Adolfo Crespo Márquez – författare

In order to satisfy the needs of their customers, network utilities require specially developed maintenance management capabilities. Maintenance Management information systems are essential to ensure control, gain knowledge and improve-decision making in companies dealing with network infrastructure, such as distribution of gas, water, electricity and telecommunications. Maintenance Management in Network Utilities studies specified characteristics of maintenance management in this sector to offer a practical approach to defining and implementing  the best management practices and suitable frameworks. Divided into three major sections, Maintenance Management in Network Utilities defines a series of stages which can be followed to manage maintenance frameworks properly. Different case studies provide detailed descriptions which illustrate the experience in real company situations. An introduction to the concepts is followed by main sections including:

• A Literature Review: covering the basic concepts and models needed for framework design, development and implementation.

• Framework Design and Definition: developing the basic pillars of network utilities maintenance management framework.

• Performance Evaluation & Maturity: focusing on the reliability concept and maturity models from different viewpoints.

By establishing basic foundations for creating and maintaining maintenance managements strategies, Maintenance Management in Network Utilities acts a practical handbook for all professionals in these companies and across areas such as network development, operations management and marketing.

“The Maintenance Management Framework” describes and reviews the concept, process and framework of modern maintenance management of complex systems; concentrating specifically on modern modelling tools (deterministic and empirical) for maintenance planning and scheduling. It presents a new perspective of maintenance management by: focusing on the course of maintenance actions; presenting a structure that ensures proper support for current maintenance managers; clarifying the functionality that is required from information technology when applied to maintenance and the functions of modern maintenance engineering; and creating a set of practical models for maintenance management planning and scheduling. The discussion of all of these issues is supported through the use of case studies. "The Maintenance Management Framework" will be beneficial for engineers and professionals involved in: maintenance management, maintenance engineering, operations management, quality, etc. It will also be of interest to graduate students and researchers in this field.

"Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management" discusses how to streamline complex supply chain management by making the most of the growing number of tools available.

The reader is introduced to the basic foundations from which to develop intelligent management strategies, as the book characterises the process and framework of modern supply chain management. The author reviews supply chain management concepts and singles out important factors in the management of modern complex production systems. Particular attention is paid to modern simulation modelling tools that can be used to support supply chain planning and control. The book explores the operational and financial impacts of various potential problems, offering a compilation of practical models to help identify solutions.

A useful reference on supply chain management, "Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management" will benefit engineers and professionals working in a variety of areas, from supply chain management to product engineering.

The fundamental motivation of this book is to contribute to the future advancement of Asset Management in the context of industrial plants and infrastructures. The book aims to foster a future perspective that takes advantage of value-based and intelligent asset management in order to make a step forward with respect to the evolution observed nowadays. Indeed, the current understanding of asset management is primarily supported by well-known standards. Nonetheless, asset management is still a young discipline and the knowledge developed by industry and academia is not set in stone yet. Furthermore, current trends in new organizational concepts and technologies lead to an evolutionary path in the field. Therefore, this book aims to discuss this evolutionary path, starting first of all from the consolidated theory, then moving forward to discuss:

•The strategic understanding of value-based asset management in a company;

•An operational definition ofvalue, as a concept on the background of value-based asset management;

•The identification of intelligent asset management, with the aim to frame a set of “tools” recommended to support the asset-related decision-making process over the asset lifecycle;

•The emergence of new technologies such as cyber physical systems and digital twins, and the implications of this on asset management.

This book provides a thorough overview of the integration of cyber-physical systems and maintenance management models. It begins by explaining the fundamental concepts behind maintenance digital transformation. It discusses key decision areas in digital maintenance management, particularly focusing on strategic dimensions of maintenance, digital twin definition and strategy, and industry 4.0 digital tools frameworks to support emerging maintenance processes.  Furthermore, the monograph dedicates time to the integration of digital maintenance with the entire digital factory.

By presenting the possibilities for asset utilization improvement and for asset value enhancements, Digital Maintenance Management provides engineers and practitioners responsible for the management of complex industrial assets a complete guide to piloting the maintenance digital transformation.

This book discusses asset life-cycle management, especially, human dimensions on the management of infrastructure and industry-sector assets. 

The book explores advances decision support systems based on the applications of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), machine learning, and digital twinning for monitoring, diagnostics, prognostics. It includes methodologies and cases applied to different operational contexts. 

The book also considers the implications of the applications of international standards, local regulations and industry guidelines to risk and resilience engineering asset operations.

17th WCEAM Proceedings provides a record of some of the intellectual discussions (including keynote addresses, research paper presentations, panel debates and practical workshops) that took place among the attendees and participants of the 17th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), held from 18 - 20 October 2023 at the Sheraton Saigon Hotel and Towers, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The events were organized by the International Society for Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM) and hosted by RMIT University Vietnam LLC (RMIT VN), Ho Chi Ming City. The content of the book includes topics listed below under a general theme of Sustainable Management of Engineered Assets in a Post-Covid World: Industry 4.0, Digital Transformation, Society 5.0 and beyond

This proceedings is an excellent resource for asset management practitioners, researchers and academics, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.