Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) Bahrain , which is responsible for the provision of safe and efficient management of all services permitting aviation access to and from Bahrain , is deploying Infor EAM Enterprise Edition (formerly Infor EAM Datastream7i). Infor's enterprise asset management solution will be deployed in the Air Navigation and Engineering & Maintenance Department and will provide better management and proactive servicing of more than 10,000 assets.
Infor was chosen following a comprehensive selection process to replace distributed maintenance environments with a central software solution. CAA evaluated Infor alongside other internationally reputed EAM vendors.
Bahrain International Airport acts as the leading gateway to the region and as such CAA maintenance teams have to operate with optimum efficiency and economy regarding the performance of services. They must predict equipment downtime and conduct preventive scheduling and maintenance; which are just a few of the core maintenance activities that it conducts. With the continuous growth in aviation traffic, CAA realised the need for a centralised tool to manage all the maintenance activities.
The key criterion in determining the supplier was the business-specific functionality available within the Infor solution and realistic implementation offered by Intertec Systems (Infor's Middle-East EAM partner based in Dubai ) and Zayani Computers ( Bahrain based implementation partner). The solution offers capabilities which cover every aspect of the asset management life-cycle - maintenance, equipment, inventory management and contracts covering department assets. The fact that these can all be easily implemented on standard technology served as a key driver in awarding this project to Infor. "We chose Infor EAM as we found the 'benefit over cost' factor was highest, whilst the total cost of ownership was lower compared to other EAM solutions. Furthermore we are confident that we will be up and running in time," commented Mr. Ali Ahmad Mohammed, Director of Air Navigation Civil Aviation Affairs in Bahrain .
