Airlines that seek to gain real value from their OCC should be conscientious in selecting the right kind of platform to support them. In the absence of a suitable technology platform, managing the data exchange and offering in-depth analysis according to the strategic directives of the OCC management professionals, poses a huge challenge. An ideal airline operations management platform is one that operates on a fundamental foundation of data and supports the basic tenets of Situational Awareness, Collaborative Disruption Management, What-If Analysis, Management by exception and Mobility and Cloud.
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There is an ever changing and never ending dynamics of factors that contribute towards effective management of airline operations disruption and recovery. Mathematicians, business analysts and operations research experts around the world have been working hard for years to find appropriate recovery solutions for disruptions in airline operations, but the holy grail of optimal recovery remains elusive.
Gaining efficiency and lowering costs have become the unofficial mantras of the energy sector during the latest industry downturn. As the supply-demand imbalance dragged down commodity prices and profits, many companies have turned to technology to improve operations.
The growing complexity of land based workforce logistics and technology advancements are driving business process automation and innovations to optimize the supply chain. True digital transformation can be achieved through a paperless future with information exchanged on computers and tablets and digitally signed by stakeholders.
Disruptions occur regularly and every airline OCC has a sophisticated disruption management policy to mitigate the impact for travelers and crews. A single operations platform for all activities on the day-of-ops can enable airlines who operate as a group to flexibly respond to disruptions. Information sharing can be simplified if all group airlines have access to the same digital platform which is integrating all relevant operations data like reservations, load planning, flight planning, weather, maintenance, airport, passenger data, aircraft, crew, Air Traffic Control, station and hub data.
Airline operations controllers worldwide discuss about "Situational Awareness", but in their daily operations they insist on "seeing it all“ before taking a decision. The question really is - Is this a good approach?
2016 was a challenging year for the Oil & Gas industry. Rampant supply, a weakening global demand, the slowing economic growth around the world were a few factors leading to the woes seen. However, these challenges for the industry present some excellent opportunities. Innovation has never been more critical in the oil and gas industry. The writing on the wall is clear; companies must innovate, or perish!
An Operations Control Center (OCC) manages several complex aspects of airline operations, such as the expensive fleet of modern and old aircraft, large number of crew members, detailed maintenance cycles, optimization of fuel burn, ATC communications, airport slots and so much more. Unfortunately, most OCCs are powered by legacy IT systems that might result in airlines running a high risk of frequent and often expensive disruption in their services. The good news is, Modern IT systems with ‘Situational Awareness’, take a different path. By displaying only the relevant information, they reduce screen complexity, thus enabling users to understand the situation better and take the most appropriate decision.
Pharma logistics today is about the safe and secure transportation of pharmaceuticals from production to consumption while ensuring that integrity of product is not compromised. However, with increasing complexity of the global pharma supply chain to meet the increasing spend in healthcare sector, regulatory requirements surrounding transportation of temperature controlled pharma will become increasingly stricter and wider in scope and reach.