A.M.A.S.I.

S
(Aircraft Maintenance And Spares
Information System)
Modules and functions overview

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A.M.A.S.I.S (Aircraft Maintenance And Spares Information System) is a modular,

integrated and real time process COTS (on shelf software) that allows the
management of an aircraft operator activity (airline, air force and maintenance
station).
Throughout the different modules that made up the A.M.A.S.I.S architecture, the
Operator will then be able to cover his requirements in terms of:

Corrective maintenance: line maintenance (maintenance of level 1), workshop
activity (maintenance of level 2) and external maintenance (maintenance level
3) but also the complete management of equipment on wing

Scheduled maintenance: definition of the maintenance protocols, management
of Work Packages and documents management (Service Bulletin,
Airworthiness Directive, Messages, Technical Instructions ) issued by
the Airworthiness Authorities and by aircraft and equipment Manufacturers.

Logistical functions from the provisioning process (versus alert thresholds
and/or on a daily requirements base according to the real parts consumption)
up to the parts issues (consumables, ingredients, tools, rotables) including
the storage constraints (multiples locations and multiples ownership) and
related controls (shelf life and utilization plus storage limits).
Through the Equipment Card, Follow-Up Sheet and Work Orders, any
maintenance action performed on an equipment (inspection, overhaul, modification
involving a part number evolution) will be managed.
A complete interface with the Logistic and Labour modules also ensures an
accurate follow up of the required parts ordered and issued and also of the time
spent for a given maintenance action ; A.M.A.S.I.S then computes the
maintenance costs in term of materials and man hours.
Furthermore, complete export and import functions allow processing technical data
from / toward another A.M.A.S.I.S. Operator.
At last, this software is based on daily procedures raised by more than sixty
different Operators (in terms of fleet size, organization and localization).

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AMASIS

Airline Technical Department business

Technical Records & Planning

Technical
Services &
Engineering

Ramp /
Hangar
Maintenance
Technical Logs
Pireps & Mareps
Technical Records & M.E.L
Reliability
Capability list
Due list & Work preparation
Line Check and Heavy Check
Aircraft repair & modification

Purchasing
department

S.B / A.D / E.O / Modification

Aircraft Maintenance Schedule

Workshops

Stores & Outstations

Provisioning process
Purchase Order
Repair Order
Loan Order
Advanced Service Exchange
Sales
Financial follow-up & Maintenance
cost

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Parts Repair / Inspection / Overhaul /

Modification

Parts Receipts / Issues / Dispatch / Quarantine

Shelf life control & stock inventory
Tools calibration

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Logistic module

The Logistic module is a tool that enables the stock management, in terms of
quantities, locations and values.
This module is made up of two parts: the information functions (Part References,
Inventory Cards, Equipment Cards) and orders and movements functions (parts
receipts, dispatch, issues).

Each part or equipment is first defined through a Reference Card with a reference
Part Number issued from the I.P.C.
This Reference Card provides logistical information (suppliers list and conditions,
sale price, material types ) and technical information (ATA, effectivities,
maintenance constraints, alternates).
Parallel references, named Specific References, allow referencing a part with an
internal codification (suppliers code, operators code), and to cross-refer this
codification(s) with the Manufacturers Part number
The complete stock managements is covered by the Inventory Cards.
Linked to a Manufacturer part number and a geographical localization (depots,
main store, outstations), each card provides the available resources (quantities
on shelf, back orders, pending local and outside repairs) but also the bin
location.
Furthermore this card contains the different indicators required to prevent parts
shortage (minimum and maximum stock level, reordering point) and will be
valued according to the Weight Average Purchase Price (for consumables) or the
unit price (rotables).
At last, every single equipment is managed via an Equipment Card that contains
the part ageing (hours, cycles, calendar and any non standard ageing parameters),
its precise location (on shelf, on wing, in repair) but also its complete logistical
and technical history and its standard (list of modifications partially or fully
embodied).

Each logistical movement is covered by a related document.

