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Title:

ARKANSAS' EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Accession Number:

00390378

Record Type:

Component

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Abstract:

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) personnel have recently completed work on a contract with FHWA to test and evaluate an equipment management system (EMS) using the FHWA EMS manual as a guide. The AHTD EMS consists of four major systems: (a) parts and materials inventory system, (b) equipment maintenance and operations cost system, (c) equipment cost accounting system, and (d) equipment control system. The parts and materials inventory system design specifies on-line computer terminals in each district stockroom to process the normal accounting transactions and provide stock management information. Transactions and adjustments ae keyed at the point of origin and subjected to detailed edits to assure data accuracy. The equipment maintenance and operations cost system, equipment cost accounting system, and equipment control system are more interrelated and provide information to better manage the equipment functions as a whole. Input data have been consolidated on existing forms to limit paperwork. Reports are primarily batch and produced monthly. Summary and exception reporting are emhasized. Reports to each level of management are limited to only the information needed to make the equipment decisions for which that level is responsible. Reports presently in use deal primarily with management of overall equipment operation and repair functions. Once an adequate amount of data is accumulated under the new EMS, system components dealing with equipment needs, budgeting, replacement, and rental rates will be put into operation.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Maintenance Equipment. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01419838

Authors:

Nielson, Doug

Editors:

Crump, Edythe Taylor
Herman, Scott C
Kaplan, Elizabeth A
Kassabian, Naomi C
Starkey, Jane P

Pagination:

pp 131-138

Publication Date:

1984

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 951
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

63rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1984-1-16 to 1984-1-20

ISBN:

0309036712

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (1) ; Tables (7)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Equipment management

Geographic Terms:

Arkansas

Old TRIS Terms:

Arkansas

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 30 1984 12:00AM

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