Improving Train Maintenance Through Process Modelling and Component-Based System Design and Implementation

Abstract Improving the UK train services has been the subject of many debates in the last few years particularly after the privatization of the rail network in 1993. Within the network's complex structure, the train maintenance industry plays a major role in keeping trains in safe condition wit...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part B, Journal of engineering manufacture Journal of engineering manufacture, 2007-02, Vol.221 (2), p.333-346
Main Authors: Monfared, R P, West, A A, Harrison, R, Lee, S M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Business process engineering
Business process reengineering
Customer services
Design engineering
Design improvements
Exact sciences and technology
Maintenance
Mathematical models
Mechanical engineering. Machine design
Privatization
Railway networks
Repair & maintenance services
Systems design
Trains
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Summary:Abstract Improving the UK train services has been the subject of many debates in the last few years particularly after the privatization of the rail network in 1993. Within the network's complex structure, the train maintenance industry plays a major role in keeping trains in safe condition with a high standard of customer service. The results of a research work carried out by Loughborough University to investigate ways of improving the current practice in this industry through the application of business process modelling and component-based system design approaches are documented in the present paper. The method that has been adopted to enable a formal representation of a typical train maintenance process is discussed in detail and a case study based around a major maintenance supplier on the South West Trains network in the UK is described.
ISSN:0954-4054
2041-2975
DOI:10.1243/09544054JEM433