Improving the Quality Management System in the Locomotive Repair Shops of the Trans-Baikal Railway

In the context of high competition in railway transportation market, quality management is becoming an important prerequisite for attracting customers and meeting their needs, gaining and retaining market share and increasing work efficiency. The current quality management system at the locomotive repair shops has a number of drawbacks that result in long-term idle time of the rolling stock for maintenance or repair and significant expenses. The article deals with the problems of defining the concepts “quality management” and “quality improvement” for locomotive repair shops. The authors analyze the current QMS in the locomotive repair shops of the Trans-Baikal Railway, make a SWOT-analysis, and develop a number of measures and management decisions for improving the quality. An objectives tree for QMS and Ishikawa's Cause-and-Effect-Diagram of inconsistencies are used to determine problems in the locomotive repair shops and propose ways of eliminating inconsistencies in each element of QMS.

INVESTMENTS IN THE LOCOMOTIVE COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE. INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS PLANS AND FORECASTS

In connection with the prospects for the development of the railway industry until 2030, a significant role in improving the technological readiness of maintenance and repair of traction rolling stock belongs to diesel, electric locomotive repair and service depots. The article considers the main directions of development and modernization of the locomotive complex infrastructure. Possible methods of financing mechanisms for investment in infrastructure development have been identified.

Estimation of performance of parts and units of a locomotive’s mechanical part

The paper presents the results of the development and implementation of a method for controlling technological processes of locomotive repair based on network planning, which allows monitoring and adjusting the performance of technological operations for a specific locomotive, taking into account the provision of indicators of technological preparation of repair.