Asset Ranking Manager: Ranking Index of Components

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Maloney ◽  
Tomas A. Morgan ◽  
Adam M. Engle
Keyword(s):  
Value Added ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Front End ◽  
Computerized Maintenance Management System ◽  
Weighted Number ◽  
Work Management ◽  
Ranking Index ◽  
The Web

The Ranking Index of Components (RIC) is an Asset Reliability Manager (ARM), which itself is a Web Enabled front end where plant database information fields from several disparate databases are combined. That information is used to create a specific weighted number (Ranking Index) relating to that components health and risk to the site. The higher the number, the higher priority that any work associated with that component receives. ARM provides site Engineering, Maintenance and Work Control personnel with a composite real time / (current condition) look at the components “risk of not working” to the plant. Information is extracted from the existing Computerized Maintenance management System (CMMS) and specific site applications and processed nightly. ARM helps to ensure that the most important work is placed into the workweeks and the non value added work is either deferred, frequency changed or deleted. This information is on the Web, updated each night, and available for all employees to use. This effort assists the work management specialist when allocating limited resources to the most important work. The use of this tool has maximized resource usage, performing the most critical work with available resources. This has also helped start a review of PM’s that could be deferred or extended earlier in the work management process. The ARM numbers are valued inputs into work scoping for the workweek managers. System and Component Engineers are using ARM to identify the components that are at “risk of failure” and therefore should be place into the appropriate work week schedule. Based on the insights gained from the initial use of this tool, enhancements are being contemplated that will further increase the value of this tool for work management.

scholarly journals Condition Assessment Framework for Facility Management Based on Fuzzy Sets Theory

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Deniz Besiktepe ◽  
Mehmet E. Ozbek ◽  
Rebecca A. Atadero
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Condition Assessment ◽  
Facility Management ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Fuzzy Sets Theory ◽  
Mean Time Between Failures ◽  
Condition Rating ◽  
Computerized Maintenance Management System ◽  
Sets Theory

Condition information is essential to develop effective facility management (FM) strategies. Visual inspections and walk-through surveys are common practices of condition assessment (CA), generally resulting in qualitative and subjective outcomes such as “poor”, “good”, etc. Furthermore, limited resources of the FM process demand that CA practices be efficient. Given these, the purpose of this study is to develop a resource efficient quantitative CA framework that can be less subjective in establishing a condition rating. The condition variables of the study—mean time between failures, age-based obsolescence, facility condition index, occupant feedback, and preventive maintenance cycle—are identified through different sources, such as a computerized maintenance management system, expert opinions, occupants, and industry standards. These variables provide proxy measures for determining the condition of equipment with the implementation example for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment. Fuzzy sets theory is utilized to obtain a quantitative condition rating while minimizing subjectivity, as fuzzy sets theory deals with imprecise, uncertain, and ambiguous judgments with membership relations. The proposed CA framework does not require additional resources, and the obtained condition rating value supports decision-making for building maintenance management and strategic planning in FM, with a comprehensive and less subjective understanding of condition.

scholarly journals Value-added and Transparent Experiments

2021 ◽  
pp. 147892992110594
Author(s):  
Peter John Loewen ◽  
Daniel Rubenson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Large Range ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Simple Rules ◽  
Combined Features ◽  
Public Scrutiny

Experimental research by political scientists on elites has grown dramatically in recent years. Experimenting on and with elites raises important questions, both practical and ethical. Elites are busy people, doing important work under public scrutiny. Therefore, any experiments that use up political elites’ time, risk impairing their ability to do their jobs as well as possible, or put at risk the larger research community’s access to elites should be avoided. Nevertheless, despite these risks and challenges, we argue experimenting with elites has enough benefits both to the research community and to elites themselves, that it should still be done. The relevant question then becomes how should we think about doing experiments with political elites? We propose a framework of value-added and transparent experiments. Our framework is guided by the following two simple rules: Elite subjects should individually benefit from the process of doing the experiment. It should add value to their role as representatives. Second, the identity of the researchers and purposes of the experiment should be transparent. As we argue, these two combined features can still accommodate a large range of experiments, can creatively spark researchers to think up new designs and can protect access to elites for future research. We review two such examples at the end of this essay.

scholarly journals Role of employee training and experience on the adaption of computerized maintenance management system

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
E.A.C.P. Karunarathne ◽  
A.S.M.A.R. Abeyratne
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
User Training ◽  
Computerized Maintenance Management System

