ATA SPEC 2000 E-Business Specification for Materials Management

Developed by the Air Transport Association (ATA) ATA SPEC 2000 is an international standard developed to improve communication and information flow among members of an interconnected global supply chain network.

The Air Transport Association (ATA) was founded in 1936 by 14 airlines. Today, this organization has been renamed American Airlines and continues to support a healthy airline industry.

This standard is based on the requirement to identify each part with a unique serial number that allows any part in the world to be identified separately and distinctly from other parts, however similar. This identification method is a permanently marked barcode that must remain on the part for the life of it.

The ATA SPEC 2000 standard implements a method for storing automatically readable information. This method increases the reliability and accuracy of the shared information.

The ATA SPEC 2000 standard provides full lifecycle tracking and traceability of serialized parts and allows the use of automated processes in part machining. The system points to a database or tracked information used for many day-to-day operations, including:

• Providing
• Processing warranty claims
• Monitoring part loading and unloading time
• Follow-up of maintenance and repair history

The purpose of the ATA SPEC 2000 standard is to provide cost-effective, cutting-edge techniques and standards to ensure optimum communication and data exchange. It is mainly aimed to achieve the following goals:

• To provide standards for the most cost-effective exchange of information on aircraft-related materials between airlines and suppliers.
• To provide methods that can be used by the widest possible population of companies in the aviation industry.
• To provide comprehensive and user-friendly standards.
• To ensure that all participants and their data are protected against possible competition violations due to misuse, visibility or unauthorized access to data.
• To facilitate the identification and visibility of warranty materials subject to repair.
• Attracting a broad base of industry participation.
• Minimizing reprogramming efforts in transitioning from previous methods and standards to new methods.
• To provide a framework within which advances can be made with future technological developments.

Our organization, with its trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment, among the numerous test, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies it has given for businesses in various sectors, It also provides testing services for material management within the scope of the ATA SPEC 2000 standard.