Codification - the act, process, or result of arranging in a systematic form or code.
A supporting aspect to the concepts of availability contracting and MAOS is that of understanding and controlling reliability. Beyond theoretical design MTBFs and MTBRs, is the real life understanding of actual failure modes, causes and rates of failure. On mature projects where live data is being generated daily, collecting this data in a manageable way is crucial to allow fast and repeatable interpretation, and the subsequent LRU and system level improvements where they can be made.
A system of Repair Codification applied to Aircraft LRU at repair agents was developed and trailed by Richard Hartley in support of the extant Aircraft level codified fault collection. This enabled implementation of an end to end solution, tracking aircraft level faults registered by pilots and aircraft indicators right back to the actual source/faulty LRU. The system, first trialed with a third party repair agent Vector Aerospace, on General Systems LRU (aircraft actuators and hydraulics), was then successfully extended out, to cover Avionics and Structures components and applied to other repair agents as well as 2nd-line on-base repair facilities. Repair codification is an important element of MAOS activities.
