Value-driven engineering of E-maintenance platforms
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
ISSN: 1741-038X
Article publication date: 29 April 2014
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose a methodology for the engineering of E-maintenance platforms that is based on a value-driven approach.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology assumes that a value-driven engineering approach would help foster technological innovation for maintenance management. Indeed, value-driven engineering could be easily adopted at the business level, with subsequent positive effects on the industrial applications of new information and communication technologies solutions.
Findings
The methodology combines a value-driven approach with the engineering in the maintenance scope. The methodology is tested in a manufacturing case to prove its potential to support the engineering of E-maintenance solutions. In particular, the case study concerns the investment in E-maintenance solutions developed in the framework of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system originally implemented for production purposes.
Originality/value
Based on literature research, the paper presents a methodology that is implemented considering three different approaches (business theories, value-driven engineering and maintenance management). The combination of these approaches is novel and overcomes the traditional view of maintenance as an issue evaluated from a cost-benefit perspective.
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Acknowledgements
This paper is part of the Special Issue on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services and Technologies guest edited by Adolfo Crespo Márquez, Benoît Iung, Marco Macchi and Khairy Kobbacy.
This research work has been originated through empirical research done by the Observatory TeSeM (Technologies and Services for Maintenance, www.tesem.net) of the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. Its theoretical development has been a result achieved within the context of iMaPla (Integrated Maintenance Planning), an EU-sponsored project by Marie Curie Action for International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (project acronym PIRSES-GA-2008-230814 – iMaPla). The authors thank specially Eng. Pasquale Buglione for his support and advice during the research: his industrial experience allowed an effective contribution to research ideas from the perspective of industry; indeed, his advice was essential in order to drive the research towards an effective industrial application.
Citation
Macchi, M., Crespo Márquez, A., Holgado, M., Fumagalli, L. and Barberá Martínez, L. (2014), "Value-driven engineering of E-maintenance platforms", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 25 No. 4, pp. 568-598. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-04-2013-0039
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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