Press Release

Miro Announces AuRA™ Version 2006

La Jolla, CA, USA – August 01, 2006

Miro Technologies announced today the planned release of AuRA™ Version 2006, which incorporates over 270 modifications and represents over 9,000 labor-hours of development. The latest AuRA release includes over 70 enhancements, including a new Navigator for searching and viewing SGML-based aircraft maintenance manuals provided by OEMs. All enhancements and modifications are available to the growing list of AuRA customers worldwide. AuRA v2006 will be delivered and installed at customer sites in a phased approach commencing August 28th.

Highlights of the most significant enhancements incorporated into AuRA v2006 include:

New OEM AMM/IPC Navigator – This new desktop is for searching and viewing aircraft Illustrated Parts Catalog (IPC) and Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) data published by the OEM. The initial version supports the upload of Airbus’ SGML-based versions of these aircraft manuals for the A320/330/340 models. The new Navigator will help airlines build and maintain fleet configuration data within AuRA.
New Prime Update Desktop - A new desktop for managing the revision of Prime Part Numbers and the resulting impact to Warehouse Min/Max settings.
Maintenance Worksheet Desktop – A new option is now available on this desktop to print the Work Order using a MS Word-based template that can be tailored to each customer’s needs.
EO Desktop – A new ‘EO to AD’ link now allows EO Desktop users to jump directly to the AD information (Receipt Log of Engineering Data) for the associated AD.
PO Creation Desktop – The PO creation process will combine multiple RFQ’s (for same vendor) when creating a PO.
Automatic Replenishment Server – The Automatic Replenishment Server process is now capable of automatically creating and approving PO’s, based upon some configurable limits for vendors and parts.
Component Remove/Install Desktop – This desktop now features a workflow process for dealing with the situation where a technician is unable to complete the normal process in AuRA (i.e. wrong part, wrong serial, not available for install, etc.). The user is able to record all available/known information which gets passed to records management personnel to reconcile. All information is captured in an auditable log.
Actual Structure Desktop – This desktop now has a feature where by the Daily Average Utilization setup for a given aircraft can be automatically re-calculated based upon actual usage for any specified period.
Maintenance Programs Desktop –It is now possible to mark selected Tasks, Default Work Orders and Profiles as disabled. Selection criteria options also enable the management of disabled records.
Physical Inventory – The Physical Inventory process can now generate tags for Bin Locations having a zero balance
Loan / Borrow Cost Analysis – The Loan & Borrow processes now provide the ability to capture the cost schedule associated with the given transaction. Cost breakdown includes up to 3 period-based rates, plus various overhead costs. Estimates and Actuals are tracked.
Task Schedule Details – It is now possible to manage one-time approvals for the extension of a due date/count for a Task.

Other AuRA desktops improved in this new release include: Deferment Management, Inventory Details, Work Order Inquiry, Structure Receiving, Structure Remove & Install, Post Flight Details and Parts Catalog.

AuRA is a fully integrated software management system that covers all aspects of both maintenance and supply. AuRA streamlines aviation business processes and tackles some of the most complex challenges facing maintenance operations, such as Configuration Management, Maintenance Forecasting/Planning and EO Management, thus helping airline operators to improve productivity, reduce costs and turn-times and enable better decision-making.