The Requisition Form is the communication tool to be used by the different
departments (production, technical services and technical records, Maintenance
Control Centre...) to raise parts or services requirements to complete a
maintenance action. The logistical departments then fulfill this requirement by an
adequate action (order, transfer).

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Four different types of orders are managed:

Purchase Orders,

Repair Orders,

Service Orders.

Loan Orders
Management).

(Pool

management,

exchanges

including

Contract

Purchase and repair orders can be pre-generated based on a Quotation Request.

The parts receipts on shelf are covered by Receipt Forms or Part Receipt for
Return Forms in case of loans or third party maintenance.,
Transfers between stores are covered by Delivery Notes and Issue Slips enable
the management of parts issues towards workshops, hangar, line maintenance or
flight kit.
Parts returned, when borrowed or repaired for a Customer, are also managed
through Delivery Notes, such as loans, sales and shipment for an external check.
Personal Inventory Requests allows assigning temporarily tools to a mechanic
and/or a workshop.
AMASIS

LOGISTICS

Maintenance requirements
( Line, Hangar, Shop )
Stock replenishment requirements

Aircraft
/ Equipment
f
Released to Service

Parts & alternates availability

Parts issue
Parts / Tools / Ingredients
provisioning process
Orders payment &
Budget follow-up
Provisioning process

Quotation Request
Purchase Order
Repair Order
Loan Order
Advanced Service Exchange
Transfer

Part receipt :
- serviceable
- unserviceable
- non conformity
Pending orders follow-up
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Part Number definition (Manufacturer reference) :

The Reference Card is made up of two parts covering the logistical and technical
information.
This document presents all information related to a Part Number such as:

Suppliers / Repairers: this list, named Suppliers catalogue, displays all the
suppliers and/or repairers for this Part Number along with the purchase and
repair conditions (price for routine, critical and AOG conditions or costs for
overhaul, repair, inspectionplus lead times).

Effectivities: to specify the aircraft types applicable to this part but also the
parts families (engines, brakes and wheels, specific tools, ground support
equipment). For each on of these effectivities maintenance constraints can
be defined such as Time Between Inspection, Time Between Overhaul, Life
Limit.

Alternates: to define the list of all the alternative part numbers along with their
interchangeability level (fully interchangeable, one way interchangeable)
Reference Card can also be linked with graphical documents (Cf Graphical
Documents module) such as IPC and / or any other document type.
Specific Part References:
The Specific Part References are parallel references to a Manufacturer Part
Number. These codifications are the ones defined by a supplier or a company.
Cross-referred to a Manufacturer Part Number, they will be automatically converted
when a logistical document is processed (ex: Purchase Order, Issue Slips).
Stock levels and consumptions follow-up :
Each Part Number is linked to one or several Inventory Card(s) that display, for
each depot, store, outstation, the bin location and information in terms of :

Quantity (on shelf, in transfer, back orders)

Values

Bin location

Minimum and maximum stock levels, reordering point
A complete resources management shows a synthetic view of the parts available
(quantities on shelf, in workshop, in outside repair, in transfer, back orders) for a
given Part Number but also for all its alternates.
From the Inventory Card, an inventory process can be launched on request to
compare and consolidate theoretical and real stock levels.

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The inventory function enables a complete inventory process over a given period of
time. The inventory follow-up is managed through Inventory Documents followed,
when required, by stock level readjustment functions (in quantity and in value).
A.M.A.S.I.S, based on the Issue Slips functions, can also display in real time, the
part consumption by Part Number and by store.
Equipment Card:
Each Rotable is managed through an Equipment Card defined for a Part Number
and a Serial Number.
This document displays in real time all the information related to a Rotable: ageing,
remaining potentials, status, location, history
The modification of a status of equipment is the result of the standard functions of
A.M.A.S.I.S such as Operation Forms (removal / installation), Follow-Up Sheet
(workshop process), Receipt Form (part entry in store). Some restricted and
secured functions also enables to readjust the equipment status.
Equipment Card can also be linked with graphical documents (Cf Graphical
Documents module) such as JAA Form 1, Workshop Report, pictures....

