Altair Case Studies Streamlining Weight Data Management for Improved Decision Making at Airbus Helicopters

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Streamlining Weight Data Management for Improved Decision Making at Airbus Helicopters

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Applicable Industries	Education Packaging
Use Cases	Intelligent Packaging Track & Trace of Assets
Services	Training
Challenge	Airbus Helicopters' Weight & Balance (W&B) team was faced with the challenge of collecting and analyzing data to predict the weight of a product during the conceptualization phase. The team had to gather relevant and current data from a broad range of stakeholders in a standardized manner. However, this process was proving to be a hurdle, slowing down both the data interrogation and the subsequent decision-making process. The manual data upload system did not allow for the creation of a standardized report that could be updated in real time, either internally by the different product development departments or externally by suppliers. Altair was tasked with creating a solution to these problems. Read More
About Customer	Airbus Helicopters is a division of Airbus, a global leader in aeronautics, space, and related services. The company's Weight & Balance (W&B) team is responsible for collecting and analyzing data to forecast the weight of a product during the conceptualization phase. The team works with a wide range of stakeholders, including different product development departments and external suppliers. The W&B team's work is crucial to the company's ability to design and manufacture helicopters that meet specific weight requirements for various applications, including oil and gas, rescue missions, and military use. Read More
Solution	After a thorough benchmarking period, Airbus Helicopters chose Altair’s Weight Analytics as it was the only solution that could meet the project brief in its entirety while still allowing secure access to its third-party suppliers. Once the Weight Analytics solution was implemented, Altair’s specialists provided a comprehensive services package which included on-site training and support sessions to help the W&B team gain a full understanding of the solution and the processes involved in importing data and exporting reports. The solution was customized to support several different import templates and was set up to automatically initiate a daily data import of each department’s and each supplier’s weights data in .csv format. Once imported, the data could be quickly checked by the Weight Managers and tracked in Weight Analytics. Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Education

Packaging

Use Cases

Intelligent Packaging

Track & Trace of Assets

Services

Training

Challenge

Airbus Helicopters' Weight & Balance (W&B) team was faced with the challenge of collecting and analyzing data to predict the weight of a product during the conceptualization phase. The team had to gather relevant and current data from a broad range of stakeholders in a standardized manner. However, this process was proving to be a hurdle, slowing down both the data interrogation and the subsequent decision-making process. The manual data upload system did not allow for the creation of a standardized report that could be updated in real time, either internally by the different product development departments or externally by suppliers. Altair was tasked with creating a solution to these problems.

About Customer

Airbus Helicopters is a division of Airbus, a global leader in aeronautics, space, and related services. The company's Weight & Balance (W&B) team is responsible for collecting and analyzing data to forecast the weight of a product during the conceptualization phase. The team works with a wide range of stakeholders, including different product development departments and external suppliers. The W&B team's work is crucial to the company's ability to design and manufacture helicopters that meet specific weight requirements for various applications, including oil and gas, rescue missions, and military use.

Solution

After a thorough benchmarking period, Airbus Helicopters chose Altair’s Weight Analytics as it was the only solution that could meet the project brief in its entirety while still allowing secure access to its third-party suppliers. Once the Weight Analytics solution was implemented, Altair’s specialists provided a comprehensive services package which included on-site training and support sessions to help the W&B team gain a full understanding of the solution and the processes involved in importing data and exporting reports. The solution was customized to support several different import templates and was set up to automatically initiate a daily data import of each department’s and each supplier’s weights data in .csv format. Once imported, the data could be quickly checked by the Weight Managers and tracked in Weight Analytics.

Impact #1	With the implementation of Altair's solution, the W&B team at Airbus Helicopters can now estimate the weight of the entire helicopter earlier, not only for the baseline version but also for various configurations of the helicopter for different missions. The Weight Analytics tool allows the team to visualize, analyze, and predict risk and opportunities at any point in the product lifecycle. They can also track and control the maturity of the product while running what-if scenarios that result in actionable information for key decision makers. Following the success of the first service package with Altair ProductDesign, Airbus Helicopters is now working in partnership with Altair to build upon and improve the current features in Weight Analytics to generate more custom processes and increase training support as the company continues to expand the solution to more of its global supplier base.

Impact #1

With the implementation of Altair's solution, the W&B team at Airbus Helicopters can now estimate the weight of the entire helicopter earlier, not only for the baseline version but also for various configurations of the helicopter for different missions. The Weight Analytics tool allows the team to visualize, analyze, and predict risk and opportunities at any point in the product lifecycle. They can also track and control the maturity of the product while running what-if scenarios that result in actionable information for key decision makers. Following the success of the first service package with Altair ProductDesign, Airbus Helicopters is now working in partnership with Altair to build upon and improve the current features in Weight Analytics to generate more custom processes and increase training support as the company continues to expand the solution to more of its global supplier base.

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Streamlining Weight Data Management for Improved Decision Making at Airbus Helicopters

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