Title: Reengineering the certification process for aircraft equipment

Authors: Sarandis Mitropoulos; Marilena Maliappi; Alexandros Veletsos; Christos Douligeris

Addresses: Ionian University, Filosofon and Tzeveleki St., 31100 Lefkada, Greece ' University of Piraeus, 80, M. Karaoli and A. Dimitriou St., 18534 Piraeus, Greece ' University of Piraeus, 80, M. Karaoli and A. Dimitriou St., 18534 Piraeus, Greece ' University of Piraeus, 80, M. Karaoli and A. Dimitriou St., 18534 Piraeus, Greece

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate and redesign the workflow of the certification process for aircraft equipment of the Hellenic Air Force Accreditation Service (HAAS). The calibration cycle of a measurement device is analysed with the modelling tool 'TIBCO Business Studio' and then improved successively in a recursive way. The paper effectively examines the problems which arise for the measurement errors. Then the background information with respect to the laboratories which support the verification of devices that count the various physical and technical parameters is presented. In the whole task of the business process reengineering, the definition simulation workflow is the most important. Thus, the analysis and the improvement of the current simulation workflow for an effective certification process in aircraft equipment is given. Finally, the certification process through a collaborative internet-based work is presented as future work along with the conclusions.

Keywords: airforce accreditation service; certification process; aircraft equipment; measurement device; measurement error; simulation methodology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2022.125179

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, 2022 Vol.11 No.1, pp.64 - 81

Received: 21 Feb 2021
Accepted: 05 Jul 2021
Published online: 01 Sep 2022 *

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