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Maintenance management systems (MMSs) have existed for 20 years. Nearly every highway agency has a system in operation. It is appropriate to examine the experience to determine what is being done right and where improvements are needed. An effective MMS results in improved service and efficiency and reduced costs through preparing work programs that are based on prevailing field conditions and budget constraints, staffing at optimum levels, scheduling and directing maintenance crews for maximum productivity, and assuring that work programs are followed. The introduction of microcomputers has profoundly affected maintenance operations. Use of the computer often falls at two extremes. Some believe that the computer is a nuisance and a generator of paper. They would rather not have to apply it. At the other end of the scale, there is a tendency to equate management systems with the software. Some are mesmerized by the technology and lose sight of the objective of the computer systems. Use of computers in highway maintenance operations is examined. Issues discussed include determination of management functions that are most effectively automated and some pitfalls to avoid in system design.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1276, Maintenance Management 1990: Proceedings of a Workshop, Jackson, Mississippi, July 25-27, 1990. 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

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Automation; Highway maintenance; Maintenance management; Microcomputers; System design

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Apr 30 1991 12:00AM

• 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)
• INDIANA'S MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• 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
• 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