Manoeuvring physical assets into the future

Ruitenburg, R.J.

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“…Many of these methods and tools are discussed under the topic of maintenance management, which can be considered as a predecessor of asset management (Amadi-Echendu, 2004). Based on an extensive review of 37 maintenance concepts, Fraser et al (2015) concluded that Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) are the three most important and popular maintenance concepts as summarized by Ruitenburg (2017).…”

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Assessing HRO Principles for Reliable Performance in Asset-Intensive Organizations

Moerman

Braaksma

Dongen

2019

Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology

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Asset-intensive organizations rely on physical assets that are expensive, complex, and have a significant impact on organizational performance. The management of such assets is essential when seeking for reliable performance in a world of increasing uncertainties. The observation that asset-intensive organizations deal with increasingly complex and tightly coupled systems and often operate in highly demanding environments may indicate that they should adopt practices from high reliability organizations (HRO) to ensure and maintain reliable performance in the fourth industrial revolution. This chapter operationalizes the HRO concept in the field of physical asset management, measures to what extent the underlying principles are recognized, and explores the relationship between the HRO principles and asset performance using a descriptive survey. Results indicated that the HRO principles are recognized and may, therefore, serve as an instrument for reliable performance when adopting new technologies. A positive relation between asset performance and the five HRO principles was identified.

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Assessing HRO Principles for Reliable Performance in Asset-Intensive Organizations

Moerman

Braaksma

Dongen

2019

Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology

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“…These experts can include actors, parties, or organizations with whom an agreement is needed to implement the change. Ruitenburg (2017) showed that expert sessions deliver insights and aid in identifying opportunities that might otherwise be overlooked. Furthermore, expert sessions improve stakeholder engagement, close the gap between experts and professionals, and combine scattered resources.…”

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“…In Chapter 4, integral expert sessions were used. Ruitenburg (2017) illustrated that these sessions improve stakeholder engagement, close the gaps between experts, and combine scattered resources. These sessions included experts from multiple disciplines, who provided collective expertise, exchanged information, and discussed the impacts of a change.…”

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Enabling inter-organizational change integration in sociotechnical systems : Systems thinking applied in the Dutch railway system

Ramtahalsing

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the author. Alle rechten voorbehouden. Niets uit deze uitgave mag worden vermenigvuldigd, in enige vorm of op enige wijze, zonder voorafgaande schriftelijke toestemming van de auteur.Chapter 1 While this minimizes the cost of the error, a time-consuming process of redesigning will need to be undertaken, delaying the trains' production process and subsequent delivery by several years (Euronews, 2023; Railway supply, 2023).Another example occurred in 2014, when French train operator SNCF ordered 2000 regional trains at a cost of €15 billion and discovered that they were too wide for the network's platforms. The error was caused by data from the infrastructure manager which did not account for older structures. In this case, the trains had already been manufactured and the platforms had to be rebuilt at great cost. As a consequence, the SNCF was forced to modify more than a thousand stations, after it was revealed that the 1860 newly commissioned trains were too wide for many of the country's platforms. This mistake cost SNCF Réseau over €50 million, as the operator started 'shaving' the edges of affected platforms (BBC News, 2014; The Verge, 2014). Both examples show that such errors can cause significant delays and can be very costly.One reason such errors occur is related to the kinds of systems in which such changes are to be integrated. Railway systems are complex, sociotechnical, and inter-organizational (Bugalia et al., 2021;Milch & Laumann, 2016), which means that they are characterized by multiple domains, such as processes, personnel, technical systems, rules and regulations, and the interactions between these (Bartolomei et al., 2012). Within these systems, multiple interacting parties, complex social structures, and numerous companies and work processes are involved, requiring the collaboration of employees from different organizations (Milch & Laumann, 2016). As such, while a change itself may initially appear simple, it can turn out to be more complex when attention is paid to the context into which it must be integrated, due to the systemic impacts of such changes.The impacts not only affect existing technologies, but also people (with varying attitudes, backgrounds, and skills) who use a range of technologies and tools, work within a physical infrastructure, operate with a specific set of cultural assumptions, and use varying sets of processes, working practices, and regulations (Davis et al., 2014). As such, practitioners may have limited access to data and information about the railway system, which can make it difficult to understand the system itself, but also to identify how changes impact it.Additionally, technological advancements spawn system after system, each increasingly interdependent with other, preceding systems (Arnold & Wade, 2015). As such, the predicted technological changes and the projects that strive to realize these, are increasing in scope, and therefore in degree of systemic impact. All of these potential impacts need to be considered and accounted for in parallel with the ch...

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MOSAIC: A Structured Multidisciplinary Analysis for Managing the Integration of Inter-Organizational Changes

Ramtahalsing

Haanstra

Braaksma

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Engineering Management Journal

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Manoeuvring physical assets into the future

Cited by 5 publications

References 184 publications

Assessing HRO Principles for Reliable Performance in Asset-Intensive Organizations

Assessing HRO Principles for Reliable Performance in Asset-Intensive Organizations

Enabling inter-organizational change integration in sociotechnical systems : Systems thinking applied in the Dutch railway system

MOSAIC: A Structured Multidisciplinary Analysis for Managing the Integration of Inter-Organizational Changes

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