MANAGEMENT UTILIZATION OF DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR FIELD CONTROL

COMPONENTS FOR MANAGING FIELD OPERATIONS SUCH AS STANDARDIZED WORK PROCEDURES ARE DISCUSSED. ALSO THE ROLES THAT PERTAIN TO A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND THE INHERENT DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES THAT ACCOMPANY IT ARE NOTED. THESE STANDARDS ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED IN DETAIL FOLLOWED BY SUGGESTIONS: (1) DATA CAPTURING-THE RECORDING OF DATA IN PERMANENT AND REUSABLE FORM (EXAMPLE-FIELD RECORDING OF WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS); (2) DATA COLLECTION-THE GATHERING OF INDIVIDUAL DATA ITEMS INTO PROCESSIBLE GROUPS (EXAMPLE-THE COLLECTION OF ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORDS AT A DISTRICT OFFICE); (3) DATA CONVERSION-THE TRANSFER OF DATA FROM HUMAN-READABLE INTO COMPUTER-READABLE FORM (EXAMPLE-KEYPUNCHING OF DATA FORMS INTO PUNCH CARDS): (4) DATA PURIFICATION-THE CORRECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF DATA INCORRECTLY RECORDED OR CONVERTED, OR THE REGENERATION OF LOST DATA; (5) DATA TRANSMISSION-THE SENDING OF DATA TO A COMPUTER SITE FOR PROCESSING. THIS STEP MAY BE SEPARATE OR A PART OF THE DATA COLLECTION OPERATION (EXAMPLE-THE USE OF MAIL OR TELEPHONE LINES): (6) PROCESSING OF DATA INTO INFORMATION-THE COMPUTER ORGANIZATION OF THE DATA TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED INFORMATION; AND (7) INFORMATION DISPLAY AND TRANSMISSION-THE PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION IN HUMAN-READABLE FORM SUCH AS REPORTS, AND THE SENDING OF THIS INFORMATION TO ITS PROPER LOCATION (EXAMPLE-MAILING OF COMPUTER PRINTOUTS).

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• Authors:
  • Bielfuss, Charles W
• Conference:
  • Maintenance Management Workshop
  • Location: Urbana-Champaign Illinois, United States
  • Date: 1970-8-3 to 1970-8-5
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 53-61
• Monograph Title: Maintenance planning and supervision
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 347
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data communications; Decision making; Information management; Information processing; Information, data, and knowledge; Management
• Old TRIS Terms: Data converters; Field control; Field operations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218813
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM