IBM collaborates on new ERP System active with Japan Airlines

Tue. December 02, 2008; Posted: 04:43 AM

Dec 02, 2008 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- JPCLF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Information technology company IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced on 1 December that Japan Airlines International (Shinagawa, TYO: JAL) has officially launched 'JAL Mighty', a new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for aviation maintenance.

IBM Japan (NYSE:IBM), IBM Business Consulting Services (Chiyoda TYO: IBCS), and SAP Japan Co (Chiyoda TYO: SAP Japan) collaborated on the JAL Mighty project to create a system to manage maintenance planning, quality control and parts inventory for approximately 160 aircraft, 460 engines and 500,000 parts.

JAL Mighty, is also equipped with 19 standard SAP modules to serve approximately 6,000 users including aircraft mechanics and is reportedly the largest ERP system for aviation maintenance in the world.

The new SAP ERP system integrates approximately 100 business systems for maintenance planning, quality control and parts inventory for aircraft, as well as qualification management of aircraft mechanics, into one SAP ERP package.

The company said that the ERP package will result in reduced operational complexity and management processes of maintenance planning and quality control of the aircraft parts inventory are streamlined while improving safety in the air.

For the JAL project, IBCS provided consulting services for business process standardisation and operational transformation to support adjustment to the new ERP package system, while collaborating with JAL and IBM Japan in system development. A

A part of programme development carried out jointly by IBM India and IBM Japan development centres.

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