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Photo Credit: The Boeing Company
B
ig data promises a lot of value,
but you need more than the ability to
crunch numbers to achieve it. That
is why the Seattle-based team of 150
employees that I lead works along-
side a global network to provide dig-
ital software and consulting services
to more than 700 unique customers
around the world.
Boeing’s team harnesses the power
of big data and combines it with
aerospace insights to transform
the data into efficiency gains and
resource and cost savings for our
customers. We also focus on how to
apply data analytics within Boeing’s
own internal operations to help the
company be more responsive to cus-
tomers and operate more efficiently.
Digital innovation in the aerospace sector has grown over the last several
decades to now impact every part of modern aviation, and Boeing’s services
have also transformed to meet modern needs.
Consider how pilots today use electronic charts and manuals on tablets, like an
iPad, rather than paper charts.
In 2010, Boeing printed more than one billion paper Jeppesen navigation
charts; this year, we’ll print one-tenth that number. We’ve transformed our
offerings, and approximately 70 percent of all global airline flights are now
using the digital charting and navigation tool Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro daily.
In collaborations with work groups spread across the world, including a ded-
icated team just a few miles north in Vancouver, British Columbia, Boeing’s
digital solutions and analytics employees are uncovering cost and time savings
for customers.
For example, Global Services offers several digital applications that help air-
lines manage and schedule their crews in the most efficient manner. More than
470,000 crew members around the world are managed using these solutions,
and the tools provide three to seven percent cost savings.
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