Design Considerations for Engineering Asset Management Systems

2015 ◽  
pp. 263-271
Author(s):  
Florian Urmetzer ◽  
Ajith Kumar Parlikad ◽  
Chris Pearson ◽  
Andy Neely
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Design Considerations

scholarly journals Developing Pavement Marking Management Systems: A Theoretical Model Framework Based on the Experiences of the US Transportation Agencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Alireza Sassani ◽  
Omar Smadi ◽  
Neal Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Pavement Markings ◽  
The Us ◽  
Pavement Marking ◽  
Transportation Agencies

Pavement markings are essential elements of transportation infrastructure with critical impacts on safety and mobility. They provide road users with the necessary information to adjust driving behavior or make calculated decisions about commuting. The visibility of pavement markings for drivers can be the boundary between a safe trip and a disastrous accident. Consequently, transportation agencies at the local or national levels allocate sizeable budgets to upkeep the pavement markings under their jurisdiction. Infrastructure asset management systems (IAMS) are often biased toward high-capital-cost assets such as pavements and bridges, not providing structured asset management (AM) plans for low-cost assets such as pavement markings. However, recent advances in transportation asset management (TAM) have promoted an integrated approach involving the pavement marking management system (PMMS). A PMMS brings all data items and processes under a comprehensive AM plan and enables managing pavement markings more efficiently. Pavement marking operations depend on location, conditions, and AM policies, highly diversifying the pavement marking management practices among agencies and making it difficult to create a holistic image of the system. Most of the available resources for pavement marking management focus on practices instead of strategies. Therefore, there is a lack of comprehensive guidelines and model frameworks for developing PMMS. This study utilizes the existing body of knowledge to build a guideline for developing and implementing PMMS. First, by adapting the core AM concepts to pavement marking management, a model framework for PMMS is created, and the building blocks and elements of the framework are introduced. Then, the caveats and practical points in PMMS implementation are discussed based on the US transportation agencies’ experiences and the relevant literature. This guideline is aspired to facilitate PMMS development for the agencies and pave the way for future pavement marking management tools and databases.

Design for Maintenance: How Kms Document Linking Decisions Affect Maintenance Effort and Use

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R Dennis ◽  
Binny M Samuel ◽  
Kelly McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Information System Development ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Design Considerations ◽  
Dynamic Content ◽  
System Maintenance ◽  
The Cost

Information system maintenance is an important aspect of information system development, especially in systems that provide dynamic content, such as Web-based systems and Knowledge Management Systems (KMS). Design for Maintenance (DFM) is an approach that argues that maintenance effort should be considered during the design of information systems in addition to the usual system design considerations. This research examines how the design of links among knowledge documents in a KMS affects both their maintenance and use. We argue that providing links among knowledge documents increases the cost of maintenance because when a document changes, the documents that link to and from that document are more likely to need changes. At the same, linking knowledge documents makes it easier to locate useful knowledge and thus increases use. We examine this tension between use and maintenance using 10 years of data from a well-established KMS. Our results indicate that as the number of links among documents increases, both maintenance effort and use for these documents increase. Our analyses suggest two DFM principles for dynamic content in practice. First, knowledge coupling (i.e., linking) to documents internal to the KMS rather than sources external to the KMS better balances maintenance effort and use. Second, designing small, knowledge cohesive documents (e.g., 250-350 words) leads to the best balance between maintenance effort and use.

Implementing Competitive Advantages through Efficient Control and Machine Asset Management Systems

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Gomori ◽  
Michael Thiessen ◽  
Norm Benes ◽  
Roberta Herron
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Efficient Control

The Executive Support System of Ontario, Canada

2005 ◽  
Vol 1933 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Guerre ◽  
William E. Robert ◽  
Alison Bradbury ◽  
Michael Goodale
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Functional Class ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Bridge Management ◽  
Management Concepts

The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), Canada, is currently implementing an asset management business framework (AMBF). The AMBF provides the ministry with an ambitious blueprint for incorporating asset management concepts into its existing business processes. A key component in the AMBF is the ability to integrate results from the ministry's existing management systems. In support of the AMBF, MTO has developed a prototype executive support system (ESS). The ESS is a what-if analysis tool that predicts network performance over time using data from the ministry's pavement and bridge management systems. It enables decision makers to evaluate the relationship between performance and budget and to view results by region, corridor, or functional class. This paper presents the analytical approach used to develop the ESS and describes how it was implemented by MTO. The ESS uses a candidate-based approach to system integration, which enables the integration of any management system capable of generating work candidates and estimating their impact on a defined set of performance measures. The ESS brings together data from these systems and performs an additional level of cross-asset economic optimizations, taking into account user-defined operating assumptions. Although much work has recently been done on the integration of pavement and bridge systems, the objective of this paper is to present a practical example implemented by MTO.

Internal audit, certification and maturity assessment based on ISO55001 in Sendai wastewater utility, Japan

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 822-828
Author(s):  
Y. Abe ◽  
T. Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Internal Audit ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
International Standard ◽  
Certification Exam ◽  
Maturity Assessment

Sendai Wastewater Utility acquired the first certification of ISO55001 in Japan at March 2014. ISO55001 is the international standard for asset management systems and was published in January 2014. During the process towards certification, the maturity assessment, internal audit and certification exam based on ISO55001 were all executed. It was possible, therefore, to compare the three methods, and recognize their strengths and weaknesses. The methods complement each other when implemented simultaneously.

scholarly journals Asset Management Systems for the Facilities on the Highways

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (0) ◽  
pp. 331-343
Author(s):  
Kouji YAMAMOTO ◽  
Kazuya AOKI ◽  
Kiyoshi KOBAYASHI
Keyword(s):  
Asset Management ◽  
Management Systems
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