Traceability needs are numerous and increasingly pressing within the business ecosystem. They concern both customer demands, the competitiveness of companies throughout the value chain, and regulatory requirements of the sector.
These needs reflect increasingly important challenges:
Security
Security is of course a major concern in the aerospace industry. To date, traceability is essential to ensure the quality and authenticity of parts and components used in aircraft manufacturing. It enables tracking the origin of parts, verifying their compliance, and preventing the use of counterfeit or defective parts.
Regulatory compliance
The aerospace industry is subject to strict regulations regarding safety, quality, and compliance. Traceability is necessary to comply with regulatory requirements and certification standards, such as those established by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the United States.
Supply chain management
Aerospace is a complex global industry involving many players and extended supply chains. Traceability enables tracking components, materials, and processes throughout the supply chain, improving visibility and logistics management, and enabling quick response in case of recall or quality issue.
Maintenance and repair
Traceability plays a crucial role in aircraft maintenance and repair. It enables tracking the history of parts, repairs, and maintenance performed on an aircraft, which is essential to ensure the safety and reliability of aircraft.
Sustainability and environmental responsibility
The aerospace industry is increasingly concerned with sustainability and environmental footprint. Traceability enables tracking the environmental impact of materials and processes used in aircraft manufacturing, which can contribute to more sustainable decision-making and the adoption of more environmentally friendly practices.
Predell Trace: a perfectly adapted response to these challenges
Predell Trace is an end-to-end traceability solution specifically designed to address any type of issue with great flexibility.
The architecture of Predell Trace is open to any type of traceability. It is based on a traceability engine that allows precise tracking of all events occurring during the circulation of individual objects or batches of products in the different locations of the supply chain.
The data processed by Predell Trace is automatically imported from the information systems of the traceability stakeholders (suppliers, transformers, logisticians, etc.). Whether it is VSEs or large companies, all these entities can transmit their Traceability data thanks to Predell solutions. The authenticity over time of the data used by Predell Trace can be certified thanks to a Blockchain connected to the platform.
Predell Trace has been specifically designed to address all these issues with great flexibility. The platform is based on a traceability engine that allows precise tracking of all Events (assembly, machining, assembly, etc.) applied to all types of components, to a subassembly or to the aircraft itself throughout its manufacturing process. Predell Trace can also ensure the traceability of objects not belonging to the physical world such as documents, transactions, or identifiers having their representation in any type of universe.
The data corresponding to the traceability events are communicated to Predell Trace by the information systems of the stakeholders in the value chain of an aircraft or one of its subassemblies (Tier 1 and 2 suppliers, aircraft manufacturers, logisticians, etc.) and without any format constraint.
The platform then processes them automatically, ensuring:
Their storage in a database according to a configurable model (it is for example possible to add CSR data).
The guarantee of data authenticity thanks to a blockchain.
The association of documents with any type of operation or object (certificate, control range, certification document, etc.).
Visual restitution on a web portal of traceability data, notably thanks to a multi-criteria search engine. These restitutions are carried out while respecting the authorizations linked to the different user profiles.
In “manual” mode, it is always possible thanks to a user portal to enter the necessary information for traceability and thus benefit from help in establishing traceability links (correspondence between outgoing and incoming objects).
Our solution is based on a redundant and robust micro-services architecture that optimizes processing and offers availability adapted to user needs. Predell Trace is available in SaaS mode or license in a virtualized environment (Kubernetes).