardianEdge Technologies to secure sensitive data and provide the highest level of assurance to their government partners. The software solution, Encryption Plus Hard Disk, was successfully deployed to thousands...

Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Aerospace, Encryption, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

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How SAP UK & Ireland Education Is Helping Global Aerospace and Defence Specialist BAE Systems to Become Self-Sufficient in Its SAP Training

In response to changing customer demands, defence and aerospace systems giant BAE Systems has consolidated its Customer Solutions and Support and migrated all the business units onto a single SAP financial platform. This case study explains how SAP Education developed and delivered a customer-specific education strategy to support the implementation...

Tags: Education, BAE Systems Plc., SAP AG, Training, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

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Aerospace Dynamics International Uses NX CAM to Speed NC Programming for Large, Complex Parts Produced on High-Speed, Five-Axis Machines

Aerospace Dynamics International ADI manufactures large components such as aircraft wing spars and bulkheads and panels for the space shuttle's external fuel tanks. Aerospace Dynamics International no longer has time to code intricate machine motion by hand, yet it still needs the control that hand-programming provides. The installation of seven...

Tags: Siemens AG, Network Computer, Aerospace, NX CAM, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Case studies 2007-11-01

Aerospace Firm Attracts Customers With High-Performance Computing

Washington-based Andrews Space is an affordable integrator of aerospace systems and a developer of advanced space technologies. Andrews Space needed a new parallel-processing computing environment with the high-performance that complex contracts demand, and the cost-effectiveness to meet its budget requirements. After researching processors and interconnect technology, Andrews Space elected to...

Tags: High-performance Computing, High-performance, Cisco Systems Inc., Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Case studies 2007-11-01

Advanced CAE Tools and Expertise Support Aerospace Innovation

Founded in 1995, Dynamic Concepts Inc. DCI has forged a reputation for simulation expertise in the aerospace and defense communities. Dynamic Concepts wanted to assist customers with solutions to technically complex problems and provide fast, accurate analysis and simulation. The challenge was to support innovation in space exploration. The company...

Tags: Innovation, Expertise, Siemens AG, Aerospace, Analysis, Aerospace & Defense, Leadership, Manufacturing, Management

Case studies 2007-10-01

Geek Trivia: First in (space)flight

LLRV was made by Bell Aerospace, not Bell LabsOK, I get to be the first on to jump on this one. Bell Labs, subsidiary of AT&T and developer of the transistor and UNIX, had nothing to do with Bell Aerospace, developer of the P-39, Bell X-1, the Bell 47 helicopter.Depending...

Tags: Bell

Discussion threads 2006-07-19