Patent ID: 7082403

Claim:
A method for organizing customer productivity applications to provide recommendations on product and service offerings relating to aircraft engines using a web-based system including a server system coupled to a centralized interactive database and at least one client system, said method comprising the steps of: defining customer productivity applications and users of customer productivity applications, wherein the customer productivity applications relate to an aircraft engine evaluator; selecting at least one module for each customer productivity application, wherein the at least one module is selected from a group comprising an engine value analyzer and a spare engine calculator; provide access to the customer productivity applications and associated modules to increase customer's productivity, wherein the customer productivity applications and associated modules relate to: comparing an actual cost of a customer's aircraft engine ownership with a projected cost of aircraft engine ownership of a different make using actual Airframer data; calculating a number of spare engines required for a customer's fleet of aircraft; recommending a customer's work scope for a shop visit; evaluating a customer's maintenance program; and identifying an excess thrust margin of a customer's aircraft engine; populating the selected modules with user input information, wherein the user input information for the engine value analyzer is based on maintenance and reliability costs, and the user input information for the spare engine calculator is based on a customer's delivery schedule, a customer's fleet utilization, and a customer's engine shop visit rate; generating tools and information relating to the customer productivity applications based on the user input information; and providing users access to the generated tools and information to facilitate increasing their productivity and minimizing a cost of ownership by analyzing their fleet, perform industry comparisons, and running iterations to develop their optimal performance requirements.