Advantages and potential challenges of data management in e-maintenance
Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering
ISSN: 1355-2511
Article publication date: 1 May 2019
Issue publication date: 13 August 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to understand data management challenges in e-maintenance systems from a holistically viewpoint through summarizing the earlier scattered research in the field, and second, to present a conceptual approach for addressing these challenges in practice.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is realized as a combination of a literature review and by the means of analyzing the practices on an industry leader in manufacturing and maintenance services.
Findings
This research provides a general understanding over data management challenges in e-maintenance and summarizes their associated proposed solutions. In addition, this paper lists and exemplifies different types and sources of data which can be collected in e-maintenance, across different organizational levels. Analyzing the data management practices of an e-maintenance industry leader provides a conceptual approach to address identified challenges in practice.
Research limitations/implications
Since this paper is based on studying the practices of a single company, it might be limited to generalize the results. Future research topics can focus on each of mentioned data management challenges and also validate the applicability of presented model in other companies and industries.
Practical implications
Understanding the e-maintenance-related challenges helps maintenance managers and other involved stakeholders in e-maintenance systems to better solve the challenges.
Originality/value
The so-far literature on e-maintenance has been studied with narrow focus to data and data management in e-maintenance appears as one of the less studied topics in the literature. This research paper contributes to e-maintenance by highlighting the deficiencies of the discussion surrounding the perspectives of data management in e-maintenance by studying all common data management challenges and listing different types of data which need to be acquired in e-maintenance systems.
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Citation
Razmi-Farooji, A., Kropsu-Vehkaperä, H., Härkönen, J. and Haapasalo, H. (2019), "Advantages and potential challenges of data management in e-maintenance", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 25 No. 3, pp. 378-396. https://doi.org/10.1108/JQME-03-2018-0018
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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