For each Rotable, A.M.A.S.I.S also defines an Accounting Sheet, through which
the current value, but also the complete financial history, of the equipment is
traced. This value can be modified when:

An invoice, following a part purchase is recorded (including additional costs
such as customs clearance, transportation, storage)

A value readjustment is processed (part depreciation for instance)

A part is scrapped

Quotation Request:
A complete process allows to issues Quotation Requests towards suppliers in
orders to record their proposals in terms of costs and lead time.

The management of a Quotation Request is made in three steps:

1. Creation of a Quotation Request which is then sent by Fax, SITA or Mail.
2. Capture of the suppliers replies (price / cost, lead time, discount, part
number and conditions proposed ) in order to select the best proposal
3. Generation of a Purchase Order or Repair Order

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A complete integration of this process automatically updates the suppliers

catalogue of the Reference Card.
Purchase Order
These orders can either be generated from Requisition Forms, issues by the
technical departments or by the stores, from Quotation Requests or manually on
request.
The follow-up of the order can be recorded via a suppliers reply which allows
specifying the order status (waiting for customs clearance, shipped, cancelled)
and a potential delay.

Service Order:
As for the Purchase Order, the follow-up of the Order can be recorded via a
suppliers reply which allows specifying the order status (waiting for customs
clearance, shipped, cancelled) and a potential delay.

Repair Order:
Parts are shipped to an external repair station (maintenance level 3) through a
Repair Order.
This order allows defining the type of job to be carried out (inspection, overhaul,
bench test, calibration, SB) and is also used as a delivery note to be attached to
the part sent.
These orders can either be generated from Requisition Forms, issues by the
technical departments or by the stores, from Quotation Requests or manually on
request.
The follow-up of the order can be recorded via a suppliers reply which allows
specifying the order status (waiting for customs clearance, shipped, cancelled)
and a potential delay.
Loan Order:
Loans, whatever they are issued on request or according to a contract, are
managed via Loan Orders.
These orders can either be generated from Requisition Forms, issues by the
technical departments or by the stores, from Quotation Requests or manually on
request.

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The follow-up of the order can be recorded via a suppliers reply which allows
specifying the order status (waiting for customs clearance, shipped, cancelled)
and a potential delay.
Parts request:
Parts requests are managed via Requisition Forms that allows:

The storekeepers to claim for parts when the reordering point is reached,

The storekeepers or the mechanics to claim for parts (tools, consumables,
ingredients, rotables ) to the main store

The ramp to claim for parts
These Requisition Forms can be automatically generated from Work Orders and/or
Work Packages.
Their status can be displayed on request from the source document (Work Order /
Work Package) from the initial request up to the final part issue via the part transfer
or order and the part receipt.

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Part receipt on shelf:

Part receipts in store allows to locate parts on shelf due to :

Purchase Order

Repair Order

Service Order

Loan Order

Operation Form ( parts removals on the ramp)

Follow Up Sheet (parts return from workshop)

Personal Inventory Document

Loan or third party maintenance
According to the origin of the part, the receipt is recorded through a Receipt Form
or through a Part Receipt for Return.
Part issues from a store:
Parts are issued through an Issue Slip.
These Issues Slips, generated from Work Orders or Work Packages, or manually
keyed in, automatically cover the alternate requirements and are based on a FIFO
method. (First In / First Out).
So that, for any part required, A.M.A.S.I.S automatically indicates the required part
or any alternate but also specifies the bin location, the available resources within
the other stores and the serial number or batch number which should be issued.
As a general remark, non routine issues, due to an accident or incident, are traced
not to be taken into account when computing the parts consumptions statistics.
Parts issues towards workshop or personals :
The Personal Inventory Document enables to allocate parts (mainly tools) to a
given personnel (ex: specific tools) or to a workshop for a dedicated maintenance
check (ex: jacks, NDT tools, ground support equipment).
A.M.A.S.I.S then allows managing in real time the parts assigned (in terms of
location and consignee).