The study attempted to examine the user training and experience on user acceptance of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) in a continuously progressing industry where maintenance management is extremely vital for the smooth functioning. A cross-sectional study design was used in this research. The study population comprised of users of CMMS. The analysis was mainly carried out using structured equation modeling techniques. The results reveal that perceived usefulness was the most significant determinant of adoption of a complex system than all the other variables, underscoring the importance of incorporating the appropriate functional capabilities in new systems. The findings affirm that a system will be adopted if it is regarded as useful, irrespective of attitude, provided that the use of the system is perceived to offer direct benefits to the user. All the relationships existing between perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, attitude towards using, and behavioral intention were tested and found to be significant and positive. Further analysis revealed that experience helps in ease of use but not in usefulness while training impacts on both usefulness and ease of use. Based on the analysis results recommendations were made to track the value of user training and experience accordingly.

Implementation of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for the City of Naperville Department of Public Utilities

2011 ◽  
pp. 91-109
Author(s):  
Lawrence E. Gunderson
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Water Distribution ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Maintenance Management ◽  
Computerized Maintenance Management System ◽  
It Department ◽  
Physical Assets ◽  
Process Work ◽  
The City

This case study reviews the process that the City of Naperville Information Technology Department undertook to implement a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for the city’s Department of Public Utilities–Water. A CMMS is a software system for managing infrastructure with tools for creating and tracking maintenance activities associated with physical assets. Typical requirements for a CMMS include the ability to handle requests for service, process work orders, plan preventive maintenance, provide for tests and inspections, and enable ad hoc searching and reporting. The software that the Naperville Water Utility chose for a CMMS was selected for its tight integration with its Geographic Information System (GIS), the computerized mapping database that contained a spatial model of the department’s water distribution and wastewater collection assets. Many of the challenges that the IT Department had in implementing the CMMS related to issues with the GIS data. In addition, several of the city’s ?nancial systems, such as accounting, utility billing, customer information systems, and inventory required integration with the CMMS. The case study will cover the complexities of integration with these disparate data sources that have both a technical and organizational basis. Finally, as with all implementations of software systems, the element of organizational change needed to be addressed. For that reason, business process mapping and re-engineering practices were employed to support the deployment of the software.

Developing Online Learning Portals in Low Bandwidth Communities

2011 ◽  
pp. 228-234
Author(s):  
Mae van der Merwe ◽  
Lorna Uden
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Interfaces ◽  
Front End ◽  
Present Information ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
The Web

University portals are emerging all over the world. Portals have been perceived by many people as the technologies that are designed to enhance work and learning processes at university by making workflows simpler and information more readily available in a form in which it can be processed (Franklin, 2004). There are many benefits for having a portal in a university. First, the portal makes it easy for people to find university information targeted specifically at them. Instead of the user searching the Web for information, a person identifies himself or herself to the portal, and the portal brings all relevant information to that person. Secondly, the portal uses a single consistent Web-based front end to present information from a variety of back-end data sources. Although information about people is stored in many different databases at a university, the role of a portal is to put a consistent face to this information so that visitors do not have to deal with dozens of different Web interfaces to get their information. Usability is an important issue when designing the university portal. Principles from human computer interaction must be included in the design of portals.

KEY DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN WAYS OF MANAGING AND SUPPORTING RADICAL PHARMACEUTICAL FRONT END INNOVATION — A CASE STUDY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550011 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNABETH AAGAARD
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Front End ◽  
Global Study ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The purpose of this paper is to explore how Front End Innovation (FEI) is supported and managed among companies of different nationality within the context of pharmaceutical R&D. The present study is carried out in order to contribute to the development of a clearer understanding of active facilitation of innovation management and FEI in theory and in practice across international borders. I aim to show how different aspects of Pharma and nationality affect the way innovation management and radical FEI are supported within organisations. This is examined through an in-depth case study of the Danish and US based pharmaceutical company, H. Lundbeck A/S, and a comparative study including five European and American pharmaceutical companies. The findings from the study reveal a number of similarities and differences in innovation management and FEI support of radical projects and among the different nationalities. This presents propositions of important aspects to consider in facilitation of radical FEI in general and in multinational pharmaceutical companies. In addition, proposals are made for a global study of innovation management and FEI support including Chinese and other Asian pharmaceutical companies, which represent a growing market. The value added and the contribution of this paper to the existing FEI literature is therefore in the specificity of the empirical setting in which the issue is investigated.

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