25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-8.3.4

MODELS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEXT-GENERATION AIRLINERS WITHIN THE FUZZY FRONT END OF THE INNOVATION PROCESS

H. B. Fromm
EADS Corporate Research Centre, Germany

Keywords: Technology assessment, Maintenance Cost reduction

The need for reduced maintenance cost provokes models to assess future maintenance technologies for next-generation airliners. Objective is the selection of innovations, making the maintenance task more efficient and effective, already within the early stages of the innovation process. The procedure supports the cost-benefit-analysis as decisive help for product development.

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