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Transfer between stores, return of borrowed equipment or in non-conformity

situation and part dispatch toward a repair station :
Delivery Notes are the documents that cover the following actions:

Transfers between stores,

Return of borrowed equipment or third party workshop maintenance,

Return of equipment in non conformity situation,

Loan or sale of parts,

Parts dispatch towards an outside repair station (for an aircraft check or a part
repair for instance)
Budget and accounting functions :
Any part movement (incoming or outgoing movement) is related to a financial
movement.
The complete management of the logistic process (orders, receipts, issues, value
readjustment), linked to the currencies rates management, enables to know at any
time, the current, and past, financial value of the stock.
This function, fully integrated within A.M.A.S.I.S allows to efficiently being aware of
the forecasted expenses (orders) and the current expenses (invoices) versus a
theoretical budget.
This budget is defined through three axis:

Suppliers / repairers axis

Analytical axis

General axis
It also allow to build the next budget based on the real past expenses including a
variation of the coming activity (in plus or minus). This tool can also be used to
simulate future budgets based on estimated flight hours for instance.
So that any order is covered by one or several invoices that record the amount of
the order itself but also additional items such as transportation fees, customs
clearance costs, storage costsThese invoices then automatically readjusts the
stock valuation.

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Linked to the Logistic module, I.F.R also developed an Automatic Provisioning

module.
Based on the real parts issues and on minimum stock levels and reordering point
(safety levels) over a given security period of time, A.M.A.S.I.S launches some
alerts
These alerts are then processed by the procurement department to be validated
and converted into purchase orders.
It must also be noticed that A.M.A.S.I.S computes the different stock levels
(minimum stock level, reordering level and maximum stock level) per site (depot,
store, outstation,) and Part Number.

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Routine Maintenance module

The Routine Maintenance module enables to manage a complete fleet, from the
Technical Log Book entries (manually or through an interface with Flight Ops
software or on-board features) up to the parts repairs in workshops (Follow Up
Sheet) via the aircraft theoretical configuration management (theoretical
breakdown of an aircraft type) but also the real aircraft configuration (real
breakdown of a registered aircraft) and the aircraft and component maintenance
actions carried out.
The Work Order is the core document of this module; it is the source that contains
the defect but also the corrective action and is used as a support for the Production
teams to record:

Pireps (raised by the crew members)

Mareps and additional works (raised by the line engineers)

Service
Bulletin,
Airworthiness
Instructioncompliance

Directives,

Messages,

Technical

Scheduled removals (hard time components in inspection, overhaul, life limit )

or unscheduled removals (robbery)

Repairs in workshops
The definition of the equipment followed on wing is also a major function of this
module.
The Kardex, defined in positions and sub-positions, is the structure on which
serialized equipment are installed and followed.
Any component removal is recorded through an Operation Form, to trace the
parts removals and installations as mentioned by the production engineers. The
reason of removal is also taken into account (failure, scheduled removal, robbery,
AD/SB compliance...) as the action to be taken (scrap, third party maintenance or
local repair). According to this last information, A.M.A.S.I.S then creates a Scrap
Form or a Follow-Up Sheet.
A strong interface links this module to the Logistic module as any part movement
(technical and logistical) is traced throughout these two modules.

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AMASIS

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE

ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
RELIABILITY
MANAGEMENT

- A/C/System/Equipment

Aircraft
Released to Service

TECHNICAL LOGS
- flights
- oil & hydraulic uplifts
- incidents & delays
PIREPS / MAREPS
- defect / required action
& action taken
- repetitive failure

Minimum Equipment List

Hold Item List

Parts / Tools / Ingredients

provisioning process

COMPONENT CHANGE
- reason for removal
- alternates control
- capability list control
EXTERNALOR IN-HOUSE REPAIR :
- part release & certification
- shop findings report
- scrap process
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Flight follow-up:
The Tech Log is the document on which is recorded the activity of each aircraft
(flight hours, cycles, engines and APU hours and any other ageing parameters) but
also the dispatch information (delays, incidents, flight cancellation) and oil and
hydraulic uplifts. It must noticed that this Tech Log can either be manually captured
or generated through an interface tools with external software, on board features
or ACARS messages.
When a Pireps is raised, this one is recorded through a Work Order.
At last, it is via the Tech Log that all the maintenance schedules, for aircraft and
equipment, are updated in real time in A.M.A.S.I.S.

