Patent ID: 8316061

Claim:
A system for managing and tracking technical events associated with production of aircraft and aircraft-related components, the system comprising: a database configured to store quality assurance information about said technical events associated with said production of aircraft and aircraft-related components; an end-user connected to said database via a network; a server connected to said network, said server being configured to manage said quality assurance information about said technical events between said database and said end-user; and a web-based graphical user interface configured to display, at said end-user, said quality assurance information, and to arrange and display said technical events in order of importance based upon a critical number which is associated with said technical events, a number value of said critical number is indicative of the relative importance of the technical event, said server is configured to determine said number value of said critical number based on frequency of said technical event, severity of said technical event, and detectability of said technical event, and after one technical event is cured, said server changes said critical number associated with said one technical event, and said web-based graphical user interface displays an updated critical number, wherein said quality assurance information includes a case number, said critical number, and status information about one of said technical events associated with the production of the aircraft and the aircraft related components.