Press Release
Sinex Aviation Technologies Announces
Name Change to EmpowerMX; Introduces New System to Enhance
Airline Reliability
FleetCycle®
Reliability Fact Sheet
DULUTH, MN, September 19, 2005–
Sinex Aviation Technologies Corporation,
an industry leader in aviation maintenance software solutions
and consulting services, announced today that it will be conducting
business under a new corporate trade name—EmpowerMX.
Company CEO Greg Sandbulte said that the name change to EmpowerMX
"helps create a more distinct identity for our suite
of aviation maintenance products. In addition, our new name
opens the door for migrating our technologies to serve other
transportation industries in the future." EmpowerMX is
also releasing Reliability Manager, a new module in its FleetCycle®
Suite, that will automate data gathering for aircraft maintenance
and reliability functions, tying processes together based
on aircraft reliability workflow.
EmpowerMX’s new FleetCycle®
Reliability Manager provides the airline industry with tools
for reporting and analysis, better early warning of negative
aircraft and component trends, enhanced regulatory fitness,
shortened response times to internal and external requests,
improved quality, and significantly reduced manual processes.
Using FleetCycle® Reliability Manager, air carriers will
be able to more easily identify systemic problems, and then
develop and implement comprehensive fixes.
“Our FleetCycle® Reliability
Manager transforms the reliability function from time-consuming
data-gathering and report-building, to a more appropriate
focus on the analysis of data and reporting of information
with minimal time and effort,” said Stan Melling, EmpowerMX
Vice President, Customer Support. “This is the kind
of innovation needed as the airline industry works to become
leaner and more cost efficient while maintaining high safety
and quality standards.”
Inherent to FleetCycle® Reliability
Manager is the capability to unite and interface organizational
and functional elements (e.g., reliability, quality assurance,
engineering, human factors, materials management, etc.) in
order for air carriers to better manage their maintenance
programs.
FleetCycle® Reliability Manager
will also allow airlines, regardless of their size or classification,
to more easily show compliance to the Federal Aviation Administration’s
Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System (CASS), by providing
many of the capabilities/functionalities described in FAA’s
Advisory Circular 120-79 – “Developing and Implementing
a CASS.”
FleetCycle® Reliability Manager
conforms to industry standards appropriate to current "best
practices" for aircraft reliability including conformance
to ATA Specification 2000 standards.
While satisfying the need of airlines
to mine and understand their digital data stored in a myriad
of systems, this new system is built on ground-breaking technologies
and can be deployed in a heterogeneous, enterprise grade,
IT environment providing the needed scalability and performance.
“FleetCycle® Reliability
Manager will transform the airline industry’s ability
to proactively manage their aircraft reliability and maintenance
operations,” said Sandbulte.
EmpowerMX will demonstrate the new
FleetCycle® Reliability Manager at the Star Symposium
in Phoenix, Ariz., on October 10 and 11, 2005.
About EmpowerMX
EmpowerMX is an industry leader in aviation
maintenance software solutions and consulting services. The
company’s FleetCycle® Suite of Maintenance Solutions
for airline operators, MRO’s and OEM’s provides
management with real-time, globally available intelligence
on maintenance activity, reliability and fleet status. FleetCycle®
Production Manager is the premier execution tool for heavy
maintenance operations, having been selected by six major
airline organizations. The company’s Consulting Services
empower maintenance operations to maximize their efficiency
by optimizing maintenance programs, training personnel, establishing
best practices and improving processes. EmpowerMX also provides
a full range of customer services including information technology
consulting, system implementation, integration, training and
24/7 support. For more details, visit www.empowermx.com.
For more information contact:
Stan Melling
Vice President, Consulting and Business Development
218.723.7887
stan.melling@empowermx.com
Key features of FleetCycle® Reliability
Manager:
• Event-based Program –
Identify, communicate, analyze, implement corrective action
and measure effectiveness of change for operational risk management
of significant events such as aborted take-offs, diversions,
engine in-flight shut-downs, etc.
• Background Monitoring – Create customized business
rules to monitor and analyze reliability related data, and
filtering of extraneous data.
• Work Queue – User-defined display of CASS/reliability
data and events for further analysis.
• Data Management – Edit and update operational
data for internal business requirements and accurate regulatory
reporting.
• Reports – Standard, regulatory (mandatory) and
ad hoc reporting.
• FCRM Administration - The purpose of this module is
to define default administrative functionality for FCRM.
• Executive Dashboard – Displays performance and
goal information based on user profile.
• Fleet, Aircraft, Engine Performance – Identify,
analyze and communicate delay and cancellation instances and
other specific reliability related events.
• Maintenance Human Factors – Analytical reporting
tool that targets the human factors aspects of aircraft maintenance
operations.
• Systems, Subsystems, Components - Identify, analyze
and communicate delay and cancellation instances and other
specific reliability related events.
• Vendor Performance – Manage data related to
the performance and reliability of vendor product based on
vendor sophistication, data accessibility and contractual
or warranty agreements.
• Station Performance – Manage maintenance and
flight data related to the performance and reliability of
stations.
• Reliability Subject Area Repository – Reliability
related fact table accessed by aircraft reliability related
dimensions.