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Work Orders (W.O.):

Aircraft and equipment maintenance actions are mainly recorded through Work
Orders. This document is issued by different departments (Technical Records,
Technical Services, Engineering and Planning, Workshop, Line maintenance) and
forwarded to the Production for its compliance.
Once complied with, a Work Orders are turn into a Technical Follow-Up.
Work orders have categories and sub categories that can be customized by the
operators

W.O from Techlog

Complains from the techlog (Pireps, Cabin log book,

Maintenance reports). MEL management is fully
covered, from the MEL code and the related
concession calculated in days, flight cycles and/or
flight hours, to the MEL item and linked procedure.

W.O. from Maintenance

Raised by the Line Engineer and Production team

(Mareps and additional/deferred items). This Work
Order also covers the compliance of Out of Phase
tasks performed on the ramp

W.O. related to AD/SB

Raised by the Engineering and Production Planning

departments to cover Service Bulletin, Airworthiness
Directives, Engineering orders, Messages, Technical
Instruction

W.O. from Kardex

Raised by the Production Planning department to

cover scheduled equipment removals (Hard Time
component, LLP).

W.O. from Local Repair

Raised by the Workshop to cover equipment

repair/inspection/overhaul/modification

W.O. Miscellaneous

Any other Work Order that can not be defined within

the previous categories.

The complete interface with the other modules of A.M.A.S.I.S also enables to
generate part requests (Requisition Forms) but also to record, manually or via a
bar code reader, the production time elapsed and to link a document under an
electronic format (Job Card, pictures, graphs).

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Component removal / installation :

The Operation Form is the document to be used to record off wing and on
wing movements but also to pre-generate a Scrap Form or a Follow-Up Sheet.
According to the Tech Logs previously captured, A.M.A.S.I.S automatically
retrieves the aircraft and equipment ageing that avoids a unexciting calculation for
the end-user.

Workshop management :
Any equipment sent to a workshop is managed through a Follow-Up Sheet (pregenerated from the Operation Form or manually created on request). This
document is used as a maintenance action report but also as a Release
Certificate when the equipment is issued out from the workshop.
This Follow-Up Sheet can be linked to workshop Work Orders through which the
list of all the parts issued (consumables, ingredients, tools) but also all the
production time elapsed will be recorded.
According to the type of maintenance carried out (repair, inspection, overhaul,
modification), the serviceability status of the equipment, but also its ageing (TSI,
TSO), its standard (list of modifications embodied) and its identification (Part
Number modification) are automatically updated by A.M.A.S.I.S.

Equipment scrapping :
The Scrap Form, pre generated from the Operation Form or manually created on
request, is the document to be used to propose an equipement for scrapping. This
proposal can either be confirmed or modified when the equipement is sent to
another shop for additional test or inspection.

Aircraft structure definition :

The theoretical structure of an aircraft type (effectivity and protocol) is defined
through the Kardex Type. This one defines a reference model to be applied on all
the aircraft within the same family.
This Kardex Type allows to define :

The theoretical skeleton of all the aircraft positions on which an equipment can
be installed.

The breakdown of all these positions (assembly sub assembly definition)

The maintenance
Monitoring)

constraints

(Hard

Time,

On

Condition,

Condition

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The Part Number(s) that can be fitted to each position

Each position is unique and can only be fitted with one equipment; most of the time
these positions are identified based on an ATA sub ATA chapters codification...
Once defined, this Kardex model is duplicated on all the aircraft.
Aircraft initialization:
Once the Kardex Type has been copied for an aircraft, the on wing equipment are
initialized through On wing part adjustment.
These parts adjustments are used to:

Initialize an equipment on a new aircraft and/or a new position

Record a swap when the real equipment fitted on aircraft is not the one known
in A.M.A.S.I.S

Record a swap when parts are changed during a third party check.

Cancel an equipment incorrectly initialized on aircraft.

Record an equipment installation for an aircraft which is not followed through
A.M.A.S.I.S (line maintenance action for a Customers aircraft for instance).


