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In 1986 the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) realized that its computerized maintenance management system was not meeting the needs of the department. Problems included a cumbersome mainframe system that necessitated sequential running of programs, an inordinate amount of paperwork, and, most important, lack of meaningful feedback to district and subdistrict managers and foremen. INDOT's Maintenance Management Section studied several alternatives to eliminate or reduce the problems. The alternatives included the development of a new system using INDOT's data processing resources, the use of existing systems in operation in other states and agencies, and a contract with a vendor-consultant for a product already in use in a public agency. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Maintenance Operations Resources Information System (MORIS) was reviewed as part of the evaluation. A team consisting of specialists in maintenance management, equipment and inventory management, and data processing was sent to Pennsylvania for 2 days. Although the team was impressed with the highly integrated nature of MORIS, the team eventually rejected its use for Indiana. The use of MORIS in Indiana would have required a major upgrade to the department's mainframe computer, a major reworking of the software to fit Indiana's legal and financial requirements, and some departure from existing well-accepted maintenance management practices. The Maintenance Management Section selected a commercially available product that matched, in theory, the existing maintenance management system. The product is generic, operates on a personal computer, and permits data to be uploaded to the department's data base for use by other functions. The selected product is used by the National Park Service to manage maintenance activities.

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Alternatives analysis; Information systems; Maintenance management; Modernization; Personal computers; State departments of transportation

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• ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ABRIDGMENT)
• COMPUTER-AIDED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• CONDITION SURVEYS IN THE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE STUDY AND PAVEMENT CONDITION RATING FOR PREOVERLAY CONDITIONS (ABRIDGMENT)
• DATA BASE--INTEGRATED ADVISORY SYSTEM FOR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
• DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS (ABRIDGMENT)
• INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR UPGRADING PERSONNEL IN STATE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS (ABRIDGMENT)
• INTEGRATION OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS WITH MAINFRAME COMPUTER MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (ABRIDGMENT)
• INTERACTIVE VIDEODISC TRAINING FOR ROADWAY MAINTENANCE
• LIFE-CYCLE COST EVALUATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE
• LOCAL AGENCY MANAGERS' PERCEIVED VALUE OF MOTIVATION AMONG MAINTENANCE WORKERS
• MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM
• MAKINGS OF AN EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
• NEW APPROACH FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE IN FRANCE
• NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
• OVERVIEW OF SASKATCHEWAN'S MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS
• PRESENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING HIGHER EDUCATION
• ROADSIDE VEGETATION: PLAYER OR PEST? (ABRIDGMENT)
• SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE ICE AND SNOW CONTROL MANAGEMENT ON ROAD, BRIDGE, AND RUNWAY SURFACES (ABRIDGMENT)
• SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ON DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT (ABRIDGMENT)
• VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S MAINTENANCE QUALITY EVALUATION PROGRAM