E-maintenance and information logistics : aspects of content format

Projekt:

JVTC

Sammanfattning:
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe aspects of content sharing within eMaintenance, with a view to merging the two areas of maintenance and ICT in a content management perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
The approach is an explorative literature study covering aspects of ICT. The analysis was founded on theories related to maintenance and maintenance support. The conclusions of the study are corroborated by experiences from earlier software development and testing.

Findings
Most existing contributions to the eMaintenance debate seem to suffer from too wide a gap between data processing and knowledge management. This tendency can be due to too great a focus on data collection, without any clear identification of the stakeholders‟ requirements. Hence, a mature eMaintenance solution should focus on the enhancement of service-oriented information logistics based on content sharing for an output-based information strategy.

Research limitations/implications
This study focuses on the needs of content format and transformation content, which includes data format, data structures and data type for objects that are relevant for the maintenance process. Hence, further research could include aspects of infrastructure and service architecture, which are on a higher level of an eMaintenance solution.

Practical implications
The paper contributes with knowledge that supports decisions about content format in the development of an eMaintenance solution. This can in turn support a reduction of maintenance-related hazards through improved use of ICT.

What is original/value of paper
This paper describes the importance of content management within the eMaintenance approach. Hence, the paper has implications for both practitioners and researchers as described above.

Författare: Ramin Karim ; Olov Candell ; Peter Söderholm
Utgivare: Emerald Insight
Utgivningsdatum: 2009
Diarienummer: TRV 2011/58769
ISSN: 1355-2511
Antal sidor: 17
Språk: Engelska
Kontaktperson: Per Olof Larsson Kråik, UHjbs