Maintenance schedules:
Maintenance schedules allow to know, at any time, the current status of the aircraft
and components but also to perform a forecast to prevent any overdue
maintenance action.
Reliability management:
The reliability menu offers the capability to raise reports at different levels :

Dispatch reliability (by aircraft type and aircraft MSN)

System reliability (by aircraft type and aircraft MSN for each ATA and sub-ATA
chapter)

Equipment reliability (by Part Number and Part Number / Serial Number)

Station reliability
These reports are based on data captured on Tech Logs, Work Orders and
Operation Forms.
The fleet level presents the general dispatch information (number of Pireps and
Mareps, total delays, number of flight cancellation, number of removals).

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The system level presents the same information as the fleet level but his one is
dispatched in ATA and sub ATA chapter.
The equipment level presents the MTBF, MTBUR, et MTBR, delays and flight
cancellations.
Standard export functions are also available to extract these data to be sent to the
aircraft and equipment manufacturers.

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Assembly / sub-assembly module

The Assembly / Sub-assembly module enables to define a theoretical breakdown
of Part Numbers, named Reference structure that make up an assembly.
The Reference Structure is a reference that allows securely generating identical
breakdowns for all the assemblies (Part Number and Serial Numbers). For each
assembly, named N.H.A. (Next Higher Assembly) will be defined sub-assemblies,
named N.L.A. (Next Lower Assembly), either serialized or consumables.
Once the theoretical break-down has been defined, the real assemblies are
defined through Integration Document through which are captured the list of all
the sub-assemblies.
At last, the assembly is managed on wing through a list of Kardex positions crossreferenced to the same assembly / sub-assemblies breakdown.
In a practical manner, it is much easier to first define the Kardex Type that
automatically generates the real Kardex per aircraft but also the Reference
Structure.

Assemblies management:
Once the Kardex Type, the Kardex and the Reference Structure have been
defined, the assemblies can be built up. To do so, the user has to specify the serial
numbers of the sub-assemblies.
This N.L.A installation and removal function enables to cover not only the initial
build up of an assembly but also to maintain it when N.L.A are removed locally or
during a third party maintenance.

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SB, AD & Standard module

This module enables the definition and the management of all the documents
whatever they are officially or internally issued.
The concept is to define a document to which are related:

a type (Service Bulletin, Airworthiness
Techniques, Technical Instructions ),

Directives,

Messages,

Notes

the threshold, frequencies and compliance limit when applicable,

the effectivities (aircraft or parts)

the related documents (Work Card, Service Bulletins Messages, Notes
Techniques, pictures, ). It must be noticed that these related documents can
be linked to graphical documents (cf Graphics Documentation module)

the related modifications when applicable

the required trades,

the required spares (tools, ingredients, consumables)
Once defined, a proposal is computed by A.M.A.S.I.S in order to define the list of
aircraft or equipment to which the document is applicable according to the
parameters previously entered.
This proposal is then validated or denied in order to generate the compliance
schedule and to generate a Work Order.
At last, a complete management of complex cases is covered by the items
concept; the main document is described through different items which can be
processed separately (ex: repetitive inspection with a different frequency according
to the length of a crack). At any time, any document and any item can be closed or
replaced when it is no more applicable.
Maintenance schedules:
Maintenance schedules allow to know, at any time, the current status of the aircraft
and components but also to perform a forecast to prevent any overdue
maintenance action.
From these schedules, Work Order can be automatically raised.
It must also be noticed that this function provides the complete history of the
compliance of the document for any aircraft and any equipment.
Aircraft and equipment standard:
The standard is the list of all the modifications partially or totally embodied for a
given aircraft or equipment.
This standard is automatically updated through the compliance of a Work Order.

