Management of tool boxes via RFID: MRO case study

Challenges

• Manage autonomous access and traceability of movements of tool boxes used by operators on maintenance lines
• Combat FOD* risk and safeguard maintenance (*Foreign Object Debris or Foreign Object Damage) 
• Optimize costs
• Reduce tool search time

Solutions (project begun in 2019)

Provide a self-inventorying security and traceability system in stores and in close proximity to maintenance areas:

• Installation of XP RFID* Portals (NEXPORT®) to track loans and returns automatically for each transaction, at any time (*Radio Frequency identification)
• Commissioning of smart XL RFID Cabinets to provide real-time equipment inventory, at any time
• Deployment of RFID-tagged toolboxes for 10,000 operators.
• Our connected solutions are accessible 24/7 and cover multiple shifts

Advantages

• FOD risks minimized through traceability
• Compliance with traceability standards
• Improved productivity and monitoring
• 100% standards met
• +20% productivity gained*
  • Management of breakage and loss with a tool box quarantine system
  • Monitoring and anticipation of tool calibration
• Generation of maintenance-related data directly from NEXCAP® IOT (dashboard, extractions)

* Estimate by NEXESS management team