Patent ID: 7505878
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: F02D

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating the management of costs associated with performing a plurality of processes to manufacture, service and/or maintain an aerospace system incorporating a plurality of physical components, the system comprising a processor, memory, and a user interface, the processor configured with the memory to execute processor-executable instructions to perform the following: represent in said memory each process as a set of performable operations; associate each operation with a cost of performing the operation; receive via said user interface a selection of an operation performable in a first of the processes; determine whether the selected operation is a duplicate of another operation performable in the first process and/or performable in a second of the processes; and based on the determination, issue a notification via the user interface as to a possible reduction of costs by elimination of a duplicate performance of the selected operation; the processor and memory configured to identify, from a plurality of aerospace work and/or test station locations at which the plurality of processes are performed and between which at least part of the aerospace system is moved, one or more station locations for performing the selected operation.