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Scheduled Maintenance module

The scheduled maintenance module allows managing the Maintenance Program
as defined by the aircraft Manufacturer and amended by the Operator. The
purpose of the maintenance program is to define the maintenance task applicable
to the frame or to the components; it is then a theoretical definition of the
applicable tasks.
According to the type of maintenance performed (blocked or equalized
maintenance), the concept is to define maintenance cards, described through
operations, and gathered into checks.
The Maintenance Program is defined versus a protocol defined for an aircraft type
and a protocol (standard type).
The management of a check is covered through a Work Package.
Once the check has been complied with, a maintenance schedule allows managing
the forecasted planning and also the compliance history of the check itself but also
of all the tasks coming along with it.
If the operator owns the Graphical Documentation module, the task card can be
linked to schemes, Aircraft Maintenance Manuel procedures, Job Instruction
Cards which are automatically printed with the Work Package.
Checks :
Any check is defined versus a maintenance protocol. A protocolar check only
contains protocolar task cards, the other tasks (Out Of Phase task cards, Work
Orders of any type) being added once the Work Package has been created.
In some cases, several task cards (mainly the ones with the shortest frequency)
are systematically included in a check. It is then very useful to gather all these task
cards into basic check also named Lower Check. A check is then made up of all
its related task cards but also of all the task cards included into its lower check(s).
Task Card :
Any check is made up of Task Cards. Any Task Card is identified by a protocol
and a reference. It then allows defining the main characteristics of a maintenance
action to be carried out such as the task description, the trades, the station, the
agreement level, the threshold and frequencies.
Any card can then be linked to one or several checks; these cards are named
protocolar tasks or non Out of Phase). Some other cards, for which frequency
does not match any check frequency, are performed on request and are named
Out of Phase tasks.
As for the checks, some basic Task Cards can also be defined as lower cards .
At last, once the Task Card has been created, it can be linked to specific aircraft
and/or to Part Numbers to which it is applicable.

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Maintenance Program amendment:

The concept of the Maintenance Program amendment is that prior any
modifications of the current Maintenance Program, it must be first approved by the
Airworthiness Authorities.
So that before any card is modified, deleted or created in the current Maintenance
Program, these modifications must be performed in an independent and secured
environment to be approved. Once approved, the modifications will automatically
be integrated into the current Maintenance Program.

Operations:
The operation fully describes the Task Card. This is the document which carries
the detailed information of the maintenance action to be carried out.
This information lists:

the maintenance action description,

the ingredients, tools, sparesrequired for the task,

the documents required fro the compliance of the task (Aircraft Maintenance
Manuel, Job Instruction Card, Service Bulletin),

the required trades,

the access panels with the required access time

the aircraft serial numbers to which the task is applicable

the cycles and segments in case of equalization.
Checks sequencing:
Once the Maintenance Program has been defined, the check protocol can be
defined. This protocol enables to specify the sequencing of the checks between
each other plus the intervals (in hours, cycles, days, weeks, months)
If a check is performed prior its theoretical due, A.M.A.S.I.S automatically readjust
the next dues of all the following checks.
Maintenance schedules:
The purpose of the maintenance schedules is to follow the forecast of all the
checks per aircraft.
The maintenance protocol is made up of checks, cards and operations.
Some Task Cards have a frequency which does not match the checks frequencies.
These ones are named Out of Phase Task Cards.
As for the checks, the Out of Phase Task Cards schedules is managed in order to
know their next due.

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Aircraft Operation schedule :

The Aircraft Operation schedule allows taking into account the estimated
forthcoming aircraft activity (estimated flight hours, cycles, engine hoursover a
given period of time). Once defined, any next due (Work Orders, hard time
component, Service Bulletin, Messages, Technical Instructions, Checks ...) is
automatically converted into an estimated compliance date.
Work Package:
The management of the compliance of a check is done through a Work Package.
It gathers all the Task Cards and operations that make up a check.
In these Work Package can be added Work Orders and Out of Phase Task
cards.
As a matter of fact, once the Work Package has been issued, the User can
automatically add Work Orders and Out of Phase Task cards in order to optimize
the aircraft grounding duration; pending M.E.L items, Service Bulletins, scheduled
removalscan then be performed during the check.
This Work Package can then be printed and its progress status followed in real
time through a bar-code reading of all the maintenance action carried out.
At last, a complete integration with the Logistic module enables to automatically
generate Requisition Forms towards the stores.

