Embraer has launched Smart Planning, an AI tool that will improve operational readiness and inventory management across its supply chain.
New data-driven process will offer the aircraft manufacturer visibility across the production line as it continues its digital transformation journey. AI pioneers Aquarela Analytics assisted on the project, which analysed over two terabytes of data across ten months. The two complementary methodologies — Embraer’s Agile framework and the Data Culture Methodology used by Aquarela Analytics — worked to extract, clean, and map data from Embraer’s operations.
Marcos Santos, CEO of Aquarela Analytics, noted
Throughout the process, we applied all of our expertise in data analysis, platforms, and artificial intelligence algorithms to improve, transform, and integrate Embraer’s operating system. It was a challenging project, where at each stage we deepened and broadened the scope as complexity and results were measured.
By creating this data architecture, Smart Planning has helped the Brazilian aerospace giant reduce operational costs and improve proactive decision-making. Dimas Tomelin, Vice President of Strategy, Digital and Innovation at Embraer, said:
Smart Planning is the most up-to-date data tool developed and integrated to make Embraer’s processes more effective. It consists of an interactive control panel on the materials used in the production process of our aircraft, helping the planning team in the management of purchases and stock levels to have more predictability in case of lack or excess of materials thanks to the use of artificial intelligence and a prediction model.
Ongoing geopolitical disruption, high labour costs, and material shortages have all compounded the aviation industry’s supply chain issues. These problems could cost as much as US$11 billion in 2025, industry body IATA warned earlier this year.
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