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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Feb. 4, 2004
Table of Contents
- DAY ONE
- Registration and Coffee
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Steffen Harpoth, President, SHC.
- THE AVIATION INDUSTRY IN
- Contemporary trends
- The wider economic picture
- What this means for aerospace
- Aerospace: global insecurity and global threats
- The government’s aviation White Paper
- Prospects
- Patrice Muller, Chief Economist, London Economics.
- CONTEMPORARY MRO
- Trends in maintenance, repair and overhaul
- The outlook for the MRO market
- Changes in demand and supply
- Key trends
- Implications for airlines and suppliers
- David Stewart, Principal, AeroStrategy UK.
- EXCESS CAPACITY AND INCREASING COMPETITION
- A positive force for change
- Driving the development of solutions that improve service and lower costs
- Increased demand for value for money
- Encouraging greater collaboration and co-operation between OEMs, carriers and ISOs
- Challenges - ownership and deployment of parts inventory, cost vs safety
- The benefits for airlines
- The overall benefit for the aviation industry
- Udo Rieder, Vice President Engineering and Planning, Delta Air Lines.
- THE IMPACT OF THE LOW-COST REVOLUTION
- How the “no frills” airlines have reshaped the European market. Is it sustainable?
- The rise of low-fare carriers and pricing power wars - a systemic change to the industry
- Flexibility, responsiveness and value
- “No frills maintenance” - supporting the competitive advantage
- Growth: does size change the maintenance model?
- Are we seeing the demise of the large airline business model?
- The mix of airline and MRO business models for the future
- Michael Williams, Former Chief Engineer, Go and Easyjet.
- THE IMPORTANCE OF COST REDUCTION
- Minimising costs in the MRO sector
- The total cost of MRO to an airline
- The value debate unit cost vs. check cost
- Using high productivity facilities
- Working to reduce the overall cost of maintenance
- How to engineer in low cost to maintenance tasks
- The future
- Bruce Hunter, General Manager, British Airways Maintenance Cardiff.
- PREVENTIVE AND PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
- Acting early to minimise costs
- How preventive and predictive maintenance can be used as a cost-cutting tool
- Scale on which preventive maintenance currently takes place
- To what degree should preventive maintenance be discretionary/mandatory?
- Compiling a workable preventive maintenance schedule
- Building credible preventive maintenance procedures
- Converting preventive to predictive
- Optimising preventive and predictive maintenance
- George Zarikos, Director of Fleet Management, Air Canada.
- THE DEBATE OVER IN-HOUSE OR OUTSOURCED MRO
- Evaluating the pros and cons of outsourcing
- Factors behind this emerging trend
- How much does outsourcing currently occur in the aviation industry?
- How much do airlines currently spend on outsourcing?
- Why outsource when MRO facilities are available in-house?
- The cost of conducting in-house MRO - outlay - maintaining the inventory - manning MRO facilities - the cost of retaining aircraft on the ground
- The ongoing debate
- Andrew Strong, Engineering Director, Flybe. Aviation Services.
- Afternoon Tea
- REGULATORY CONDITIONS WHEN OUTSOURCING
- Interaction and communication
- The operator/MRO/OEM/Aviation Authority interaction
- Concerns of the regulatory authorities -accountability issues - who is responsible for what?
- The approval process and the subsequent audit programmes
- Changing responsibilities - expertise requirements at the MRO and operator
- Conflicts of interest
- Update on the US DOT/FAA repair station audit policy/programme
- Len Arnot-Perrett, Senior Airworthiness Surveyor, Section Leader - Aircraft Maintenance Requirements & Policy Section, Civil Aviation Authority.
- CASE STUDY: AMERICA WEST AIRLINES
- Failure and success in outsourcing management
- Outsourcing considerations
- Managing costs
- Achieving balanced outlay and expectations
- Outsourcing in America West Airlines
- Rick Oehme, Vice President Base Maintenance, America West Airlines.
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- DAY TWO
- Re-registration and Coffee
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Justin Goatcher, Principal Consultant, Baines Simmons.
