Based in Portland, Victoria, Australia, Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Solutions is a premier maintenance organization that maintains, restores, and modifies general aviation (GA) aircraft ranging from Cessna 150s to Learjets.
Servicing both private and corporate clients with piston and turbine engines, they specialize in sheet metal components, electrical systems, engine components, and comprehensive fleet maintenance tracking and reliability programs.
The challenge
Outgrowing manual spreadsheets and disconnected data.
Prior to adopting a dedicated system, the organization relied on Excel spreadsheets to manage their complex maintenance workflows. This manual approach quickly proved insufficient for a growing operation.
Spreadsheets lacked the functionality required to run a comprehensive maintenance facility. They could not provide real-time access to required personnel, lacked essential business and store functions, and presented constant data backup issues. The team was dealing with disjointed programs, pieces of paper, and relying on memory, which pulled highly skilled engineers away from the aircraft and forced them to manage administrative tasks.
The solution
A foundation built on Takeflite Maintenance.
Having first been introduced to Takeflite over a decade ago while serving as a Chief Engineer for a regional airline, founder Jeff Wyckelsma decided to build his current operation entirely around Takeflite’s software.
My operation is built on using Takeflite’s Maintenance software. Takeflite is tailored to meet all my business needs and regulatory compliance needs… It allows me to do what I do best and that’s aircraft engineering, not flying a desk!
Jeff Wyckelsma, Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (LAME)
Takeflite now powers every facet of their business: Aircraft and Component Tracking, Reliability Data, Store Orders, Parts Traceability, Tool Registers, Calibration, Work Packs, Log Book Statements, Invoicing, and Regulatory Compliance. The platform acts as a single source of truth, utilized by everyone in the business—from engineers in the hangar to customers checking on their assets.
The result
Empowered customers and massive efficiency gains.
Takeflite has transformed the business financially and operationally. The software drives such high efficiency that it costs the business less than a standard administrative wage, completely replacing the need for manual data entry and disconnected tracking.
24/7
Remote data access for engineers and customers
100%
Automated regulatory compliance tracking
Customers have also seen massive benefits. Given their own secure logins, aircraft owners can now track flight times, monitor live reliability trends, forecast upcoming maintenance, and review parts tracking. This transparency saves them money on logbook research and gives them direct financial control over their assets. For the internal team, 24/7 remote access ensures that everyone has live data to carry out their tasks efficiently, with automated regulatory compliance providing the peace of mind needed to focus strictly on engineering.
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