SEATTLE, 18 Aug. 2008Boeing and Seal Dynamics have signed an agreement that will help airlines reduce their maintenance costs.
Seal Dynamics is an integrated provider of engineering and logistics solutions serving the industrial and airline industries.
This partnership is part of Boeing's Integrated Materials Management (IMM) initiative, in which Boeing and suppliers such as Seal Dynamics maintain an airline's inventory of spare parts, providing items as needed. IMM reduces the cost of doing business by reducing the airline's spare parts inventory.
"The IMM service network and airline customers will greatly benefit from this experience as we further expand the scope of IMM," says Joe Brummitt, director of Integrated Materials Management for Boeing. "."
The Aerospace MRO Division of Seal Dynamics serves global, national, and regional carriers within the commercial airline and aviation industry. Their strength in engineering and logistics expertise provide the product solutions, services, and support necessary to ensure the right products are available to customers when they need them, Boeing officials say..
Integrated Materials Management is considered the next step in expanding Boeing services to suppliers throughout the world to provide value for airline customers and supplier partners by building on existing materials management programs with airlines. Current IMM customers include AirTran Airways, ANA, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, SAS Technical Services, Japan Transocean Air, Singapore Airlines, SIAEC, and Thai International Airways.