- LEASING
- Reducing costs by leasing parts
- Leasing
- Exchanging
- Power by the hour
- Benefits
- Title exchange
- Tracing
- Humphrey Dawson, , Solicitor and Aviation Legal Consultant.
- COMMUNICATIONS IN CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
- Establishing successful client/supplier relationships
- Communication as the key to effective contract management
- Dialogue, understanding and simplification
- Planning, timetabling and negotiations
- Achieving consensus on realistic goals
- Troubleshooting
- Improvements in contract management communications
- Gene House, Managing Director of United Services, United Airlines.
- THE COST OF POOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
- A review of legal cases by a non-legal, practical aviation manager
- Operators vs MROs
- Lack of definitions - the costs to consider when it goes wrong
- Aircraft lease returns - minimum return conditions
- Engine shop visit workscopes - when is a shop visit not a shop visit?
- The maintenance schedule - who should be doing what?
- Phil Seymour, Managing Director, IBA Group.
- Morning Coffee
- MAINTENANCE PRODUCTIVITY
- Review of three elements
- End-user
- Total maintenance organisation
- Direct production level
- Nick Walker, Director, Airline Maintenance Consulting.
- MANPOWER IN MRO COST-REDUCTION
- Achieving optimum utilisation and productivity of manpower
- Information and analysis of manpower costs in MRO
- Manpower planning and policy formation
- Maintenance personnel outsourcing
- Human resource development and training
- Work control, planning and scheduling
- How to facilitate task-management within a small time-frame without compromising on safety and quality
- Vanja Roller, Director, Engineering Services, Croatia Airlines.
- Networking Lunch
- COST REDUCTION AND ADVANCED MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS
- Cost savings - the airline perspective
- Advanced maintenance systems - the Cathay journey - where we came from - today’s situation - the future
- Lessons learned
- The leap of faith
- John Hirst, Maintenance Systems Project Manager, Cathay Pacific.
- INNOVATIONS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- For MRO
- Achieving IT unification: connecting the line, heavy and shop maintenance organisations
- Innovations for ‘paperless’ maintenance: wireless delivery and electronic signature
- Advanced diagnostics: making the most of on-board systems
- The Internet: leveraging browsers and the web
- Innovation under the hood: leveraging modern architectural standards
- THE CONNECTED AIRCRAFT AND THE LEAN AIRLINE
- Tangible return on investment opportunities for MRO
- Emerging technologies
- The connected airline proposition
- Process redesign models and emthodologies
- The lean airline: case studies
- Steve Hardgrave, Chief Operating Officer, Aircraft Management Technologies.
- Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference
Abstract A unique opportunity to hear international case studies and expert perspectives from leaders in the field including:
- Len Arnot-Perrett, Senior Airworthiness Surveyor, Section Leader - Aircraft Maintenance Requirements & Policy Section, Civil Aviation Authority
- Gregory Hall, Vice President Maintenance and Engineering, United Airlines
- Udo Rieder, Vice President, Engineering and Maintenance, Delta Air Lines
- Rick Oehme, Vice President, Base Maintenance, America West Airlines *
- Ron Elvidge, Vice President Engines and Components Maintenance, Air Canada
- John Hirst, Maintenance Business Systems Project Manager, Cathay Pacific
- Vanja Roller, Director, Engineering Services, Croatia Airlines
- Andrew Strong, Engineering Director, Flybe
- Michael Williams, Former Chief Engineer, Go and Easyjet
- Nick Walker, Director, Airline Maintenance Consulting
- Phil Seymour, Managing Director, IBA Group
- Bernard Hensey, Chief Executive Officer, AMT
- Bruce Hunter, General Manager, British Airways Maintenance Cardiff
- David Stewart, Principal, AeroStrategy UK
Subject to Final Confirmation
Benefits of Attending:
- DEVELOP your understanding of cost-control initiatives in MRO
- GAIN insight into the cost-reduction strategies of major aviation industry players
- REVIEW your approach to outsourcing, contract management and asset utilisation
- LEARN from the case studies and experiences of aviation professionals
- BROADEN your contact base at this focused networking forum
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