Otimização de inspeções de manutenção de aeronaves através do uso de tecnologia

Abstract

The biggest Brazilian airlines companies are inserted in a very dynamic and challenging environment. Economic issues such as the instability of the Brazilian market, aggravated by the recent political crises, and the strong devaluation of the Real against Dollar have caused these organizations to looking for ways to improve the operational efficiency. Innovation fits in this context due to its unlimited potential. Usually the act of innovating is associated by society to the creation of a new technology, however, as verified during the innovation classes of the specialization course in business management at Fundação Dom Cabral, innovation can also be related to the improvement of an existent process and its consequent efficiency gain / cost reduction. The purpose of this study is to verify technological tools that can contribute to the improvement of the operational efficiency of airlines companies by reducing the time necessary to carry out aircraft maintenance inspections and, consequently, increasing the availability of these assets for operation. To develop the work, an exploratory, bibliographic and documentary research was carried out with field data collection and qualitative data analysis. During the studies, two opportunities for improvement in aircraft maintenance inspection processes were identified. For each of them, our group proposes the use of a technological tool with the potential to significantly reduce the time required to carry out these inspections.