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Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure in E-maintenance

Authors:
Muhammed Al-Qahtani

Keywords: manufacturing industry; maintenance; e-maintenance; conceptual model; Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Abstract:
The major objective of this paper is to provide further insights into the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure for supporting e-maintenance processes in today’s manufacturing environments. To achieve this objective existing e-maintenance models were investigated and an appropriate model was selected based on (i) its currency, (ii) its relevance to the manufacturing industry, and (ii) an explicit role being played by the ICT for enabling various e-maintenance activities. The ICT component of the selected framework is then further expanded by identifying specific ICT component technologies that are currently available for supporting various e-maintenance activities within the framework. Therefore the major contribution of the current study includes (i) identification of an existing e-maintenance framework with explicit focus on ICT, and (ii) to purposeful review of the current ICT literature in order to identify current ICT technology components that can be used in order to support various e-maintenance activities of the selected e-maintenance model.

Pages: 7 to 11

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: January 30, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4375

ISBN: 978-1-61208-181-6

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from January 30, 2012 to February 4, 2012