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Graphic Documents module

The graphic documents management is based on the A.M.A.S.I.S integration to a
PC module, in order to generate all management operations (scanning or CDRom interface, cancellation, display...) of these documents.
Every maintenance task (Work Order, Message, Service Bulletin Task Card) but
also every Reference Card and Equipment Card can be associated, on Operators
request, to graphic documents of all type (Job Instruction Card, Aircraft
Maintenance Manuel procedure, picture, Word or Excel documents, Illustrated Part
Catalog). When printing the maintenance tasks, A.M.A.S.I.S also automatically
prints all associated graphic documents.
The advantage of this module also lies in the centralization of the technical
documentation. The Operator has at its disposal a unique source of technical
documentation, avoiding paper copies, potentially having various revision levels, to
be dispatched by outstations,.
Two utilization modes of the function of graphic documents management exists:

a "separated" mode allowing to create and manage a set of graphic documents
without being a priori linked to a Maintenance task, the links, if necessary, being
later created. This method allows to the user to prepare its work at once,
preparing a complete version of the AMM, the SRM, the IPClater linked to the
various tasks of the Maintenance Manuel.

a "direct" mode generating a graphic document directly from a maintenance
task, a Reference Card the link(s) being then automatically created, when
generating.

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Man-hours module
This module allows defining the list of all technical personnel, working on aircraft or
equipment.
To each participant is associated a set of qualifications, with a validity date, as
well as supplementary information.
The production personnel can then be organized in team allowing, among others,
to follow the progress status of a Work package according to this criteria.
In conformity with the JAR 66, A.M.A.S.I.S also authorizes the licenses follow up
(issuers, types, validity) of personnel as well as the workshop Capability List.
For each performed maintenance task, the compliance duration, but also the
access time and any non productive time (parts waiting, display of technical
documentation) can either be manually entered either captured through a
barcode system and so to deduce the man-hour cost of a maintenance task.

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Bar Code module

The barcode module is divided in two axis; one logistics axis and one production
axis.
In its logistics part, the barcode module, according to SPEC 2000 standard, allows:

to generate the Issues Slips, by a direct reading of the material identifier (Part
Number or Part Number / Serial Number or Kit Number)

to generate the Receipt Forms by a direct reading of the material identifier
(Part Number or Part Number / Serial Number or Kit Number)

to perform an inventory by a direct reading of the material identifier (Part
Number or Part Number / Serial Number or Kit Number)

Materials referencing
Inventory by portables RF terminals

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In the production part, the barcode module allows clocking the compliance
duration by each participant on a maintenance task; it is then obligatory coupled to
the man-hours module.
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FRANCOIS DUPONT
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Reading of the users pin and of the task reference

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Export Import module

The Export - Import module allows transferring data between two AMASIS
databases of same version.
Two types of data can then be transferred:
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Theoretical data such as Reference Card, Reference Structure, Kardex

type, Maintenance Program, SB, AD
Real data such as aircraft and/or equipment as well as their complete
status and history.

As a remark, all aircraft and/or equipment exported to another server (other

database) can over again be imported to its initial database; their history is then
enhanced with the data entered by another AMASIS Operator on another base.

The principle is as following:

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lock the aircraft and/or equipments for which an export has been
processed (any update of the records of these aircraft and/or equipments
is then impossible)
automatic creation of an intermediary database (files library) with all
data to be transferred
transfer of the intermediary database (by network, by magnetic media
) from the export AMASIS server (environment ) to the import AMASIS
server (environment)
import procedure, to automatically unlock and update the imported
aircraft and / or equipment.

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Technical Library module

This module manages in a quantitative and qualitative way the technical

documentation (Aircraft Maintenance Schedule, Aircraft Maintenance Manual,
Illustrated Part Catalog, Structural Repair Manual, Trouble Shooting Manual),
used by an Operator.
The principle lies in manuals definition (reference, type, category, effectivity, copies
number, languages) then in managing their purchases and subscriptions.
Moreover and as per the Logistics module, receipts, distribution and invoicing
functions are proposed in order to follow quantitatively and qualitatively all manuals
copies.

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