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Innovation and efficient transport
WEB-BASED SOLUTION FOR MAINTENANCE
PLANNING
Mantena optimises maintenance planning.
The ‘Mainman’ project was completed in November 2021 in collaboration with SINTEF. The project was supported by
the Norwegian Research Council and aimed to develop a prototype for a web- based solution to optimise maintenance planning.
The work on this project and the lessons learned from it form an important part of Mantena’s ambition to become one of the most effective maintenance providers in the railway sector.
Planning based on more data
Once the solution is fully developed, it will be available on PC, mobile and tablet. Perhaps the biggest benefit of the solution is that it will provide a much better overview and greater efficiency in maintenance planning.
This was previously a complex process, where planners went through the data manually and made plans based on just a few parameters.
With the new solution in place, planners can continuously optimise maintenance plans from a large amount of available
data, including deadlines, available resources, staffing plans, maintenance intervals and access to parts.
The solution will then offer more scope for last-minute changes to the plans, so unexpected events in production can be taken into account.
More precise work
Stig Rune Åsum is a strategic planner at Mantena. He explains that the web- based solution will allow them to work more precisely and accurately in their maintenance planning.
-This solution will mean that we get
a completely different quality of production plans. We can more easily see how many people we need to do the maintenance at any given time, and with a better overview, we will also be able
to arrange for a more even allocation
of work and reduce the use of overtime, for example. More accurate plans will also help the heavy component overhaul unit with an even better supply of components and parts, and ensure that they pick up a shortage of parts at an early stage.
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Strategic planner Stig Rune Åsum