Mobile technology is constantly evolving, most
notably following the advent of Smartphone technology. As this
equipment becomes faster, more powerful, and less expensive, it
will become an excellent platform for the development of
ergonomic and effective maintenance tools.
The present article describes an application that allows for an
easy, organized and systematic way of improving the process of
recording physical equipment data within the field of
maintenance management, thus making the following
contribution one of immense value to the field by increasing the
accuracy of data storage.
The first, and arguably the most crucial step, necessary to
elaborating the equipment dossier is to register its intrinsic data,
planning data, and so on. Although, this phase is perceived as the
easiest, it is usually one of the weakest points in equipment
registering.
Having this issue in mind, an application was developed in
order to facilitate equipment registering. The ultimate goal was
to increase the efficiency of the registering process and
equipment dossier, in addition to the processes involved during
maintenance management. The present approach also aims to
demonstrate that it is possible to develop effective maintenance
via low-cost tools that do not require specialized equipment to
function effectively. Mobile applications provide a huge
opportunity to improve the working conditions experienced by
maintenance teams.
From the initial process of regularly organizing workplace
equipment, to operation issues when carrying out work orders,
mobile technology can help improve the efficiency of various
processes. The application allows effective and systematic way to
improve the process of recording equipment, and is designed for
mobile devices running Android (Google’s system), or industrial
equipment like PDAs running windows mobile – for example the
Lynx model from Datalogic.