TOTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH CAN IMPROVE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT

HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A MAJOR ITEM OF EXPENDITURE FOR MOST ROAD AUTHORITIES. INCREASING AMOUNTS OF RESEARCH ARE BEING DIRECTED TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING THESE COSTS. A MAINTENANCE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS AN ORDERED APPROACH TO, AND SCHEDULING OF, MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. THE FOUR BASIC ELEMENTS REQUIRED AS INPUT FOR THE SYSTEM ARE SPECIFIC ACTIVITY DEFINITIONS, ACCOMPLISHMENT UNITS, QUALITY STANDARDS AND STANDARD VALUES. ONCE THE BASIC INPUT REQUIREMENTS OF THE SYSTEM ARE ESTABLISHED, A TOTAL MAINTENANCE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS BUILT AROUND THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT: PLANNING, ORGANIZING, DIRECTING, CONTROLLING. THE SYSTEM IS DYNAMIC, SINCE WORK-QUANTITY STANDARDS, PRODUCTION RATES AND METHODS OF PERFORMING WORK COME UNDER CONTINUOUS SCRUTINY AND ARE REVISED AND RESHAPED ACCORDING TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, No 5, PP 27, 30
• Authors:
  • Samford, L L
• Publication Date: 1968-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Decision making; Expenditures; Highway maintenance; Labor unions; Management; Organization; Planning; Productivity; Quality control
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218282
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1994 12:00AM