Mxi Technologies Reduces Time to Insight for Aviation Maintenance Organizations
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Maintenix
- JasperReports Server
Tech Stack
- Oracle WebLogic Server
- Windows Server
- RedHat Enterprise Linux ES
- Oracle Database
- JavaScript
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Customer Satisfaction
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Predictive Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Process Control & Optimization
- Remote Asset Management
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Aviation maintenance software leader Mxi Technologies (Mxi), via its Maintenix® solution, helps commercial airlines, MROs, OEM aftermarket service providers, and defense operators manage and understand their data better. Business analytics and reporting are essential for them to analyze business performance metrics, fine-tune operations, and meet their service and performance commitments. Aviation organizations generate huge volumes of fleet, maintenance, and supply chain data daily, which can be harvested to optimize performance. However, deciphering all of this information into meaningful business decisions can be challenging. Mxi Technologies aims to empower these organizations with the tools needed to mine valuable information insights stored within their data, ultimately positioning them better to deliver on the promise of more standard, lean, and predictable MRO practices.
The Challenge
Mxi Technologies sought to expand the ad hoc reporting capabilities within its Maintenix software and ease installations and upgrades to expedite time-to-insight for aviation maintenance organizations. Over time, Mxi customers were looking for more sophisticated tools for creating reports. In watching and listening to the various business users who relied on their reporting solution, it became obvious that they needed a better way to not only respond to their needs, but to create an environment that could facilitate a more responsive and flexible solution set in the future.
The Solution
Mxi evaluated industry leaders for reporting and business intelligence and found JasperReports Server to be a good fit with the Mxi Maintenix technology stack. JasperReports Server simplifies the process with an easy-to-use, drag-and-drop report designer for building crosstabs, tables, and chart-based reports. Mxi deploys JasperReports Server, running on an application server alongside Maintenix for distinct memory management. With single sign-on, the user experience is seamless to end users. With JasperReports Server tapping into the vast data in Maintenix, Mxi customers have more powerful and user-friendly business intelligence, including greater self-service, ad hoc reporting, more flexible and interactive dashboards, comprehensive analysis using stronger OLAP queries, and easy-to-use pivoting, filtering, and data drill-down capabilities. The new level of insight allows users to spot bottlenecks and explore ways to improve operations, manage risk, achieve stronger performance, and create the reports they need.
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