DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT

This report presents the development of a monitoring procedure that can provide the maintenance managers of the Indiana Department of Highways with a relatively simple and straight-forward base for evaluating and improving productivity of maintenance operations. The procedure involves calculation of average cost of performing a given maintenance activity to identify "deviate" subdistricts (those with very high or low costs), analysis of labor and material use information, review of equipment records, and field observations of crews at work in order to determine the reasons for the deviate cost. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration on HPR Part II Study, Development and Use of a Management Information System to Identify Areas of Routine Maintenance Productivity Improvement.
• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284

  Indiana Department of Highways

  Indianapolis, IN  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sanderson, V A
  • Sinha, K C
• Publication Date: 1984-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 278 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance management; Management information systems; Monitoring; Productivity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393819
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-IN-JHRP-84-11 Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: 1(21) Part II
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM